Harper’s Weekly – April 16, 1864

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | April 16, 1864

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, April 18, 1864 (“The steamer Chenango exploded her boilers in New York Harbor, and I feared there might have been mischief, such as [an] incendiary shell in the coal, but the reports indicate that such was not the case.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/02/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-april-18.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, April 18, 1864 (“To-day Grant reviewed the Sixth Corps (Sedgwick’s). It was a fine day, and the men looked and marched finely. Grant expressed himself highly pleased, and is quite astonished at our system and organization.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/major-general-george-g-meade-to_2.html

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, April 18, 1864 (“By the latest information in the papers it would appear that the enemy is moving troops from Johnston’s army to that of Lee. If so, you may expect battle here before we are prepared to bring it on.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_21.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, April 18, 1864 (“He was neatly dressed in the regulation uniform, with a handsome sash and sword, and the three stars of a lieutenant-general on his shoulder.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_22.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Amasa Walker to Lucy Stoughton, April 18, 1864 (“I suppose we shall begin our campaign in a week or two, and then you will find the newspapers interesting. Something will break before we give up in this trial for Richmond.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/05/lieutenant-colonel-francis-amasa-walker.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: April 18, 1864 (“All making ready for the Spring campaign, which every one prophesies will be the bloodiest one of the war. Johnston is undoubtedly collecting all the Rebel troops in the West”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/05/captain-charles-wright-wills-april-18.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Monday, April 18, 1864 (“Our host’s heart is warm for ‘the glorious cause of the South.’ Has two sons, officers in the rebel army, and in consequence we conclude that we will live here for some days.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/06/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_71.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 18, 1864 (“We have an account from the West, to the effect that Forrest stormed Fort Pillow, putting all the garrison, but one hundred, to the sword; there being 700 in the fort–400 negroes.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-18.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: April 18, 1864 (“Our corps of sharpshooters went out today target practising. We shoot a distance of 500 yards offhand. Some very good shooting was done.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/12/diary-of-private-louis-leon-april-18.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: April 18, 1864 (“A long hiatus in my notes: I have had a severe attack of illness, from which I have scarcely fully recovered.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-april_84.html

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Today’s posts:

Lincoln address to Baltimore Sanitary Fair, reply #17
George Templeton Strong, #18
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #19
John Jackman, #20
Links to 10 items at Civil War Notebook, #21

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Continued from April 10 (reply #14).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4229982/posts#14

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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

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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 19, 1864 (“The President did not make his appearance to-day in Cabinet. He was in Baltimore last evening at the opening of the fair”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/03/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday-april-19.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: April 19, 1864 (“Finished breastworks all round from the river on the right to the same on the left.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-george-g-smith_77.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Tuesday, April 19, 1864 (“Hark! we hear a voice tuned by a musical soul. Miss P— seems defiant, singing her Southern collections”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/06/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_4.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 19, 1864 (“The city is in some commotion on a rumor that the non-combating population will be required to leave . . . The famine is becoming more terrible daily”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-19.html

Dr. Spencer G. Welch to Cordelia Strother Welch, April 19, 1864 (“The capture of Fort Pillow by Forrest was excellent for us. Gold is now 179 in New York, but if we whip Grant we may send it up to 300 for them.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/05/dr-spencer-g-welch-to-cordelia-strother_93.html

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Today’s posts:

“Grant,” reply #23
John G. Nicolay, #24
John Jackman, #25
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #26

[Hebrews 11:6]

"We all felt at last that the boss had arrived."

"...Grant means business."

"...he makes things git! Wherever he is things move."

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Quote #1 - An enlisted man.
#2 - A senior officer
#3 - The Commander-in-Chief.

The approval of the new guy is shared throughout the ranks.

[Hebrews 11:6]

throughout the ranks

Astute observation.

Perhaps the most telling opinion of Grant was Sherman's. He knew Grant so well, from up-close under fire, and he had the military sophistication and battle-hardness to know. He didn't always agree with Grant's conclusions, but he had utter confidence in the man--and the willingness to look back humbly and praise Grant's orders that he had questioned.

For me, as I have read along with you, Lincoln and Grant are my persistent central foci.

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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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Diary of Gideon Welles: Wednesday, April 20, 1864 (“The last public evening reception of the season took place last evening at the Executive Mansion. It was a jam, not creditable in its arrangements to the authorities.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/03/diary-of-gideon-welles-wednesday-april.html

Major-General John Sedgwick to Senator Edwin Denison Morgan, April 20, 1864 (Gen. Sedgwick urges confirmation of Gen. Alexander Shaler.)

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

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, April 20, 1864 (“General Banks has been badly defeated near Shreveport, we learn through the press, but no official intelligence has yet been received from him.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_23.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, April 20, 1864 (“It now seems certain that we are to take an active part in the summer’s campaign. We expect to see some of the severe fighting.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/08/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis_27.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Wednesday, April 20, 1864 (“Her heart dwells fondly upon the “Bonnie South,” but the gallant Union soldiers blame her not.”)

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

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 20, 1864 (John B. Jones reprints Gen. Forrest’s dispatch to the War Dept. regarding the Fort Pillow attack.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-20.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: April 20, 1864 (“I hit the bull’s-eye to-day. We are practising every day up to the 23d.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/12/diary-of-private-louis-leon-april-20.html

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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: Thursday, April 21, 1864 (Sec. Welles hosted a party of 300 persons. Ferreting out fraud in the Navy Department.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/03/diary-of-gideon-welles-thursday-april.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: April 21, 1864 (“At five p. m., we left Grand Ecore and marched all night until three a. m. of the next day when we encamped by the side of Caney river.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-george-g-smith_16.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 21, 1864 (“A report was circulated and believed that the President resolved yesterday to remove the government to South Carolina or Alabama”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-21.html

General Robert E. Lee to Mary Custis Lee, April 21, 1864 (“Your note with bag of socks reached me last evening. The number was correct — thirty-one pairs. I sent them to the Stonewall brigade”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/general-robert-e-lee-to-mary-custis-lee_9.html

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

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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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Diary of Gideon Welles: Friday, April 22, 1864 (“Congress is laboring on the tax bill. The Members fear to do their duty because taxation is unpopular. An old infirmity.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/03/diary-of-gideon-welles-friday-april-22.html

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, April 22, 1864 (“Never on but one occasion before have I seen so many men at one view, and that was not on review. It was in the second day’s fight at Chattanooga.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_24.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: April 22, 1864 (“Cavalry skirmished all day. First Louisiana in advance of infantry.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-george-g-smith_17.html

From the 1st Iowa Cavalry Co. D (Letter from a 1st Iowa Cavalry man stationed at Little Rock, Arkansas.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/06/from-1st-iowa-cavalry-co-d.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 22, 1864 (“The President has changed his mind since the reception of the news from North Carolina, and has determined that all the government shall not leave Richmond until further orders.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-22.html