Stevens, Isaac Ingalls (1818-1862) to Alexander R. Boteler
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02455.12 Author/Creator: Stevens, Isaac Ingalls (1818-1862) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 8 August 1860 Pagination: 1 p. ; 24.7 x 19.8 cm. Order a Copy
On committee letterhead, Stevens, as Chairman of the National Democratic Executive Committee writes to Boteler as Chairman of the National Executive Committee of the Constitutional Union Party.
Requests copies of campaign literature circulating. Letterhead of the National Democratic Committee is printed with John C. Breckinridge for President, and Gen. Joseph Lane for Vice President. Boteler was a U.S. congressman from Virginia (1859-1861). During the Civil War, he served in the Confederate Army as a member of Stonewall Jackson's staff. He was elected from Virginia to the Confederate Congress and served from 1862 to 1864.
Ingalls was Governor of the Territory of Washington from 1853 to 1857, and served in Congress 1857 to 1861. He served as a general in the Union Army during the Civil War and was killed at the Battle of Chantilly, Virginia, 1 September 1862. Boteler was a Representative from Virginia 1859-1861. During the Civil War he served in the Confederate Army as a member of Stonewall Jackson’s staff. He was elected from Virginia to the Confederate Congress and served from 1862 to 1864.
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