Footnote 7: Richard S. Coxe was a very eminent lawyer from the District of Columbia.[(back)]
Footnote 8: R. J. Walker was long a Representative in Congress, Secretary of the Treasury under James K. Polk, and was acknowledged as the best financier of his day.[(back)]
Footnote 9: John A. Gilmer was Member of Congress from North Carolina, but a Union man throughout the war.[(back)]
Footnote 10: Salmon P. Chase was U. S. Senator, Governor of Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury, and Chief Judge of the Supreme Court.[(back)]
Footnote 11: Reverdy Johnson—a distinguished lawyer from Maryland, U. S. Senator, Attorney General in Taylor's Cabinet, and Minister to England during Johnson's Administration.[(back)]
Footnote 12: Robert C. Schenck—General through the war, Member of Congress, and Minister to England.[(back)]
Footnote 13: Hugh S. McCulloch was Secretary of the Treasury under Lincoln, Johnson, and Arthur.[(back)]
Footnote 14: Truman Smith was a Member of Congress from Connecticut for a long time.[(back)]
Footnote 15: Edgar Cowan was U. S. Senator from Pennsylvania during the whole war.[(back)]
Footnote 16: O. H. Browning, of Illinois, was Senator during the war, in confidential relations with President Lincoln and Secretary Stanton.[(back)]