Harper’s Weekly – May 21, 1864

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | May 21, 1864

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Continued from May 24 (reply #32).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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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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Continued from May 19 (reply #49).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4237730/posts#49

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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Continued from May 23 (reply #25).

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James Lee McDonough, William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life

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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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Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a Confederate Soldier, Edited by A.D. Kirwan

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

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

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Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, May 25, 1864 – 9 a.m. (Somebody gave Gen. Meade a house. While he doesn’t like to accept gifts like that, if the deed is done, he is grateful.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/major-general-george-g-meade-to_20.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Wednesday, May 25, 1864 (“Major McIlrath with seven hundred of various regiments came in at 10 A. M.; Lieutenant Hicks, Dr. McClure, and forty men of [the] Twenty-third; about three hundred of [the] Thirty-sixth.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/03/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes: Wednesday, May 25, 1864 (“I see the papers call this “Averell’s raid.” Very funny! The cavalry part of it was a total failure. General Averell only got to the railroad at points where we had first got in.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/03/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, May 25, 1864 (Lt. Col. Lyman was sent to liaise with Gen. Warren during North Anna fight.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_54.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Wednesday, May 25, 1864 (“Our marched to Noles Station as did the First Division of our Corps. We burned the depot, destroyed the Virginia Central Railroad for about seven miles, and returned to the train”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: May 25, 1864 (“Gen. Burnside said in a speech to his men that Petersburg would be taken in less than a month or Mrs. Burnside would be a widow.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom-may_10.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 25, 1864 (“Still, there is some degree of feverish anxiety, as Lee retires nearer to the capital followed by the enemy.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-25.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: May 25, 1864 (“This is the first time that I have heard about my parents since the commencement of the war. Thank God, my parents, as well as my sisters and brothers, are well.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/diary-of-private-louis-leon-may-25-1864.html

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Today’s posts:

“Grant,” reply #39
“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” #40
“Lee,” #41
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #42
“Never Call Retreat,” #43
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #44
John Jackman, #45
Johnny Green, #46
Lincoln note to Isaac Arnold, #47
George Templeton Strong, #48
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #49

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Continued from May 25 (reply #40).

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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

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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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The West Point Atlas of War: The Civil War, Chief Editor, Brigadier General Vincent J. Esposito

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

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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 Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Thursday, May 26, 1864 (“Trains arriving; looks like moving on Staunton soon. News from Grant rather favorable.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/04/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_36.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes: May 26, 1864 (“We shall start soon — perhaps in the morning. We take only one wagon to a regiment.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/03/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb_30.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, May 26, 1864 (“We have all sorts of rumors from Grant, but it is all clear that we shall finish them soon, if our people and leaders do their duty.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/04/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Thursday, May 26, 1864 (“not much going on save the countermarching of troops; possibly General Grant is covering another flank movement”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_2.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: May 26, 1864 – 8 a.m. (“After a lively skirmishing Jeff C. Davis’ division of the 14th Army Corps occupied Dallas at 2 p. m. The Rebels retired stubbornly.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/10/captain-charles-wright-wills-may-26.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: May 26, 1864 (“We are prolonging Lewis’ life by trading for luxuries to give him. Occasionally a little real meat soup, with a piece of onion in it, etc.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom-may_11.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 26, 1864 (“Troops are daily coming hither, infantry and cavalry, whence in one hour and a half the former reach Lee’s army. The great battle still hangs fire, but to be of greater magnitude when it does occur.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-26.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: May 26, 1864 (“We get for breakfast five crackers with worms in them; as a substitute for butter, a small piece of pork, and a tin cup full of coffee; dinner, four of the above crackers, a quarter of a pound mule meat and a cup of bean soup, and every fourth day an eight-ounce loaf of white bread.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/diary-of-private-louis-leon-may-26-1864.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: May 26, 1864 (“We have prayer-meetings very well attended every afternoon at four o’clock. They are very general all over the country.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-may-26.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: May 26, 1864 (“We are now anticipating a fight at Hanover Junction. General Lee fell back to that point on Sunday last, for some good purpose, no doubt.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_15.html

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Today’s posts:

“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” reply #51
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #52
West Point Atlas of War map, John Jackman, #53
John G. Nicolay, #54
George Templeton Strong, #55
Links to 10 items at Civil War Notebook, #56

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Shelby Foote, The Civil War Narrative, Volume Three, Red River to Appomattox

Continued from Continued from May 25 (reply #41).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Continued from May 26 (reply #51).

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

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