Harper’s Weekly – May 21, 1864

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | May 21, 1864

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Continued from May 25 (reply #44).

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

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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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Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a Confederate Soldier, Edited by A.D. Kirwan

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

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Mary Chesnut’s Civil War, edited by C. Vann Woodward

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Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Friday, May 27, 1864 (Promotions. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/38580214/samuel_augustus-gilbert )

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/04/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_54.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, May 27, 1864 (“I can tell you aquafortis is mild to the Major-General commanding when he gets put out; which is quite not at all unfrequently”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_10.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: May 27, 1864 (“I tell you this was exciting. My men all stood like heroes (save one), and some of them did not fall back when I wanted them to. Gustine and Suydam were about 20 feet on my left when they were shot, but I couldn’t see them.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/10/captain-charles-wright-wills-may-27-1864.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Friday, May 27, 1864 (“We were ordered to hold the line until 11 o’clock then withdraw quietly and overtake the balance of the army.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_3.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: May 27, 1864 (“Notwithstanding my prosperity in business the scurvy is taking right hold of me.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom-may_96.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 27, 1864 (“But Beauregard means to make another effort to dislodge Butler, immediately. It will probably be a combined movement, the iron clads co-operating.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-27.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: May 27, 1864 (“News from Fitz Lee’s fight; it was not disastrous as at first reported; many were wounded, many captured, and but four killed.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_16.html

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Today’s posts:

Shelby Foote Civil War Narrative map, “Lee,” reply #58
“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” #59
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #60
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #61
John Jackman, #62
Johnny Green, #63
George Templeton Strong, #64
Mary B. Chesnut, #65
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #66