Posted on 03/05/2024 6:23:02 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson
Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger
Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis
Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, March 8, 1864 (“Received a telegram from Admiral Lee this P.M., confirming a rumor that was whispered yesterday of the death of young Dahlgren.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/08/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday-march-8.html
Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, March 8, 1864 (“Grant is to be in Washington tonight, and as he is to be commander in chief and responsible for the doings of the Army of the Potomac, he may desire to have his own man in command”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/major-general-george-g-meade-to_6.html
Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, March 8, 1864 (“I spoke to the General on the subject of his staff to-day again, and told him frankly I desired it organized without regard to me”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_15.html
Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: March 8, 1864 (“Were unloaded last night and given a chance to straighten our limbs. Stayed all night in the woods, side of the track, under a heavy guard.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_5.html
Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: March 8, 1864 (“We arrive at Florence [AL] in the afternoon, capture one rebel, and one seeking to make his escape gets killed.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/04/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose-march_20.html
Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 8, 1864 (“Reports from the Eastern Shore of Virginia indicate that Gen. Butler’s rule there has been even worse than [Gen. Henry H.] Lockwood’s.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-8.html
General Robert E. Lee to Lieutenant General James Longstreet, March 8, 1864 (“I think the enemy’s great effort will be in the West, and we must concentrate our strength there to meet them.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/general-robert-e-lee-to-lieutenant.html
Today’s posts:
“Never Call Retreat,” reply #17
“Team of Rivals,” #18
Map from Shelby Foote’s Civil War Narrative, and “Grant,” #19
John G. Nicolay, #20
John Hay, #21
George Templeton Strong, #22
Mary Chesnut, #23
John Jackman, #24
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #25
Continued from February 28 (reply #6).
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4220312/posts#6
David Herbert Donald, Lincoln
With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865, edited by Michael Burlingame
Continued from February 14 (reply #8).
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4217054/posts#8
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two
Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger
Continued from March 3 (reply #32)
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4220312/posts#32
Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst
Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis
Diary of Gideon Welles: Wednesday, March 9, 1864 (“The President met him and presented to the General his commission1 with remarks, to which the latter responded. Both read their remarks. General Grant was somewhat embarrassed.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/08/diary-of-gideon-welles-wednesday-march.html
Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, March 9, 1864 (“Yesterday’s Tribune has a most violent attack on me, full of the basest and most malicious slanders, in which, not satisfied with attacking my military reputation, they impugn my loyalty and attribute expressions to me I never dreamed of using.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/major-general-george-g-meade-to_7.html
Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, March 9, 1864 (“To-day the General received and accepted his commission as Lieutenant General in the army of the United States. He talks of going out to visit the army of the Potomac to-morrow, but whether he will or not I am unable to say.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_16.html
Brigadier-General Thomas Kilby Smith to Eliza Walter Smith, March 9, 1864 (“I have met General Sherman frequently upon the march, and to-day saw him for a little while. He is the man for the Southwest. The expression is trite, but he is the Napoleon of the war.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/brigadier-general-thomas-kilby-smith-to_13.html
Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 9, 1864 (“This is the famine month. Prices of every commodity in the market—up, up, up.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-9.html
Today’s posts:
“Lincoln,” reply #27
Presentation of Commission to U.S. Grant, #28
John G. Nicolay, #29
“Grant,” #30
“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” #31
John Hay, #32
“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” #33
John Jackman, #34
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #35
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