. A Chautauqua boy in '61 and afterward; reminiscences by David B. Parker, second lieutenant, Seventy-second New York, detailed superintendent of the mails of the Army of the Potomac, United States marshal, district of Virginia, chief post office inspector . ofquite a number who were at the table. I rememberthat I sat next to the Austrian Minister, and during thedinner some wine was served which General Grant ex-plained was sent him by a Missouri friend who said thewine was made from grapes grown on General Grantsfarm, formerly his father-in-laws property near The Austrian Minister s
. A Chautauqua boy in '61 and afterward; reminiscences by David B. Parker, second lieutenant, Seventy-second New York, detailed superintendent of the mails of the Army of the Potomac, United States marshal, district of Virginia, chief post office inspector . ofquite a number who were at the table. I rememberthat I sat next to the Austrian Minister, and during thedinner some wine was served which General Grant ex-plained was sent him by a Missouri friend who said thewine was made from grapes grown on General Grantsfarm, formerly his father-in-laws property near The Austrian Minister said: This is really excellent wine. You Americansjudge your wine by our European standards, andwherever your wines differ materially you say they arenot good, but you really have many good wines thatI have tasted, and you ought to insist that your winesare the best. I dont drink wine, said General Grant. I havefound that I cannot take any alcoholic beverages withsafety. As we walked out from the dinner-table,General Grant turned to me and said: I have decided what office I will give you in thespring. I am going to appoint you United States Mar-shal for Virginia. You need not place any papers onfile. It will be a personal appointment, and I will only. Air. and Mrs. David B. ParkerFrom photograph taken on their wedding trip MARSHAL FOR VIRGINIA 151 say to you, as I said to Jim Casey [a brother-in-law], that in the case of a personal appointee going wrong,I will be more severe than I would upon anyone else;so you see you will have to give satisfaction. I tried to say something of a grateful nature, but heturned to his wife and said, Julia, are we going toAdmiral Sands this evening? Nothing more wasever said upon the subject, but with the first names sentto the United States Senate after his cabinet appoint-ments, mine appeared for the office of United StatesMarshal for Virginia. I had lived in Richmond thenfour years, and had many warm friends. I found thatthe bond, which was quit
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