Harper’s Weekly – April 9, 1864

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | April 9, 1864

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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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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: Monday, April 11, 1864 (“In the House of Representatives a sharp and unpleasant discussion has been carried on, on a resolution introduced by the Speaker, Colfax, to expel Long, a Representative from Ohio, for some discreditable partisan remarks, made in a speech last Friday.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/01/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-april-11.html

Major General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, April 11, 1864 (“We have now been two years and more at war, and have reached a period when we should consider the war as fairly begun.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/08/major-general-william-t-sherman-to_19.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, April 11, 1864 (“I received a note from Hancock, the other day, saying Birney had been to see him, disclaiming being a partisan of Sickles”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/major-general-george-g-meade-to_29.html

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, April 11, 1864 (“[Sherman] writes so cheerfully, so full of hope of success that it makes one feel that all must be well. You know my high opinion of him.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_11.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: April 11, 1864 (“Got marching orders and at four p. m. marched above the falls about two miles and went on board the steamboat ‘Shenango.’”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-george-g-smith_11.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: April 11, 1864 (“As many as 12,000 men here now, and crowded for room. Death rate is in the neighborhood of eighty per day.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_2.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 11, 1864 (“There are rumors of Burnside landing troops on the Peninsula; also of preparations for movements on the Rappahannock—by which side is uncertain.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-11.html

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Today’s posts:

Lincoln letter, reply #20
John G. Nicolay, #21
Mary B. Chesnut, #22
John Jackman, #23
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #24

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Continued from April 10 (reply #16)

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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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All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, April 12, 1864 (“To-day have a letter from Admiral Lee respecting the exportation of French tobacco from Richmond.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/01/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday-april-12.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, April 12, 1864 (“[Grant] habitually wears an expression as if he had determined to drive his head through a brick wall, and was about to do it. I have much confidence in him.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_21.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: April 12, 1864 (Lt. Smith’s steamboat avoids a possible ambush on the Red River.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-george-g-smith_12.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: April 12, 1864 (“New prisoners are made sick the first hours of their arrival by the stench which pervades the prison.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_3.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 12, 1864 (“It is still said and believed that Gen. Lee will take the initiative, and attack Grant.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-12.html

General Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, April 12, 1864 (“My anxiety on the subject of provisions for the army is so great that I cannot refrain from expressing it to your Excellency.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/general-robert-e-lee-to-jefferson-davis_10.html

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Today’s posts:

“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” reply #26
John Jackman, #27
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #28
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #29

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Continued from April 12 (reply #26)

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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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 Gideon Welles: Wednesday, April 13, 1864 (“Consulted Mr. [Charles] Eames yesterday and again to-day in relation to the investigations into the frauds of naval contractors and others.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/02/diary-of-gideon-welles-wednesday-april.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, April 13, 1864 (“My duty is plain, to continue quietly to discharge my duties, heartily co-operating with him and under him.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/major-general-george-g-meade-to_30.html

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, April 13, 1864 (“The quantity of opium has affected my whole system inasmuch as to produce a sensation of numbness and drowsiness and given me a bad headache.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_12.html

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, April 13, 1864 (“Of one thing the country can be assured, the General does not mean to scatter his army and have it whipped in detail.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_14.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, April 13, 1864 (“Introduced to General Sheridan, the new Chief of Cavalry — a small, broad-shouldered, squat man, with black hair and a square head.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_43.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: April 13, 1864 (“We found Bank’s whole army here having been badly defeated at Pleasant Hill, forty miles above on the nineth and tenth instant and had retreated back to this place with his whole army.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-george-g-smith_13.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: April 13, 1864 (“The raiders are the stronger party now, and do as they please; and we are in nearly as much danger now from our own men as from the rebels”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_4.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 13, 1864 (“There is an unofficial report that one of our torpedo boats struck the Federal war steamer Minnesota yesterday, near Newport News, and damaged her badly.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-13.html

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Today’s posts:

“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” reply #31
John Jackman, #32
John G. Nicolay, #33
John Hay, #34
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #35

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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: Thursday, April 14, 1864 (“The Baltimore American of this morning contains my report in relation to the ironclads and Du Pont.” See it in the NY Times of Apr 16.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/02/diary-of-gideon-welles-thursday-april.html

Governor John A. Andrew to Colonel William F. Bartlett, April 14, 1864 (“I commit these banners to you as an officer, as a citizen of Massachusetts, and as a personal friend . . .”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/governor-john-andrew-to-colonel-william.html

Colonel William F. Bartlett to Governor John A. Andrew, April 14, 1864 (“I hope, sir, we shall do the flag more credit in action, than we can do ourselves in speech.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/colonel-william-f-bartlett-to-governor.html

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, April 14, 1864 (“Enclosed I send you the telegraphic despatch from the Honorable E. B. Washburne, informing me of my confirmation by the Senate.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_17.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: April 14, 1864 (Lt. Smith describes the bad position Adm. Porter found his fleet in after Gen. Banks’ defeat at Pleasant Hill.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-george-g-smith_14.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: April 14, 1864 (“Many give me parting injunctions relative to their families, in case I should live through Have half a dozen photographs of dead men’s wives, with addresses on the back of them.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_5.html

Diary of Clara Barton: Thursday, April 14, 1864 (Miss Barton rails at the government.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/08/diary-of-clara-barton-thursday-april-14.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 14, 1864 (“No reliable war news to-day; but we are on the tip-toe of expectation of exciting news from the Rapidan.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-14.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: April 14, 1864 (“I went to A. P. Hill’s corps to visit my friend, Lieutenant Rusler, and returned to camp on the 15th.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/12/diary-of-private-louis-leon-april-14.html

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