Harper’s Weekly – May 24, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | May 24, 1862

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Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #36
“Lee,” #37
John Jackman, #38
Mary Chesnut, #39
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #40

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Continued from May 29 (reply #36).

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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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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Continued from May 28 (reply #29).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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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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Department of State Memorandum, May 30, 1862 (Gen. Butler’s treatment of British subjects has gotten back to Sec. Seward.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/department-of-state-memorandum-may-30.html

Major General John Pope to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, May 30, 1862 – 1:20 a.m. (“I have no doubt, from all appearances, that I shall be attacked in heavy force at daylight.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/03/major-general-john-pope-to-major.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, May 30, 1862 (Northern cities are not endangered by Gen. Jackson’s advance.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/12/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_24.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Friday, May 30, 1862 (The big news at Flat Top is a hail storm that was painful for man and beast.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_25.html

Journal of Major Wilder Dwight: May 30, 1862 (Long story short – Major Dwight is a POW.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/10/journal-of-major-wilder-dwight-may-30.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Wright Wills: May 30, 1862 (It’s possible the rebels have left Corinth, but snakes an scorpions are the present concern.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/1st-lieutenant-charles-wright-wills-may_11.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Friday, May 30, 1862 (“There is confusion now in Halleck’s grand army; they seem to surge like a lashed ocean when they are told that the rebels have evacuated Corinth”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/02/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_32.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 30, 1862 (“as our scouts report the left wing of the enemy on this side of the Chickahominy, Gen. Johnston has determined to attack it to-morrow.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-30.html

Diary of Mary Brockenbrough Newton: May 30, 1862 (Newton gets a visit from some rebel scouts, probing behind Union lines.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-mary-brockenbrough-newton-may_13.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: May 30, 1862 (Frank Preston has lost his arm.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-may-30.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: May 30, 1862 (Morgan and company have reached sanctuary.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-sarah-morgan-may-30-1862.html

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Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #42
John G. Nicolay, #43
“Grant,” #44
John Jackman, #45
Links to 11 items at Civil War Notebook, #46