Harper’s Weekly – March 5, 1864

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | March 5, 1864

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

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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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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

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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

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3/9 reply #1:

Continued from February 28 (reply #6).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4220312/posts#6

David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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

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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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Continued from March 8 (reply #19).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from February 14 (reply #8).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4217054/posts#8

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

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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 March 3 (reply #32)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4220312/posts#32

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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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

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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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Continued from March 8 (reply #17).

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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Continued from March 8 (reply #18).

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from March 9 (reply #30).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from March 9 (reply #31).

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two