Harper’s Weekly – February 14, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | February 14, 1863

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Thursday, February 19, 1863 (“The President on Tuesday expressed a wish that Captain Dahlgren should be made an admiral, and I presented to-day both his and Davis’s names.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/diary-of-gideon-welles-thursday_16.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: February 19, 1863 (“[Companies] G and B marched to Loup Creek to take steamboat to Charleston; the rest to go soon.” Plus fishing news.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/09/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_17.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 19, 1863 (“Major-Gen. Pickett’s division marched through the city to-day for Drewry’s Bluff. Gen. Lee writes that this division can beat the army corps of Hooker, supposed to be sent to the Peninsula.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-february_20.html

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Francis Lieber to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, February 20, 1863 (Lieber drew up “Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/francis-lieber-to-major-general-henry-w.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 20, 1863 (“The Queen of the West was forced to surrender. This adventure has an exhilarating effect upon our spirits.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-february_21.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: February 20, 1863 (McGuire’s sister describes the depredations of the Yankees on the Potomac.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_23.html