03/25/1862
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"I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,"
"I have the honor to inclose herewith a letter of the 24th instant from the Secretary of War, by which it appears that there are 438 assistant quartermasters, 387 commissaries of subsistence, and 343 a..."
"I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends."
"I do therefore nominate Captain Stephen C. Rowan to be a commodore in the Navy on the active list from the 7th February, 1863."