Harper’s Weekly – April 23, 1864

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | April 23, 1864

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Continued from March 9 (reply #27).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4222033/posts#27

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David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865, edited by Michael Burlingam

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Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger

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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, April 25, 1864 (“Reverses in North Carolina are bad at this time. The death of [Lt. Cdr. Charles W.] Flusser is most unfortunate. I presume the blame of the disasters will be attributed to the Navy”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/04/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-april-25.html

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, April 25, 1864 (“This failure of General Banks has greatly disconcerted us”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_28.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: April 25, 1864 (“On the march again about noon: marched about twenty miles and arrived in Alexandria, about nine p. m.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-george-g-smith_25.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: April 25, 1864 (“Up to this date nothing of interest occurs; nothing but a dull monotony seems to reign in camp.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/06/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose-april_4.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 25, 1864 (“President Lincoln has made a speech at Baltimore, threatening retaliation for the slaughter at Fort Pillow-which was stormed.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-25.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: April 25, 1864 (“We have lately had a splendid little victory at Plymouth, North Carolina. We have also had successes in Florida, at Shreveport, and other places in the South and South-west. The God of battles is helping us”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/our-family-in-statu-quo.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lincoln,” reply #21
John G. Nicolay, #22
John Hay, #23
John Jackman, #24
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #25

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The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

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All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, April 26, 1864 (“It is plain from Admiral Porter’s account that Banks is no general, has no military capacity, is wholly unfit for the position assigned him.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/04/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday-april-26.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, April 26, 1864 (“I have sent you a copy of my testimony before the committee. If anything should happen to me, you will have the means of showing to the world what my defense was.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/major-general-george-g-meade-to_4.html

Major-General John Sedgwick to his Sister, April 26, 1864 (“we have been engaged in winning political victories, when we should have been engaged in preparing for the rebels.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/major-general-john-sedgwick-to-his_16.html

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, April 26, 1864 (“General Grant’s request to have General Banks relieved from duty in the field the President declines to accede to till he has heard further from the Red River expedition.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_30.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: April 26, 1864 (“All things point to early action.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/09/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: April 26, 1864 (“[Gen. Andrew Jackson] Smith’s corps coming in all day. Rebels did not trouble him much, after the thrashing he gave them at Caney river.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-george-g-smith_48.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: April 26, 1864 (Sgt. Ransom and others tunneled their way out of Andersonville prison but were soon caught and returned to the chain gang.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_7.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: April 26, 1864 (“We move camp to-day to Williams plantation. Says our commander: “We will exhibit a sociableness and divide our visits while sojourning in the neighborhood.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/06/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose-april.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 26, 1864 (“The ominous silence on the Rapidan and Rappabannock continues still. The two armies seem to be measuring each other’s strength before the awful conflict begins.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-26.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: April 26, 1864 (“Busy getting Mr. P. ready to go to the General Assembly, which meets at Charlotte, N. C, to which he is a delegate.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-april_30.html

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Today’s posts:

George Templeton Strong, reply #27
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #28
John Jackman, #29
Links to 10 items at Civil War Notebook, #30

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Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from April 9 (reply #5).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4229982/posts#5

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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

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Home Letters of General Sherman, edited by M.A. DeWolfe Howe, 1909

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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

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Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger

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The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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Mary Chesnut’s Civil War, edited by C. Vann Woodward

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Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, April 27, 1864 (“These forces will move simultaneously at the appointed time, which will be before you receive this letter”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: April 27, 1864 (“Light skirmishing at the front.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-george-g-smith_27.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: April 27, 1864 (“Have given up the idea of escaping. . . . A man caught stealing from one of his comrades and stabbed with a knife and killed.”

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_8.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 27, 1864 (“It is rumored that the armies on the Rapidan were drawn up in line.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-27.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: April 27, 1864 (“Another day and night have passed, and nothing of importance has occurred to the country. We are expecting movements in every direction. O God! direct our leaders!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_16.html