Harper’s Weekly – April 9, 1864

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | April 9, 1864

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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: Friday, April 15, 1864 (“Gold is truth. Its paper substitute is a fiction, sustained by public confidence in part because there is a belief that it will ultimately bring gold”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/02/diary-of-gideon-welles-friday-april-15.html

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, April 15, 1864 (“General Grant’s official report of Chattanooga is being published all over the country, and is receiving the most favorable notice in all the leading papers.”)
The report is on pages 4-6 of yesterday’s NY Times=> https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4231107/posts

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_18.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: April 15, 1864 (“The hospital is a tough place to be in, from all accounts, the detailed Yankees as soon as they get a little authority are certain to use it for all it is worth.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_6.html

General Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, April 15, 1864 (“I think it certain that the enemy is organizing a large army on the Rappahannock and another at Annapolis, and that the former is intended to move directly on Richmond, while the latter is intended to take it in flank or rear.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/general-robert-e-lee-to-jefferson-davis_11.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: April 15, 1864 (“Nothing more up to the 18th.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/12/diary-of-private-louis-leon-april-15.html