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Harper’s Weekly – May 14, 1864
Harper's Weekly archives ^ | May 14, 1864

Posted on 05/14/2024 6:54:39 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson

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To: Homer_J_Simpson
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Continued from May 13 (reply #78).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4236199/posts?q=1&;page=51#78

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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

21 posted on 05/16/2024 7:05:55 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
0516-ehr

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

22 posted on 05/16/2024 7:06:28 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 12 (reply #65).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4236199/posts?q=1&;page=51#65

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Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

23 posted on 05/16/2024 7:07:10 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Shelby Foote, The Civil War Narrative, Volume Three, Red River to Appomattox

Continued from May 14 (reply #3).

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

24 posted on 05/16/2024 7:07:57 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
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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

25 posted on 05/16/2024 7:09:02 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
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Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a Confederate Soldier, Edited by A.D. Kirwan

26 posted on 05/16/2024 7:09:37 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 Gideon Welles: Monday, May 16, 1864 (“I yesterday took a steamer with a small company, and went down the Potomac to Belle Plain.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/01/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-may-16.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, May 16, 1864 – 9 A. M. (“Sheridan was sent to get in the enemy’s rear, destroy their communications and supplies, fight their cavalry, and make his way to Butler. He reports having executed his orders, and it is said that J. E. B. Stuart was killed”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/major-general-george-g-meade-to_11.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Monday, May 16, 1864 (Col. Hayes’ command on an arduous march in West Virginia.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/01/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_29.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, May 16, 1864 (Lt. Col. Lyman continues his account of the weeks’ fighting in two installments.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_3.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, May 16, 1864

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_25.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: May 16, 1864 (“The old story — the Rebels evacuated last night. They made two or three big feints of attacking during the night, but are all gone this morning.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/08/captain-charles-wright-wills-may-16-1864.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Monday, May 16, 1864 (“I know not how long we shall remain in this position, but God grant that this suspense will soon be ended.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/10/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_12.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: May 16, 1864 (A lively fight at Mansura, Louisiana, a few miles south of the Red River.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-george-g-smith_12.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: May 16, 1864 (“Two men got away during the night and were brought back before noon. The men are torn by the dogs, and one of them full of buck shot.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom-may_28.html

Diary of Private Charles H. Lynch: May 16, 1864 (Gen. Sigel’s force falling back in the Shenandoah Valley.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/diary-of-private-charles-h-lynch-may-16.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Monday, May 16, 1864 (“This evening Colonel Rowett arrested Buckee and Judge Foster as hostages for the delivery of Dr. McVay, now held by the rebels because of his devotion to the old Union.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/08/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 16, 1864 (“Gen. Beauregard attacked the enemy on the south side of the river, and by 9 A.M. he had sent over to the city Gen. Heckman and 840 prisoners, the entire 27th Massachusetts Regiment.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-16.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: May 16, 1864 (“packed into the Steamer S. R. Spaulding. We are now on our way to a regular prison. . . .found it to be Point Lookout, Md.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/diary-of-private-louis-leon-may-16-1864.html


27 posted on 05/16/2024 7:10:27 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:

“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” reply #21
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #22
“Never Call Retreat,” #23
Shelby Foote Civil War Narrative map, “William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #24
John Jackman, #25
Johnny Green, #26
Links to 13 items at Civil War Notebook, #27


28 posted on 05/16/2024 7:14:25 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
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All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

29 posted on 05/17/2024 6:41:28 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
mems2

Continued from May 13 (reply #81).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4236199/posts?q=1&;page=51#81

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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

30 posted on 05/17/2024 6:42:12 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

31 posted on 05/17/2024 6:42:51 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
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Continued from May 3 (reply #31)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4234614/posts#31

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Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

32 posted on 05/17/2024 6:43:38 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
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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

33 posted on 05/17/2024 6:44:15 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

34 posted on 05/17/2024 6:44:45 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 Gideon Welles: Tuesday, May 17, 1864 (“A painful suspense in military operations. It is a necessary suspense, but the intense anxiety is oppressive, and almost unfits the mind for mental activity.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/01/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday-may-17.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, May 17, 1864 (“There is a determination on all sides to fight it out, and have an end put to the war”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/major-general-george-g-meade-to_15.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Tuesday, May 17, 1864 (“We are so absorbed in our own fate that the more important operations of Grant do not fill us with anxiety.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/02/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_51.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, May 17, 1864 (The final intstallment of Lt. Col. Lyman’s account of the Battle of the Wilderness and postscript.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_26.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, Tuesday, May 17, 1864

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_4.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: May 17, 1864 (“Ten p. m. — Have just got into camp, made12 miles to-day. Heavy firing on our left, which I hear is a division of Howard’s Corps.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/08/captain-charles-wright-wills-may-17-1864.html

From The Sixth (“Resaca, Georgia, May 17th, 1864., We have just fought one of the hardest fought battles of this war, and are again victorious.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/07/from-sixth.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Tuesday, May 17, 1864 (“Grant seems to be cautiously working round both flanks of the enemy; things look suspicious to-night; mistrust something’s afoot.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/10/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_19.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: May 17, 1864 (“[Gen. Andrew Jackson] Smith returning from a scouting expedition at the head of his forces, rode up to the Irishman coolly took the pipe out of his mouth and put it in his own, and rode on smoking contentedly as though nothing had happened.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-george-g-smith_14.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: May 17, 1864 (“Kilpatrick and Stoneman are both with Sherman and there are expectations of starting out on some mission soon, supposed to be for this place.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom-may_29.html

Diary of Private Charles H. Lynch: May 17, 1864 (“Captain Wm. L. Spaulding, Co. B, killed at Newmarket. Body brought along by members of his company.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/diary-of-private-charles-h-lynch-may-17.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Tuesday, May 17, 1864 (“At ten o’clock P. M., we receive orders to report immediately to Athens, Alabama. We are soon in the saddle and on the road.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/09/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_21.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 17, 1864 (“The battle yesterday decided nothing, that I am aware of. But we drove them back to Bermuda Hundred, behind their fortifications, and near their ships.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-17.html

Dr. Spencer G. Welch to Cordelia Strother Welch, May 17, 1864 (“I went over part of the battlefield as we were leaving, and saw that the Yankees had not taken time to bury their dead except behind their breastworks.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/05/dr-spencer-g-welch-to-cordelia-strother_5.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: May 17, 1864 (“Saw Mack Sample, Will Stone and several of our company to-day that have been prisoners since the battle of Gettysburg. We get two meals a day.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/diary-of-private-louis-leon-may-17-1864.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: Tuesday Morning, May 17, 1864 (“Yesterday evening a brigadier, his staff, and 840 men, were lodged in the Libby Prison.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_5.html


35 posted on 05/17/2024 6:46:06 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:

Elisha Hunt Rhodes, reply #29
“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” #30
John Jackman, #31
“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” #32
Lincoln letter to Sec. Stanton, #33
George Templeton Strong, #34
Links to 16 items at Civil War Notebook, #35


36 posted on 05/17/2024 6:50:02 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

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Continued from May 13 (reply #77).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4236199/posts?q=1&;page=51#77

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Jean Edward Smith, Grant

37 posted on 05/18/2024 6:44:08 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 16 (reply #21).

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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

38 posted on 05/18/2024 6:45:08 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 15 (reply #16).

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Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

39 posted on 05/18/2024 6:45:47 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 16 (reply #24).

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

40 posted on 05/18/2024 6:46:43 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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