Harper’s Weekly – January 30, 1864

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | January 30, 1864

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Wednesday, February 3, 1864 (“I do not gather from Chase that he has any system or fixed principles to govern him in his management of the Treasury.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/05/diary-of-gideon-welles-wednesday_26.html

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, February 3, 1864 (“[Rep. Washburne] adds: ‘The bill creating a Lieutenant Generalcy is sure to become a law and that General Grant will be the hero honored with the rank thus created.’”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_29.html

Major Henry L. Abbott to Colonel William F. Bartlett, February 3, 1864 (“I have just heard through letters from home and by Slocum Milton of your new misfortune, though nobody can tell me how serious the paralysis is”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/major-henry-l-abbott-to-colonel-francis.html

Francis Lieber to Judge Thayer, February 3, 1864 (“Nevertheless, slavery must be abolished. What then? The whole Rebellion is beyond the Constitution. The Constitution was not made for such a state of things”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/francis-lieber-to-judge-thayer-february_11.html

General Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, February 3, 1864 (Lee discusses possible operational objectives for the spring and summer.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/general-robert-e-lee-to-jefferson-davis_4.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 3, 1864 (“we have experienced the great agony of 1863, and have become so familiar with horrors that we shall fight with a fearful desperation.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/09/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-february_26.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: February 3, 1864 (“Have been making some notes for Dr. [Robert Lewis] Dabney lately, relative to Jackson; find my eyes a great barrier in the way of my doing it properly.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston_27.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Wednesday, February 3, 1864 (“Last night we were thrown into the most violent state of commotion by the unexpected entrance of Captain Bradford [1st MS Light Arty]. He has been a prisoner since the surrender of Port Hudson”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/05/diary-of-sarah-morgan-wednesday.html

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Today’s posts:

Map from Shelby Foote’s Civil War Narrative and “Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” Reply #18
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #19
John Hay, #20
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #21

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

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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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Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, February 4, 1864 (“General Grant arrived this evening and is in excellent health. His non-arrival last night made me nervous, and you will not be surprised to know that it caused me to break over my resolution not to swear.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_30.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 4, 1864 (“Clear and pretty cold. We have news of another brilliant affair at Kinston, N. C, where Gen. Pickett has beaten the enemy, killing and wounding and taking some 500 men, besides capturing another gun-boat!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/09/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-february_37.html

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Today’s posts:

John Hay, reply #23
George Templeton Strong, #24
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #25
Links to 2 items at Civil War Notebook, #26

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Continued from January 1 (reply #33)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4205877/posts#33

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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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Friday, February 5, 1864 (“Went last night to Blair’s reception and also to a party at Riggs’s, the banker.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/05/diary-of-gideon-welles-friday-february.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, February 5, 1864 (“B[utler] telegraphed that large reinforcements had been sent from the Rapid Ann to North Carolina”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_11.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: February 5, 1864 (“Our escapade was a grand fizzle, and all hands have been punished in more ways than one in the last few days.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_7.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 5, 1864 (“From dispatches from North Carolina, it would seem that our generals are taking advantage of the fine roads, and improving the opportunity”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/09/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-february_25.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: February 5, 1864 (“Not dead! not dead! O my God! Gibbes is not dead! Where — O dear God! Another?”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/05/diary-of-sarah-morgan-february-5-1864.html

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Today’s posts:

“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” reply #28
John Jackman, #29
Lincoln note to Sec. Stanton, #30
John Hay, #31
Mary Chesnut, #32
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #33