Harper’s Weekly – April 4, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | April 4, 1863

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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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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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Continued from January 5 (reply #18).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4120548/posts#18

William J. Cooper, Jr., Jefferson Davis, American

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John Hay to Abraham Lincoln, April 10, 1863 (Hay reports to the boss from South Carolina.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/john-hay-to-abraham-lincoln-april-10.html

John Hay to John G. Nicolay, April 10, 1863 (Hay’s letter to Lincoln enclosed with a note to Nicolay.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/john-hay-to-john-g-nicolay-april-10-1863.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Friday, April 10, 1863 (“We have more definite yet not wholly reliable rumors from Charleston.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/02/diary-of-gideon-welles-friday-april-10.html

Major General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, April 10, 1863 (“Mr. Dana is here. He spent a few hours with me yesterday, and I went over with him many of the events of the past year”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/12/major-general-william-t-sherman-to_29.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: April 10, 1863 (“The siege of Washington on the Pamlico river continues, and heavy firing is heard from there every day.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/04/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-april-10.html

Francis Lieber to Senator Charles Sumner, April 10, 1863 (On relations with England.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/francis-lieber-to-senator-chares-sumner.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Friday, April 10, 1863 (Fremantle gets a demonstration of Texan horsemanship.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_24.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 10, 1863 (“It is said our shot penetrated the turret of the Keokuk, sunk.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-10.html

Major-General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, April 10, 1863 (“There appears to be an increased religious interest among our troops here.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/major-general-thomas-j-jackson-to-mary_19.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: April 10, 1863 (“The Yankees had fallen back. They had nineteen regiments and twenty-one pieces of artillery. They left in a hurry.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/06/diary-of-private-louis-leon-april-10.html

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Today’s posts:

“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” reply #38
Sherman letter to Mrs. Sherman, #39
“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” #40
John G. Nicolay, #41
John Hay, #42
George Templeton Strong, #43
“Jefferson Davis, American,” #44
Links to 10 items at Civil War Notebook, #45