Harper’s Weekly – September 19, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | September 19, 1863

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

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Abraham Lincoln to Salmon P. Chase, September 25, 1863 (A claim from the Mississippi Unionist Duncans.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/10/abraham-lincoln-to-salmon-p-chase.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Friday, September 25, 1863 (“Should we meet with defeat at Chattanooga, it is by no means certain England will not again assume unfriendly airs”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/09/diary-of-gideon-welles-friday-september.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 25, 1863 (“The latest dispatch from Gen. Bragg states that he has 7000 prisoners (2000 of them wounded), 36 cannon, 15,000 of the enemy’s small arms, and 25 colors.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september_7.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: September 25, 1863 (“The last telegram from General Bragg tells of 7,000 prisoners, thirty-five pieces of cannon, and 15,000 small-arms, taken by our men.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_15.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Friday, September 25, 1863 (“Write me down a witch, a prophetess, or what you will. I am certainly something!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-sarah-morgan-friday-september.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Friday Evening, September 25, 1863 (“My wrongs I can forget; but one word of contempt for Brother I never forgive!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-sarah-morgan-friday-evening.html

General Robert E. Lee to Lieutenant General James Longstreet, September 25, 1863 (“Finish the work before you, my dear general, and return to me. I want you badly and you cannot get back too soon.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/general-robert-e-lee-to-lieutenant.html

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Today’s posts:

“Never Call Retreat,” reply #56
“Team of Rivals,” #57
Lincoln letter to Burnside, #58
“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” #59
John Jackman, #60
George Templeton Strong, #61
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #62