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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 1, 1861 (Jones sets up the War Department offices, despite objections from other departments.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-1.html

Theodore Winthrop to Elizabeth Woolsey Winthrop, June 1, 1861 (Winthrop on his status as staffer for Gen. Butler.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/theodore-wintrhop-to-elizabeth-woolsey.html

Diary of William Howard Russell: June 1, 1861 (On British subjects forced into the Confederate army and the crisis faced by America. Russell preparing for a trip up the Mississippi.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/diary-of-william-howard-russell-june-1.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: June 1, 1861 (McGuire witnesses a minor cavalry engagement at Chantilly, VA, just north of Manassas Junction.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-june-1-1861.html


7 posted on 06/01/2021 5:28:02 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

The cavalry engagement Judith McGuire witnessed was at Fairfax Courthouse, not Chantilly, where she wrote the entry.


9 posted on 06/01/2021 6:24:15 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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