Harper’s Weekly – February 20, 1864

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | February 20, 1864

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

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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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Diary of Gideon Welles: Friday, February 26, 1864 (“The President has been advised of the steps taken to forward the Chase operations. Circulars were put in his hands before signed.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/07/diary-of-gideon-welles-friday-february_17.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: February 26, 1864 (“Guards unusually strict.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_24.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 26, 1864 (“Dispatches announce heavy skirmishing in the vicinity of Dalton —and Gen. Johnston’s army was in line of battle.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/12/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-february_36.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: February 26, 1864 (“People are trading as far as possible, instead of paying money. As for example, the shoemaker tells me that he won’t make a pair of shoes for me unless I send him a load of wood”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston_66.html

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Today’s posts:

John Jackman, reply #41
Mary Chesnut, #42
John Hay, #43
George Templeton Strong, #44
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #45