Posted on 12/28/2021 8:09:51 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1861-1865: Seminar and Discussion Forum
The American Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts
First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: May 2025.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed.
Posting history, in reverse order
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Link to previous Harper’s Weekly thread
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4023175/posts
Continued from December 25 (reply #16)
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4023175/posts#16
Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst
Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Saturday, December 28, 1861 (“Rode with Colonel [Eliakim] Scammon to the different works.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_25.html
Diary of Corporal David L. Day: December 20, 1861 (“A person never having given the subject of army preparation and supplies much thought, would be astonished at the immense quantities he would see here, and would begin to calculate how long it would be before Uncle Sam would be bankrupt.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/12/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-december_3.html
Francis Lieber to Senator Charles Sumner, December 28, 1861 (A final word to the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/francis-lieber-to-senator-charles_23.html
George William Curtis to Charles Eliot Norton, December 28, 1861 (“I have just read the correspondence of Seward. It seems to me admirable and honorable.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/george-william-curtis-to-charles-eliot_19.html
Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: December 28,1861 (“The fathers and mothers and sisters of our brave soldiers continue to send their clothing and provisions. They do not relax in the work of independence.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-december_30.html
“...there is no such thing as conditional patriotism.”
Whenever someone writes this, be wary of them.
Civil War 1861 Engagements
| Date | Engagement | Military Units | Losses | Victor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 12-14 | Fort Sumter, SC | Confederate artillery (Beauregard), Union garrison (Anderson) | None | CSA |
| April 15 | Evacuation of Fort Sumter, SC | Union garrison | Two Union soldiers killed, four wounded by accidental explosion | N.A. |
| April 19 | Baltimore Riots, MD | MA 6th, PA 26th vs secessionist crowd | 4 Union soldiers killed, 12 civilians killed, hundreds wounded | USA |
| May 10 | St. Louis Riots, MO | Union forces vs secessionist crowd | 4 Union soldiers killed, 3 prisoners, 28 civilians killed | USA |
| May 18-19 | Sewell's Point, VA | Union naval squadron vs Confederate shore artillery | 10 total | inconclusive |
| May 29- June 1 | Aquila Creek, VA | Union naval squadron vs Confederate shore artillery | 10 total | inconclusive |
| June 1 | Fairfax Court House, VA | detachments from CSA & USA armies | 8 on each side, 1 each killed | inconclusive |
| June 1 | Arlington Mills, VA | detachments from USA ( ~200 McDowell) & CSA (~9 Bonham) armies | Union 2-total (1 killed); CSA 1 wounded | inconclusive |
| June 3 | Philippi, WVA | Union Dept of Ohio (McClellan) -3,000, CSA infantry (Porterfield) -800 | Union 4, CSA 26 (killed or wounded) | USA |
| June 10 | Big Bethel, VA | Union (Butler) -3,500, CSA (Magruder) -1,400 | Union 71-total (18-killed); CSA: 10-total (1-killed) | CSA (CSA outnumbered) |
| June 15 | Hooe's Ferry (near Mathias Point) VA | Union schooner Christina Keen; CSA Farmer's Fork Grays | none -- Christina Keen captured and burned | CSA |
| June 17 | Vienna, VA | Detachments from both Union & CSA armies | Union: 12-total (8 killed); CSA: none reported | CSA |
| June 17 | Boonville, MO | Union Western Dept (Lyon) -1,700 vs. MO State Guard (Marmaduke) ~1,500 | Union: 12-total (5-killed); MO Guard 22-total (5-killed) | USA |
| June 18 | Camp Cole, MO | Union Home Guards (~500) vs. Confederate State Guards (~350) | Union: 120-total (35 killed, 60 wounded 25 captured); CSA: 32-total ( 7-K, 25-W) | CSA (CSA outnumbered) |
| June 27 | Matthias' Point, VA | Union gunboats ~50 vs. Confed garrison ~500 | Union: 1-killed, 4-wounded; CSA none | CSA |
| July 2 | Hoke's Run, WVA | Union Army of the Shenandoah (2 brigades, Patterson) -8,000 vs. Confederate Army of the Shenandoah (1 brigade, Stonewall Jackson) - 4,000 | Union: 70-total (3-killed); CSA 23-total ( 9-killed) | USA |
| July 5 | Carthage, MO | Union Department of the West (Sigel) -- 1,000 vs. Confederate Missouri State Guard (Jackson) -- 4,000 | Union: 44-total; CSA 200-total | CSA |
| July 5 | Neosho, MO | Union 3rd Missouri vs. Confederate cavalry | Union: 137-total; CSA zero total | CSA |
| July 8 | Laurel Hill, WVA | Union Dept of Ohio vs. Confederate Army of the Northwest | Union: 8-total; CSA unknown | USA |
| July 11 | Rich Mountain, WVA | Union Department of the Ohio (McClellan & Rosecrans) -7,000 vs. Confederate Army (Pegram & Garnett) -1,300 | Union: 46-total; CSA 300-total | USA |
| July 12 | Barboursville, WVA | Union 2nd Kentucky vs. Confederate rangers & locals | Union: 16-total; CSA 1-total | USA |
| July 13 | Corrick's Ford, WVA | Union Department of the Ohio (McClellan & Rosecrans) -20,000 vs. Confederate Army (Garnett) -4,500 | Union: 53-total; CSA 620-total CSA Gen. Garnett killed | USA |
| July 17 | Scary Creek, WVA | Union Department of the Ohio (Cox) -1,000 vs. Confederate Army of the Kanawha (Wise & George S. Patton) -800 | Union: 51-total; CSA 10-total including Patton wounded | CSA (CSA outnumbered) |
| July 18 | Blackburn's Ford, VA (pre-Manassas) | Union Department of NE Virginia (McDowell, Richardson) -3,000 vs. Confederate Army of VA (Beauregard, Longstreet) -5,100 | Union: 83-total; CSA 70-total | CSA |
| July 21 | Bull Run/Manassas, VA | Union Department of NE Virginia (McDowell, Patterson) -54,000 (18,000 engaged) vs. Confederate Army of VA (Beauregard, Longstreet) -34,000 (18,000 engaged) | Union: 2,708-total (481-killed); CSA 1,897-total (387-killed) | CSA |
| July 22 | Forsyth, MO | Union Department of the West vs. Confederate Missouri State Guard | Union: 3-total ;Confederates: 15-total | USA |
| July 25 | Mesilla, New Mexico | Union Department of the New Mexico (~300) vs. Confederate 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles (~380 +artillery ) | Union: 9-total (2-killed); Confederates: 19-total (13-killed) | CSA |
| July 27 | Fort Fillmore, NM | Union Department of the New Mexico (~500) vs. Confederate 2nd Texas Mounted Rifles (~300) | Union: 500-total (surrendered); Confederates: none | CSA (CSA outnumbered, Union surrendered) |
| Aug 2 | Dug Springs, MO (leadup to Wilson's Creek) | Union Department of the West (~6,000) vs. Confederate Missouri State Guard (~12,000) | Union: 38-total (8 killed ); Confederates:84-total (40 killed) | USA |
| Aug 3 | Curran Post Office, MO (leadup to Wilson's Creek) | Union Department of the West (~6,000) vs. Confederate 1st Arkansas Rifles | Unknown | inconclusive |
| Aug 5 | Athens, MO | Union 21st MO Infantry, Home Guards (~500) vs. Confederate Missouri State Guard (~2,000 + 3-cannons) | Union 23-total (3-killed); Confederate 31-total | USA (USA outnumbered) |
| Aug 7 | CSA burned Hampton, VA | Union (Butler) vs. Confederate Cavalry (Magruder) | Union unknown; Confederates unknown | CSA |
| Aug 8 | skirmish at Lovettsville, VA | Union vs. Confederate | Union unknown; Confederates 6-total | USA |
| Aug 10 | Wilson's Creek, MO | Union Dept of the West (Lyon -5,430)vs. Confederate MO State Guard, Dept 2 (Price -12,120) | Union 1,317-total (285-killed incl Gen. Lyon); Confederates 1.232-total (277-killed) | CSA |
| Aug 10 | Potosi, MO | Union Home Guard (~75 troops) vs. Confederate cavalry (~120 troops) | Union 5-total (1-killed); Confederates 5-total (2-killed) | USA (USA outnumbered) |
| Aug 17 | Palmyra, MO | Union 16th Illinois (entrained) vs. Confederate guerillas | Union 2-total (1-killed); Confederates 5-killed | USA |
| Aug 25 | Mason's Hill, VA | Union (Lowe's observation balloon) vs. Confederate Army NVA (Longstreet, Stuart) | Union unknown; Confederates unknown | USA |
| Aug 26 | Kessler's Cross Lanes, WVA | Union Dept of Ohio (Tyler ~1,000) vs. Confederate infantry (Floyd ~2,000) | Union 73-total (15 killed); Confederates 40-total | CSA |
| Aug 28 | Hatteras Inlet, NC | Union NY 9th & 20th Infantry (Butler -935) plus 7 US Navy ships (including Harriet Lane & Pawnee) vs. Confederate NC 17th Infantry (Barron ~900) | Union 3-total (1 killed); Confederates 715-total (4 killed, 691 captured) | USA |
| Aug 29 | Morse's Mills near Lexington, MO | Union MO Home Guards vs. Confederate cavalry | Union unknown; Confederates unknown | CSA |
| Aug 31 | Munson's Hill, VA | Union Army of the Potomac vs. Confederate Dept of Northern VA | Union 5-total; Confederates unknown | USA |
| Sep 2 | Dry Wood Creek, MO | Union Dept of the West (Lane ~1,200) vs. Confederate MO State Guard (Price ~12,000) | Union 25-total (2 killed); Confederates 14-total (5 killed) | CSA |
| Sep 3 | Bailey's Cross Roads, VA | Union & Confederat detachments | Union 8-total; Confederates none | CSA |
| Sep 10 | Carnifax Ferry, WVA | Union Dept of Ohio (Rosecrans ~5,000) & Confederat Army of Kanawha (Floyd ~2,000) | Union 158-total (17 killed); Confederates 32 total (2?-killed) | USA |
| Sep 11 | Lewinsville, VA (McLean, Fairfax County) | Union 79th NY Highlanders (Stephens ~1,800) & Confederate 1st & 13th VA (JEB Stuart ~400) | Union 12-total (3-killed); Confederates none | CSA (CSA outnumbered) |
| Sep 12-15 | Cheat Mountain, WVA | Union Ohio, Indiana & WVA regiments (Reynolds ~3,000) & Confederate Virginia, Tennessee & Arkansas regiments (RE Lee ~5,000) | Union 88-total (10-killed); Confederates 120-total (~100? -killed) | USA (USA outnumbered) |
| Sep 13-20 | Lexington, MO, 1st battle, aka: "Battle of the Hemp Bales" | Union Illinois 23rd Irish Brigade + 27 & 13th MO Infantry (Mulligan ~3,500) & Confederate Missouri Militia (Price ~15,000) | Union 3,000 surrendered (36-killed); Confederates 150-total (~30-killed) | CSA (Union surrender) |
| Sep 17 | Blue Mills Landing, MO | Union 3rd Iowa & MO Home Guard (Scott ~800) & Confederate 4th Div Missouri Militia (Atchison ~3,500) | Union 99 (19-killed); Confederates 21-total (3-killed) | CSA |
| Sep 19 | Barbourville, KY | Union KY Home Guard (Black ~300) & Confederate Dept 2 (Zollicoffer ~800) | Union 15 (1-killed); Confederates 7-total (7-killed) | CSA |
| Sep 25 | Alamosa, NM | Union Dep of NM (Minks ~100 cavalry)& Confederate cavalry (Coopwood ~112) | Union 33 (4-killed); Confederates 9-total (2-killed) | CSA (Union surrendered) |
| Sep 26 | Hunter's Farm, MO | Union Dep of the West (Steward under Grant ~200 & Confederate MO State Guard (under Thompson ~40) | Union none; Confederates 10-total (10-killed) | USA |
| Sep 27 | Fort Craig, NM | Union Haspel's cavalry ( ~100) & Confederate cavalry | Union 10-total; Confederates 10-total | CSA |
| Sep 27 | Pinos Altos, NM | Union allied Apaches (Cochise ~300) & Confederate Arizona Guards (Mastin ~15 +cannon) | Union Apaches 30-total (10 killed); Confederates 14-total (7-killed, incl. Mastin) | CSA |
| Oct 3 | Greenbrier River, WVA | Union OH, MI, IN Infantry + Light Artillery (Reynolds ~5,000) & Confederate VA, GA & AR Infantry (HR Jackson ~1,800) | Union 43-total (8-killed); Confederates 52-total (6-killed) | Inconclusive |
| Oct 9 | Santa Rosa Isl, FLA | Union Ft Pickens garrison (Brown ~600) & Confederate MS, AL, FL & GA Infantry (Anderson ~1,200) | Union 67-total (14-killed); Confederates 175-total (30-killed) | USA (Union outnumbered) |
| Oct 12 | Head of the Passes, Louisiana | Union Navy Blockading Squadron , (Pope 5-ships) & Confederate "Mosquito Fleet" (Hollins 10 boats & fire rafts) | none 4 ships damaged | CSA (Union surprised routed) |
| Oct 16 | Bolivar Heights, WVA (near Harpers Ferry) | Union Infantry (Banks, Geary ~100) & Confederate Militia, Cavalry (Ashby ~700) | Union 13-total (4-killed), Confederates 10-total (1-killed) | USA (USA outnumbered) |
| Oct 21 | Fredericktown, MO | Union Ill & MO Infantry, IN cavalry (Plummer ~3,500) & Confederate Missouri State Guard (Thompson ~1,500) | Union 67-total (7-killed), Confederates 145-total (25-killed_ | USA (Union defeated Confederate ambush) |
| Oct 21 | Ball's Bluff, VA | Union MA, NY, MI, MN & CA Infantry, RI Artillery (Stone -1,720) & Confederate VA & MS Infantry, VA cavalry & artillery (Evans -1,709) | Union 1,002-total, including Lt. Oliver Wendell Holmes (223-killed including US Senator Edward Baker R-OR)), Confederates 155-total (36-killed) | CSA |
| Oct 21 | Camp Wildcat, KY (near Cumberland Gap) | Union IN & KY Infantry, KY Cavalry (Schoepf ~7,000) & Confederate TN Infantry (Zollicoffer ~5,700) | Union 25-total (5-killed), Confederates 53-total (11-killed) | USA |
| Oct 25 | Springfield, MO | Union: Fremont's scouts (Zagonyi -326) & Confederate MO State Guard (Frazier ~1,500) | Union 85-total (48-killed), Confederates 133-total (unkn-killed) | USA (USA outnumbered) |
| Nov 3-7 | Port Royal, SC | Union: Blockading Squadron (DuPont, TW Sherman -12,653 77 vessels) & Confederate SC Dept (RE Lee, Frazier -3,077 4 gunboats) | Union 31-total (8-killed), Confederates 63-total (11-killed) | USA |
| Nov 8-9 | Big Sandy-ivy Mountain, KY | Union: Dept of Ohio (Nelson ~5.500) & Confederate 5th Kentucky (Williams, ~1,010) | Union 62-total (12-killed), Confederates 235-total (41-killed) | USA |
| Nov 19 | Round Mountain, OK | Union: Creeks & Seminoles (Opothleyahola ~1,700) & Confederate Cavalry (Cooper, ~1,400) | Union 110-total (unkwn-killed), Confederates 10-total (6-killed) | CSA |
| Nov 20 | Skirmish at Brownsville, KY | Union Dept of Cumberland (~115) & Confederate Cavalry (Morgan ~200) | Union 14-total (6-killed), Confederates 1-total (1-killed) | CSA |
| Nov 26 | Skirmish at Hunter's Mills, VA | Union 3rd PA Cavalry (Bell ~94) & Confederate 1st NC Cavalry (Ransome ~120) | Union 33-total (1-killed), Confederates unknown 0? | CSA (CSA outnumbered) |
| Dec 9 | Chusto-Talasah, OK | Union Creek & Seminole allies (Opothleyahola ~2,500) & Confederate Texas cavalry + Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek & Cherokee allies (Cooper ~1,300) | Union 500-total (9-killed), Confederates 467-total (30-killed) | CSA (CSA outnumbered) |
| Dec 13 | Camp Allegheny, WVA | Union Brigade (Millford ~2,000) & Confederate Brigade (Johnson ~1,200) | Union 137-total (?-killed), Confederates 147-total (20-killed) | inconclusive |
| Dec 17 | Rowlett's Station, KY | Union 32nd Indiana (Willich ~500) & Confederate 8th Texas Cavalry, 1sT Ark. (Terry ~1,350) | Union 46-total (13-killed), Confederates 91-total (33-killed, including Terry) | inconclusive (outnumbered Union forces held the field) |
| Dec 20 | Drainsville, VA | Union Pennsylvania Volunteers (Ord ~5,000) & Confederate VA, KY & NC Volunteers (Stuart ~4,000) | Union 71-total (?-killed), Confederates 230-total (?-killed) | USA (1st larger Union victory in VA) |
| Dec 26 | Chustenahlah, OK | Union Creek & Seminole allies (Opothleyahola ~1,700) & Confederate Texas Cavalry (McIntoxh, Stand Watie ~1,380) | Union 430-total (2,000 later starved), Confederates 49-total (9-killed) | CSA |
| Dec 28 | Mount Zion Church, MO | Union Birge's Western Sharpshooters, 3rd MO Cav(Prentiss ~400) & Confederate MO State Guard (Dorsey ~235) | Union 70-total (3 dead), Confederates 235-total (25-killed) | USA |
| Dec 28 | Sacremento, KY | Union cavalry (Murray ~500) & Confederate Cavalry (Forrest ~250) | Union 23-total (10-killed), Confederates 5-total (2-killed) | CSA |
And here is the summary of wins & losses by state.
Total casualties are over 20,200 and battle deaths at least 2,500.
Summary of Civil War Engagements as of December 28, 1861:
Engagements in Confederate states:
| State | Union Victories | Confederate Victories | Inconclusive | Total Engagements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Virginia | 4 | 11 | 4 | 19 |
| North Carolina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Florida | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Louisiana | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total Engagements in CSA | 7 | 13 | 5 | 25 |
Engagements in Union states/territories:
| State | Union Victories | Confederate Victories | Inconclusive | Total Engagements |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| West Virginia | 9 | 2 | 2 | 13 |
| Missouri | 10 | 9 | 1 | 20 |
| New Mexico | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Kentucky | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Oklahoma | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Total Engagements in Union | 22 | 22 | 4 | 48 |
| Total Engagements to date | 29 | 35 | 9 | 73 |
The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas
Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Sunday, December 29, 1861 (“Major Comly (J. M.) with five companies marched today to occupy Raleigh twenty-five miles south of here.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_26.html
Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, December 29, 1861 (“If nothing occurs unforeseen, I must get home before the next month runs out.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_27.html
Major Wilder Dwight: December 29, 1861 (“McClellan promises Porter’s division an occasion, shortly, to show by fighting, as well as in reviews, that they are soldiers.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/major-wilder-dwight-december-29-1861.html
Major Wilder Dwight to William Dwight Sr., December 29, 1861 (“I have just read the capitulation and surrender of Mason and Slidell. Seward’s letter is masterly, his conclusion dignified and perhaps just.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/major-wilder-dwight-to-william-dwight.html
General Robert E. Lee to Charlotte Wickham Lee, December 29, 1861 (“You will have to get out the old wheels and looms again, else I do not know where we poor Confederates will get clothes.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/11/general-robert-e-lee-to-charlotte.html
General Robert E. Lee to G. W. Custis Lee, December 29, 1861 (“We must make up our minds to fight our battles ourselves, expect to receive aid from no one, and make every necessary sacrifice of comfort, money, and labor to bring the war to a successful close.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/11/general-robert-e-lee-to-g-w-custis-lee.html
Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: December 29,1861 (More on the passport wars.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-december_19.html
Continued from November 15 (reply #44.)
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4011123/posts#44
James Harrison Wilson, The Life of General John A. Rawlins
All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes
Mary Chesnut’s Civil War, edited by C. Vann Woodward
Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, December 30, 1861 (The afterglow of the Dranesville victory, and, “Seward’s letter I do not like. It is specious and pettifogging.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/11/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_11.html
Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Monday, December 30, 1861 (“The companies at Raleigh diminish our strength. Five hundred and twenty present. Total in companies here seven hundred and forty-three.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_28.html
Captain William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, December 30, 1861 (“You have been waiting, I suppose impatiently, to receive some news, but I have been obliged to be silent, for I have been quite ill with a fever.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/08/captain-william-thompson-lusk-to.html
William Bross to Simon Cameron, December 30, 1861 (“Evidence entirely satisfactory to myself and Associate Editors of the Tribune has become so convincing that Gen U. S. Grant commanding at Cairo is an inebriate, that I deem it my duty to call your attention to the matter.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/03/william-bross-to-simon-cameron-december.html
Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: December 30,1861 (“Some of our officers on furlough complain of the dullness of the war. The second year will be different.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-december_40.html
Today’s posts:
“The Life of General John A. Rawlins,” reply #9
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #10
Mary B. Chesnut, #11
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebooks, #12
Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher
All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes
The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas
Abraham Lincoln to Major General Henry W. Halleck, December 31, 1861 (Lincoln concerned about an army move in Kentucky.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/abraham-lincoln-to-major-general-henry.html
Diary of Edward Bates, December 31, 1861 – First Entry (Bates is also concerned about the move in Kentucky.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/diary-of-edward-bates-december-31-1861.html
Diary of Edward Bates, December 31, 1861 – Second Entry (The Attorney General describes a cabinet meeting.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/diary-of-edward-bates-december-31-1861_21.html
Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, December 31, 1861 (Today is Meade’s birthday and wedding anniversary.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/11/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_12.html
Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Tuesday, December 31, 1861 (“A review, an inspection, and a muster of the regiment all by me; also an inspection of McMullen’s Battery.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_27.html
Charles Eliot Norton to George William Curtis, December 31, 1861 (“I entirely agree with you as to the masterly manner in which Seward has treated the Trent case.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/charles-eliot-norton-to-george-william_25.html
Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: December 31,1861 (“Northern papers, received in this city, show very conclusively that the enemy are pretty accurately informed of the condition of our defenses and the paucity of the numbers in our regiments.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-december_11.html
Today’s posts:
Abraham Lincoln, reply #14
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #15
George Templeton Strong, #16
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #17
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4023175/posts#14
Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword
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