Harper’s Weekly – December 26, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | December 26, 1863

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Continued from December 25 (reply #34).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4204432/posts#34

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger

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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 a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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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, December 31, 1863 (“The President has well maintained his position, and under trying circumstances acquitted himself in a manner that will be better appreciated in the future than now.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/03/diary-of-gideon-welles-thursday.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: December 31, 1863 (“Man wounded by the guard shooting, and ball broke his leg. Might better have shot him dead for he will surely die.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/02/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_13.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Thursday, December 31, 1863 (“The last week of 1863, the Seventh will never forget in mid-winter-standing in the rain, snow and storm anxiously waiting for the finishing of the rolls.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/03/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose.html

From the 8th Iowa Cavalry (W. D. K.) (“The boys say they will have revenge – they are exasperated, and woe be to the guerillas they capture hereafter, for death will be their portion”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/06/from-8th-iowa-cavalry-w-d-k.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: December 31, 1863 (“To-morrow the President throws open his house for a public reception: his enemies allege that this is with a view to recovering popularity!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-december_29.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Thursday Night, December 31, 1863 (“Bring Peace and brighter days, O dawning New Year. Die, faster and faster, Old One; I count your remaining moments with almost savage glee.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-sarah-morgan-thursday-night.html

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Today’s posts:

“Team of Rivals,” reply #21
John Hay, #22
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #23
John Jackman, #24
George Templeton Strong, #25
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #26

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From the 8th Iowa Cavalry

Including my great-great-grandfather and three of his five brothers.

I can imagine how exasperated they all must have been!

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Continued from December 31 (reply #21).

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from December 9, 1863 (reply #27).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4201381/posts#27

David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger

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Continued from December 25 (reply #37).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4204432/posts#37

James Lee McDonough, William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life

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Continued from December 27 (reply #7)

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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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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All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

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

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Mary Chesnut’s Civil War, edited by C. Vann Woodward

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Friday, January 1, 1864 (“Went with my family to the Executive Mansion at 11 A.M. to pay our respects to the President.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/03/diary-of-gideon-welles-friday-january-1.html

Brigadier-General Thomas Kilby Smith to his sister Helen, January 1, 1864 (“It is exactly a year ago to-day since we withdrew from “Chickasas Bayou,” within six or eight miles from here after one of the severest contested battles I have been in.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/brigadier-general-thomas-kilby-smith-to_7.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard: January 1, 1864 (“My regiment has re-enlisted and a majority of the men and part of the officers have gone home.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/07/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis_14.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: January 1, 1864 (“I am Second Lieutenant of Company D (Capt. Samuel Darrah’s of Burlington, Vt.) of the same [10th VT Inf.] regiment, having been promoted from First Sergeant of Company B last spring.”)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/128440405/lemuel-abijah-abbott

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: January 1, 1864 (“Robinson bought on the outside a dozen apples and gave us all a treat. Nothing but corn bread to eat and very poor quality.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/02/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_14.html

Diary of Sergeant David L. Day: January 1, 1864 (“I shall not re-enlist, and my reasons are, first, I have no desire to monopolize all the patriotism there is, but am willing to give others a chance. My second reason is that after I have served three years my duty to the country has been performed and my next duty is at home with my family.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/diary-of-sergeant-david-l-day-january-1.html

Diary of Private Alexander G. Downing: Friday, January 1, 1864 (“May this war come to a close and our nation be at peace once more, and may slavery be wiped out so that there shall be no more slaves in America.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/diary-of-private-alexander-g-downing_31.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: January 1, 1864 (“Sixty-four is ushered in bleak and rough. The year has died, but its blood-wrought history will live co-equal with time.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/04/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_38.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 1, 1864 (“I am also breaking up some warm beds, for early vegetables, and spreading manure over my little garden: preparing for the siege and famine looked for in May and June”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-january-1.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: January 1, 1864 (“Had hardly gotten used to ‘63, when here is ‘64 upon me.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston_26.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: Sunday, January 1, 1864 (“how can we estimate the sadness of heart which will pervade the South when the war is over, and we are again gathered together around our family hearths and altars, and find the circles broken?”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/a-melancholy-pause-in-my-diary.html

Diary of Dolly Lunt Burge: January 1, 1864 (“Will another year find us among carnage and bloodshed? Shall we be a nation or shall we be annihilated?”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-dolly-sumner-lunt-january-1.html

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Today’s posts:

“Team of Rivals,” reply #29
“Lincoln,” #30
John Hay, #31
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #32
“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” #33
John Jackman, #34
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #35
George Templeton Strong, #36
Mary B. Chesnut, #37
Links to 12 items at Civil War Notebook, #38