Posted on 06/04/2024 6:14:32 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes
The West Point Atlas of War: The Civil War, Chief Editor, Brigadier General Vincent J. Esposito
Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis
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
Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, June 6, 1864 (“Some talk with Blair respecting Chase and Seward, who, though not assimilating and unlike in many respects, continue to get along.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/04/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-june-6.html
Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, June 6, 1864 (“Do not be deceived about the situation of affairs by the foolish despatches in the papers. Be not over-elated by reported successes, nor over-depressed by exaggerated rumors of failures.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/major-general-george-g-meade-to_26.html
Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Monday, June 6, 1864 (“The railroad can be destroyed by troops marching parallel to it very fast. Easier to destroy than to build up, as our Rebel friends are learning to their cost.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/06/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_87.html
Captain Charles Wright Wills: June 6, 1864 (“Well, I am calculating that this campaign will end about the 15th of July, in Atlanta.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/12/captain-charles-wright-wills-june-6-1864.html
Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Monday, June 6, 1864 (“A flag of truce was sent out in front of our division to-day; don’t know what it was for; has been quiet all day”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_24.html
Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: June 6, 1864 (“Wirtz comes inside no more, in fact, does very few rebels. The place is too bad for them.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_22.html
Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 6, 1864 (“We have met with a defeat in the Valley, near Staunton, which place has probably fallen.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/09/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-6.html
Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: June 6, 1864 (“Mr. P. took me down to the hospital this morning, to see some wounded cadets, one of whom was wounded in seven places, and will probably die.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-june-6.html
Today’s posts:
“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” reply #21
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #22
West Point Atlas of War map, John Jackman, #23
Lincoln note of endorsement, #24
John G. Nicolay, #25
John Hay, #26
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #27
Continued from April 23 (reply #3)
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4233090/posts#3
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals
Continued from May 31 (reply #37).
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4240561/posts#37
David Herbert Donald, Lincoln
With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865, edited by Michael Burlingame
Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell
All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes
Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis
Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, June 7, 1864 (“The Convention to-day is the absorbing theme but there is something from the army relative to the late fights that disturbs me. We have had severe slaughter.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday-june-7.html
The 1864 Republican Platform: Adopted June 7, 1864
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/the-1864-republican-platform-adopted.html
Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Tuesday, June 7, 1864 (“Hunter flogged the Rebels badly and took Staunton yesterday. Eighteen miles today.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/06/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_4.html
Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, June 7, 1864 (“After extraordinary delays an armistice was concluded between six and eight P.M. this evening. It was very acceptable for burying the dead but the wounded were mostly dead too, by this time”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_25.html
Captain Charles Wright Wills: June 7, 1864 (“We started the Johnnies not more than a mile from here, and skirmished with them, driving them to the Kenesaw range of mountains”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/12/captain-charles-wright-wills-june-7-1864.html
Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Tuesday, June 7, 1864 (“Another flag of truce was sent out to-day, I think to get permission to bury our dead between the lines of which there are many plainly to be seen and they are commencing to smell bad”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_25.html
Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: June 7, 1864 (“Nearly all the old prisoners who were captured with me are dead. Don’t know of over 50 or 60 alive out of 800.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_23.html
Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 7, 1864 (“A man from New Kent County, coming through the lines, reports that Gen. Grant was quite drunk yesterday, and said he would try Lee once more”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/09/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-7.html
Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: Monday, June 7, 1864 - First Entry (“A courier arrived, as they came through the place, with news of an engagement a few miles from Staunton, in which Gen. [William E. ‘Grumble’] Jones was killed.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-monday.html
Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: Monday, June 7, 1864 – Second Entry (The Yankees are heading for Lexington.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-monday_11.html
Todays’s posts:
“Team of Rivals,” reply #29
“Lincoln,” #30
John G. Nicolay, #31
“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” #32
“Lee,” #33
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #34
John Jackman, #35
George Templeton Strong, #36
Links to 10 items at Civil War Notebook, #37
All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes
Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis
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