Harper’s Weekly – February 28, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | February 28, 1863

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

See note from John G. Nicolay at reply #19

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Diary of Gideon Welles: Friday, March 6, 1863 (“The Court for the District is more important, and unfortunately the hearts and sympathies of the present judges are with the Rebels.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/diary-of-gideon-welles-friday-march-6.html

Diary of Major-General John A. Dix: May 6, 1863 (Dix protesting to the President that Union Admiral Samuel Lee is blockading a Union fort.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/diary-of-major-general-john-dix-may-6.html

Dr. Seth Rogers to his daughter Dolly, March 6, 1863 (The 1st South Carolina Inf. (Colored) is on its way to reoccupy Jacksonville, FL)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/02/dr-seth-rogers-to-his-daughter-dolly_19.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 6, 1863 (“There is a rumor this evening of the fall of Vicksburg; but that rumor has been whispered here several times during the last few months. No one believes it.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-6.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: March 6, 1863 (“Several of us out of our company went to Kinston and the battlefield. The Yankees are very poorly buried, as we saw several heads, hands and feet sticking out of the ground, where the rain had washed the dirt off of them.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/04/diary-of-private-louis-leon-march-6-1863.html

[Nifster]

Grifters even back then

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Please disregard the John Dix diary entry. The Link is from a May 6 item that is misplaced in the Civil War Notebook. The caption is from tomorrow’s Dix entry. We are sorry for the confusion.