Harper’s Weekly – May 14, 1864

Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

Home Letters of General Sherman, edited by M.A. DeWolfe Howe, 1909

With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865, edited by Michael Burlingame

Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger

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

Diary of Gideon Welles: Friday, May 20, 1864 (“Arguellis is accused of having, in some way, participated in the slave trade. But if the assertion be true, we have no extradition treaty with Spain”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/02/diary-of-gideon-welles-friday-may-20.html

Major-General John A. Dix to Edwin M. Stanton, May 20, 1864 (“I have arrested and am sending to Fort Lafayette Joseph Howard, the author of the forged Proclamation. He is a newspaper reporter, and is known as “Howard of the Times.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/major-general-john-dix-to-edwin-m.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, May 20, 1864 (Lyman confounded by the way Union and Confederate troops interact, on the battlefield and then in hospital or on picket duty.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_29.html

Major General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, May 20, 1864 (“I propose to cross the Etowah here and to go for Marietta via Dallas. Look at your map and you will see the move.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/08/major-general-william-t-sherman-to_21.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Friday, May 20, 1864 (“One of the most interesting and affecting things is the train of contrabands, old and young, male and female — one hundred to two hundred — toiling uncomplainingly along after and with the army.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/03/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_34.html

Major Charles Fessenden Morse: May 20, 1864 (“I take this, my first opportunity since the fight of the 15th, to let you know that I am alive and well. I will tell you briefly what we have done since my last letter was written from near Ringgold.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/major-charles-fessenden-morse-may-20.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: May 20, 1864 (“The news from Grant encourages us very much, but if he gets whipped it won’t keep us from whaling Johnston. We’re now about 50 miles from Atlanta.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/09/captain-charles-wright-wills-may-20-1864.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Friday, May 20, 1864 (“General Meade rode along the line and seemed much pleased with our breastworks”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/10/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_25.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: May 20, 1864 (“Another march of ten or fifteen miles brought us to Morganza bend in the Mississippi.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-george-g-smith_18.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: May 20, 1864 (“I learn that a conspiracy is being gotten up on the outside, in which Hendryx is at the head, and they will try and overpower the guard and release the prisoners.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom-may_2.html

Diary of Private Charles H. Lynch: May 20, 1864 (“From a soldier’s view we need more men in this, the Shenandoah, valley. Major-General David Hunter now in command.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/diary-of-private-charles-h-lynch-may-20.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 20, 1864 (“[Seth] Barton’s brigade had but 700 out of 2000 that went into battle last Monday. Our wounded amount to 2000; perhaps the enemy’s loss was not so large.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-20.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: May 20, 1864 (“Three years ago to-day the Old North State left the Union, and we went to the front full of hopes to speedily show the Yankee Government that the South had a right to leave the Union; but to-day, how dark it looks!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/diary-of-private-louis-leon-may-20-1864.html

Today’s posts:

“Never Call Retreat,” reply #57
“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” #58
“Lee,” #59
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #60
John Jackman, #61
Gen. Sherman letter to Mrs. Sherman, #62
John G. Nicolay, #63
John Hay, #64
George Templeton Strong, #65
Links to 13 items at Civil War Notebook, #66