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Harper’s Weekly – May 7, 1864
Harper's Weekly archives ^ | May 7, 1864

Posted on 05/07/2024 6:33:48 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson

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KEYWORDS: civilwar
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
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The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

21 posted on 05/08/2024 7:05:07 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Mary Chesnut’s Civil War, edited by C. Vann Woodward

22 posted on 05/08/2024 7:05:58 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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John Hay to Charles Edward Hay: May 8, 1864 (Younger brother Charlie Hay has become engaged to an Illinois girl, Mary Ridgely.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/john-hay-to-charles-edward-hay-may-8.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Sunday, May 8, 1864 (“Rocky Gap to Poplar Hill (Sharmon’s), twenty-four miles. — Ten from Giles; ten and one-half from Dublin. Rebels probably ahead of us getting ready.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/11/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes.html

Diary of Colonel William F. Bartlett, May 8, 1864 “Ambulances moved to Chancellorsville . . . The loss in my regiment is great. Nearly two hundred killed and wounded. I am satisfied with their conduct.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/diary-of-colonel-william-f-bartlett-may_29.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: May 8, 1864, 1:30 a.m. (“Have about given up the train before daylight, so will curl down and take a cool snooze, minus blankets. Made 11 miles to-day.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/07/captain-charles-wright-wills-may-8-1864_20.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: May 8, 1864 (“Dispatch came to Sherman this p. m. that Grant had whipped Lee three successive days. Our fight will come off to-morrow.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/07/captain-charles-wright-wills-may-8-1864.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Sunday, May 8, 1864 (“when reminded by a wag that he (Meade) was in a dangerous place, he replied: “It’s safe enough behind a Vermont regiment anywhere!” Which was a clever thing to say to the men and they appreciated it.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_29.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: May 8, 1864 (“Crossed Red river on the dam. Four gun boats below the dam, and two turreted monitors below the upper falls.” With illustration.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-george-g-smith_4.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: May 8, 1864 (“About 3,500 have died since I came here, which is a good many, come to think of it”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom-may_19.html

Diary of Corporal John Worrell Northrop: [Sunday], May 8, 1864 (Northrup’s POW train passes through Charlottesville, where they are derided by local girls.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/04/diary-of-corporal-john-worrell-northrop.html

Francis Lieber to Senator Charles Sumner, May 8, 1864 (Lieber strongly urges Sen. Sumner to pass an English publication to President Lincoln.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/francis-lieber-to-senator-charles_22.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 8, 1864 (“Grant remained where he had been driven, in the “Wilderness,” behind his breastworks, completely checked in his “On to Richmond.” He may be badly hurt, and perhaps his men object to being led to the slaughter again.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-8-1864.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: May 8, 1864 (“We left this place at dark last night, but only got a distance of two miles, and it took us until 9 in the morning of the 9th.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/diary-of-private-louis-leon-may-8-1864.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: Sunday, May 8, 1864 (“At this moment Yankee prisoners are passing by. I do not know where they were captured. Those taken at the battle of “The Wilderness” were sent South.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_31.html


23 posted on 05/08/2024 7:06:50 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...

Today’s posts:

“Grant,” reply #13
West Point Atlas of War map, “Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” (1), #14
“Lee,” #15
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #16
“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” (2), #17
American Battlefield Trust maps, “William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #18
John Jackman, #19
John G. Nicolay, #20
George Templeton Strong, #21
Mary B. Chesnut, #22
Links to 13 items at Civil War Notebook, #23


24 posted on 05/08/2024 7:12:46 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
Continued from May 8 (reply #13).

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Jean Edward Smith, Grant

25 posted on 05/09/2024 6:38:49 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Continued from May 8 (reply #14).

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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

26 posted on 05/09/2024 6:39:31 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
Continued from Continued from May 8 (reply #15).

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Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

27 posted on 05/09/2024 6:40:08 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

28 posted on 05/09/2024 6:40:56 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Continued from May 7 (reply #8).

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Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

29 posted on 05/09/2024 6:41:32 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Battle Maps of the Civil War: The Western Theater, American Battlefield Trust

Continued from May 5 (reply #56).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4234614/posts?q=1&;page=51#56

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Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

30 posted on 05/09/2024 6:42:33 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Continued from May 8 (reply #18).

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James Lee McDonough, William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life

31 posted on 05/09/2024 6:43:16 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

32 posted on 05/09/2024 6:44:04 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

33 posted on 05/09/2024 6:44:42 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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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

34 posted on 05/09/2024 6:45:44 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

35 posted on 05/09/2024 6:46:49 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Edwin M. Stanton to Major-General Benjamin F. Butler, May 9, 1864 — 3:20 p.m. (Sec. Stanton updates Gen. Butler on war news.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/08/edwin-m-stanton-to-major-general_13.html

Edwin M. Stanton to Major-General Benjamin F. Butler, May 9, 1864 — 4 p.m. (“A dispatch from General Grant has just been received. He is on the march with his whole army to form a junction with you”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/08/edwin-m-stanton-to-major-general.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, May 9, 1864 (“The misfortunes are attributed entirely and exclusively to the incapacity of General Banks.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/08/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-may-9-1864.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: May 9, 1864 (“Battle of Cloyd’s Mountain, or as Rebs call it “Cloyd Farm.” Lasted one hour and a half.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Cloyd%27s_Mountain)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/01/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-may.html

Diary of Colonel William F. Bartlett, May 9, 1864 (“Moved into Fredericksburg this morning at sunrise, in a brick house here. Lived in ambulance three days and nights.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/08/diary-of-colonel-william-f-bartlett-may.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: May 9, 1864 (“A regiment of Kentucky cavalry (Rebel) slipped in between ours and the division ahead of us, trying to capture a train.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/07/captain-charles-wright-wills-may-9-1864.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Monday, May 9, 1864 (“General Hancock occupies the right followed by General Warren, Generals Sedgwick and Burnside in the order mentioned.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_30.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: May 9, 1864 (“Dam broke away and two ironclads run through. Two gunboats reported destroyed near Fort De Russey.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-george-g-smith_5.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: May 9, 1864 (“Men are continually going up to the dead line and getting shot. They do not get much sympathy, as they should know better.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom-may_20.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May [9], 1864 (“yesterday the advance of our army encountered his right wing at Spottsylvania Court House, and repulsed it ‘with great slaughter.’ Strong language for Lee.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-9-1864.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: May 9, 1864 (“We passed a brigade of negro troops. They gave us a terrible cursing, and hollered “Fort Pillow” at us.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/diary-of-private-louis-leon-may-9-1864.html

A Letter from Charlottesville: May 9, 1864 (“There are thousands of rumors and we are satisfied with knowing we have been victorious thus far.” – Louise Wigfall.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/a-letter-from-charlottesville-may-9-1864.html


36 posted on 05/09/2024 6:48:10 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...

Today’s posts:

“Grant,” reply #25
“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” #26
“Lee,” #27
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #28
“Never Call Retreat” (1), #29
American Battlefield Trust map, “Never Call Retreat” (2), #30
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #31
John Jackman, #32
Lincoln response to a serenade, #33
John Hay, #34
George Templeton Strong, #35
Links to 12 items at Civil War Notebook, #36


37 posted on 05/09/2024 6:54:51 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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The West Point Atlas of War: The Civil War, Chief Editor, Brigadier General Vincent J. Esposito

Continued from May 9 (reply #25).

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Jean Edward Smith, Grant

38 posted on 05/10/2024 6:56:47 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Continued from May 9 (reply #26).

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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

39 posted on 05/10/2024 6:57:31 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
Continued from Continued from May 9 (reply #27).

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Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

40 posted on 05/10/2024 6:58:16 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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