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Harper’s Weekly – June 4, 1864
Harper's Weekly archives ^ | June 4, 1864

Posted on 06/04/2024 6:14:32 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: civilwar
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
Continued from 6/5 (reply #13).

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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

21 posted on 06/06/2024 6:50:12 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

22 posted on 06/06/2024 6:50:48 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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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

23 posted on 06/06/2024 6:51:28 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

24 posted on 06/06/2024 6:51:59 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865, edited by Michael Burlingame

25 posted on 06/06/2024 6:52:38 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

26 posted on 06/06/2024 6:53:07 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, 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


27 posted on 06/06/2024 6:53:48 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
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


28 posted on 06/06/2024 6:56:51 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
6/7 reply #1:
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Continued from April 23 (reply #3)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4233090/posts#3

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Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

29 posted on 06/07/2024 6:02:36 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 31 (reply #37).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4240561/posts#37

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David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

30 posted on 06/07/2024 6:04:51 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865, edited by Michael Burlingame

31 posted on 06/07/2024 6:05:37 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 June 6 (reply #21).

0607-mems

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

32 posted on 06/07/2024 6:06:38 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
Continued from Continued from June 4 (reply #3).

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Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

33 posted on 06/07/2024 6:07:17 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

34 posted on 06/07/2024 6:07:50 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

35 posted on 06/07/2024 6:08:37 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

36 posted on 06/07/2024 6:09:22 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, 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


37 posted on 06/07/2024 6:10:26 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; ...

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


38 posted on 06/07/2024 6:13:44 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

39 posted on 06/08/2024 6:33:41 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

40 posted on 06/08/2024 6:34:17 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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