Thursday, January 28, 2010

Saturday [January 28, 1865]

The Thermometer at 10°
said to be the coldest weather here
since 1857 Mr Conner arrived --
Mr. Evins -- came a little before 9 o'clock
to spend the eve'. It is reported the
other peace commissioners have been sent to W-

The three commissioners were Confederate Vice-President Stephens, President pro tem of the Senate Robert M.T. Hunter, and Assistant Secretary of War John A. Campbell, a former U.S. Supreme Court justice.

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