COiNFEDERATE PiOSTEH.

THE PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT. His Excellency Jefferson Davis, Mississippi, President of the Confederate States and Commander-in-Cliief of the Army and Navy. Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, Georgia, Vice President of the Confederate States and President of the Senate. THE PRESIDENT'S MILITARY FAMILY. i Colonel Joseph E. Davis, Mississippi, A. D. C, w^ith rank of Colonel of Cavalry ; in 1863 entered the field as Brigadier-General. Colonel G. W. Custis Lee, Virginia, A. D. C, with rank of Colonel of Cavalry ; subsequently entered the field and rose to the grade of Major- General. Colonel Joseph C. Ives, A. D. C, vv^ith rank of Colonel of Cavalry. Colonel Wm. Preston Johnston, Kentucky, A. D. C, with rank of Colonel of Cavalry. Colonel Wm. M. Browne, Georgia, A. D. C, with rank of Colonel of Cavalry ; subsequently entered the field and rose to the grade of Brigadier- General. Colonel John Taylor Wood, Louisiana, A. D. C, with rank of Colonel of Cavalry. Colonel James Chestnut, Jr., South Carolina, A. D. C, with rank of Colonel of Cavalry ; subsequently entered the field and rose to the grade of Brigadier- General. Colonel Francis K. Lubbock, Texas, A. D. C, with rank of Colonel of Cavalry ; also a Confederate Governor of Texas. Robert Josselyn, Mississippi, Private Secretary to the President during the Provisional Government. Burton N. Harrison, Mississippi, Private Secretary to the President during the Permanent Government. Colonel John M. Huger, A. D. C, with rank of Colonel of Cavalry. Colonel John B. Sale, Military Secretary, with rank of Colonel of Cavalry, to General Braxton Bragg, who was assigned to duty at the Seat of Govern- ment at Richmond, and, under the direction of the President, was charged with the conduct of military operations in the armies of the Confederacy. See General Orders, No. 23, A. and I. General's otfice, Richmond, Virginia, February 24th, 1864. Colonel Sale was thus brought into intimate relatioa- ghip with the President's military family.