Harper’s Weekly – January 11, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | January 11, 1862

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[colorado tanker]

Some women marry men for their wealth and some men marry women for their youth and beauty??? I’m shocked, shocked I tell ya!!

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

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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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Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Friday, January 17, 1862 (Hayes expects no slave insurrections since they will gain freedom by the course of events.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_7.html

Major Wilder Dwight: January 17, 1862 (“I find General [Charles S.] Hamilton and Colonel [John W.] Geary very agreeable associates.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/major-wilder-dwight-january-17-1862.html

Major Wilder Dwight: January 17, 1862 (““Nothing of the least interest has transpired for several days past along the line of the Upper Potomac.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/major-wilder-dwight-january-17-1862_14.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: January 17, 1862 (“I have always persuaded myself that I didn’t like pea soup and wouldn’t eat it, but today I changed my mind and thought I never ate anything that tasted quite so good as pea soup.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/04/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-january.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: January 17, 1862 (“Affairs look billious this morning. Still raining, the camp fires burning dimly. The soldiers wet and chilled.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_2.html

[GranTorino]

I don’t know who you would compare Chestnut to today.
She is something.