Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, April 1, 1865 (“The President yet remains with the army, and the indications are that a great and perhaps final battle is near.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-april-1.html
Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, April 1, 1865 (“I think, however, we will this time reach the Southside Railroad, and if we do so, I should not be surprised if Lee evacuated his Petersburg lines”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/major-general-george-g-meade-to_17.html
Diary of Captain Luman Harris Tenney: Saturday, April 1, 1865 (“In answer to my questions he said: ‘Luman, I think my wound is mortal. I can not live. I have tried to do my duty today.’”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/02/diary-of-captain-luman-harris-tenney_20.html
Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, April 1, 1865 (“Grant folded the slip of paper, and, looking at Meade, said, very quietly: “Very well, then I want Wright and Parke to assault to-morrow morning at four o’clock.” These dozen words settled the fate of Petersburg and of Richmond!”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_13.html
Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, April 1, 1865 (“The camp here is the best we have had since leaving Vicksburg.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_69.html
Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 1, 1865 (“We have vague and incoherent accounts from excited couriers of fighting, without result, in Dinwiddie County, near the South Side Railroad.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2025/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-1.html
Lieutenant-Colonel Osmun Latrobe to Brigadier-General Martin W. Gary, April 1, 1865 (“Send out scouts immediately to discover if any change has been made in enemy’s force on this side.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/03/lieutenant-colonel-osmun-latrobe-to.html
General Robert E. Lee to John C. Breckinridge, April 1, 1865 (Gen. Lee’s field report on the day’s battle.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/general-robert-e-lee-to-john-c_8339.html
Seems to be rising to a crescendo....