Harper’s Weekly – March 26, 1864

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | March 26, 1864

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Simon Cameron to Abraham Lincoln, March 29, 1864 (Cameron thinks Sec. Seward or Gen. Dix has presidential ambitions threatening Lincoln’s re-election.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/11/simon-cameron-to-abraham-lincoln-march.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, March 29, 1864 (Welles and Sec. Chase discussed the thorny issue of trade within the rebel lines.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/11/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday-march-29.html

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, March 29, 1864 (“To-morrow the General goes to General Butler’s Department. Colonel [Cyrus] Comstock and I will accompany him.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_26.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: March 29, 1864 (“Raiders getting more bold as the situation grows worse. Often rob a man now of all he has, in public, making no attempt at concealment.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/05/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_4.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Tuesday, March 29, 1864 (“The boys are scouring the country in every direction for horses and mules this evening.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/05/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_61.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 29, 1864 (“Great crowds are funding their Treasury notes to-day; but prices of provisions are not diminished. White beans, such as I paid $60 a bushel for early in this month, are now held at $75. What shall we do to subsist until the next harvest ?”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-29.html

General Robert E. Lee to Brigadier General G. W. Custis Lee, March 29, 1864 (“If Grant operates the army in Virginia, he will concentrate a large force on one or more lines. Unless we can take the initiative in the West to disturb their plans, we shall have to concentrate to meet him.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/camp-orange-co.html

General Robert E. Lee to Margaret Stuart, March 29, 1864 (“The indications at present are that we shall have a hard struggle. General Grant is with the Army of Potomac.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/general-robert-e-lee-to-margaret-stuart_11.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, March 29, 1864 (“I tried very hard to retain Sykes, Newton, and even French, as division commanders, but without avail. I had very hard work to retain Sedgwick.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/major-general-george-g-meade-to_23.html

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Today’s posts:

Lincoln note to Gen. Meade, reply #17
George Templeton Strong, #18
Link to Find a Grave entry for nice lady Strong mentioned, #19
John Jackman, #20
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, #21

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

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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 30, 1864 (Fascinating discussion at Welles’s party. Sec. Seward and artist Francis B. Carpenter on key events early in the war.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/12/diary-of-gideon-welles-wednesday-march.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, March 30, 1864 (“For Chief of Cavalry we are to have a General Sheridan, from the West. He is, I believe, on his way.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_20.html

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, March 30, 1864 (“Deserters from Lee’s army say there is a rumor in their camps that General Lee said recently that the Army of the Potomac has been long enough at Culpepper and that he intended to start it from there soon.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_27.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: March 30, 1864 (“Seems as if our government is at fault in not providing some way to get us out of here, the hot weather months must kill us all outright.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/05/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_5.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Wednesday, March 30, 1864 (“The detachment now consists of Companies F, H and K. We are now eight miles from the headquarters at Baily Springs, and eight miles from the Tennessee river.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/05/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_7.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 30, 1864 (“The papers publish an account of a battle of snow-balls in our army, which indicates the spirit of the troops, when, perhaps, they are upon the eve of passing through such awful scenes of carnage as will make the world tremble at the appalling spectacle.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-30.html

General Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, March 30, 1864 (“we can assume that if General Grant is to direct operations on this frontier, he will concentrate a large force on one or more lines, and prudence dictates that we should make such preparations as are in our power.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/general-robert-e-lee-to-jefferson-davis_8.html

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Today’s posts:

John G. Nicolay, reply #24
John Hay, #25
George Templeton Strong, #26
John Jackman, #27
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #28

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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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Diary of Colonel William F. Bartlett, March 31, 1864 (“——1 came back last night. He is going to resign, I am sorry to say. His wife has persuaded him. It is the weakest thing I ever saw in him. I lose faith in man’s firmness and woman’s fortitude.
1 One of his most valued officers.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/diary-of-colonel-william-f-bartlett_15.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Thursday, March 31, 1864 (“At day-light we charge into Florence and intercept two rebels in the act of crossing the river to their command.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/05/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 31, 1864 (“No war news, though it is generally believed that Longstreet is really in the valley.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-31.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: March, 1864 (A grieving Sarah Morgan relates the story of the death of her two brothers.)

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

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Today’s posts:

John Jackman, reply #30
Mary B. Chesnut, #31
John Hay, #32
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #33

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Morgan’s diary entry is heartbreaking..
Thousands of families grieved like this.
Unfortunately I can see it in the future.

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

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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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Diary of Gideon Welles: Friday, April 1, 1864 (“Chase calls for largely additional taxes which I have no doubt are necessary. There should have been heavier taxes the last two years.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/12/diary-of-gideon-welles-friday-april-1.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, April 1, 1864 (“I came up [to Washington] yesterday with Grant, am going to-day before the committee to answer Dan Butterfield’s falsehoods.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/major-general-george-g-meade-to_24.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: April 1, 1864 (“It is said that Wirtz shot someone this morning. Often hear the guards shoot and hear of men being killed. Am not ambitious to go near them.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/05/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_6.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: April 1, 1864 (“The plow is standing still; starvation and suffering are inevitable if the angel of peace comes not soon upon its mission to this stricken people.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/06/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose-april_77.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 1, 1864 (“the papers have an account of the shooting of an infant by some Yankees on account of its name. This shows that the war is degenerating more and more into savage barbarism.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-1.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: April 1, 1864 (“Our brigade went on picket at Raccoon Ford, and picketed up to Moulton’s Ford.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/12/diary-of-private-louis-leon-april-1-1864.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: April 1, 1864 (“My diary has been somewhat neglected, for after looking over commissary accounts for six hours in the day, and attending to home or hospital duties in the afternoon, I am too much wearied to write much at night.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_11.html