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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC02455.12 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Civil War Documents 1860 |
| Title | Isaac Ingalls Stevens to Alexander R. Boteler, requesting copies of campaign literature |
| Date | 8 August 1860 |
| Author | Stevens, Isaac Ingalls (1818-1862) |
| Recipient | Boteler, Alexander R. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | 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. |
| Subjects | Union General Democratic Party Politics Election Government and Civics President Vice President Congress |
| People | Stevens, Isaac Ingalls (1818-1862) Boteler, Alexander Robinson (1815-1892) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Government & Politics; The Presidency |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Additional Information | 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. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Recipient Relationship | Comrade |