Harper’s Weekly – February 27, 1864

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | February 27, 1864

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Today’s posts:

“Team of Rivals,” reply #13
Lincoln letter to Sec. Chase, #14
“Lee,” #15
John Hay, #16
John Jackman, #17
George Templeton Strong, #18
Mary Chesnut, #19
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #20

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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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Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: February 30 [sic], 1864 (“We hear that Dahlgreen has been shot and killed. At the very first intimation that our troops were anywhere near, the prisoners would have made a break.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_30.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, March 1, 1864 (“Old Mr. Blair called on me on Sunday evening to look to the interests of Acting Rear-Admiral Lee, his son-in-law, who is uneasy lest he shall not obtain promotion.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/07/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday-march-1.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, March 1, 1864 (“The idea is to liberate the prisoners, catch all the rebel M. C.’s that are lying round loose, and make tracks to our nearest lines.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_18.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: March 1, 1864 (“A dead calm after the raid scare. We much prefer the open air imprisonment to confinement.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_31.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 1, 1864 (“Couriers and horsemen from the country announced the approach of the enemy within the outer fortifications; a column of 5000 cavalry.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-1.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: March 1, 1864 (“Snowing to-night. We had a hard road to travel, and when we got to our destination the enemy had gone.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/10/diary-of-private-louis-leon-march-1-1864.html

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With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865, edited by Michael Burlingame

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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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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: Wednesday, March 2, 1864 (“Rear-Admiral Dahlgren [father of the late Col. Ulric Dahlgren] came suddenly upon us this evening. I sent him leave three weeks or more ago. He is looking well after his long and fatiguing service.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/07/diary-of-gideon-welles-wednesday-march.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, March 2, 1864 (“Custer, with fifteen hundred cavalry and two pieces of artillery, was sent to Charlottesville to try and cut the Gordonsville and Lynchburg Railroad near that place”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/major-general-george-g-meade-to_4.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: March 2, 1864 (“I was never tougher — seems as if your humble servant was proof against the hardest rebel treatment.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 2, 1864 (“This morning an excitement, but no alarm, pervaded the city. It was certainly a formidable attempt to take the city by surprise.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-2.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: March 2, 1864 (“Started back to camp. The weather was clear and cold. Got there at 7 in the evening, and I stiff from walking. We marched eighteen miles today.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/10/diary-of-private-louis-leon-march-2-1864.html

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Today’s posts:

John G. Nicolay, reply #25
John Hay, #26
John Jackman, #27
George Templeton Strong, #28
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #29

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Continued from December 7, 1863 (reply #12).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4201381/posts#12

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Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from February 22 (reply #18)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4218677/posts#18

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Thursday, March 3, 1864 (Sec. Welles withholds support for a Maryland officer and lobbies the President in support of a Connecticut officer.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/07/diary-of-gideon-welles-thursday-march-3.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: March 3, 1864 (“The ham given us to-day was rotten, with those nameless little white things crawling around through it. Promptly threw it out of the window and was scolded for it by a fellow prisoner who wanted it himself”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_2.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 3, 1864 (“The opinion prevails that the plan to liberate the prisoners and capture Richmond is not fully developed yet, nor abandoned.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-3.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: March 3, 1864 (“Left camp to intercept General Kilpatrick, who is scouting in our lines. We found out that he was already on his way to the peninsula, so we returned to camp.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/10/diary-of-private-louis-leon-march-3-1864.html

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Today’s posts:

“Grant,” reply #31
“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” #32
John Hay, #33
Mary Chesnut, #34
George Templeton Strong, #35
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #36

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Continued from March 3 (reply #31).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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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