Posted on 06/04/2024 6:14:32 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
Diary of Gideon Welles: Wednesday, June 8, 1864 (“The President was renominated to-day at Baltimore. A contest took place in regard to Missouri, and the wrong delegates were admitted by an almost unanimous vote.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/diary-of-gideon-welles-wednesday-june-8.html
Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Wednesday, June 8, 1864 (“Marched ten miles in a northeast direction to Staunton, a fine town of five thousand inhabitants or so. General Hunter here. He had a good victory.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/06/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes.html
Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, June 8, 1864 (“We know nothing of Grant but conjecture that he must be doing well. We are now in Crook’s division, Hunter’s Army, I suppose.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb_5.html
Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, June 8, 1864 (“The march, destruction of railroads and stores, so far, have made this a most useful expedition.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis.html
Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Wednesday, June 8, 1864 (“I have no doubt but what Grant intends to hold this line, but I think it far from his intentions to attack the rebs here again.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_26.html
Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: June 8, 1864 (“More new prisoners. There are now over 23,000 confined here, and the death rate 100 to 130 per day, and I believe more than that. Rations worse.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_26.html
Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 8, 1864 (“Received a letter from Custis. He is at Gen. Custis Lee’s headquarters on ordnance duty. A pretty position, if a shell were to explode among the ammunition!”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/09/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-8.html
Diary of Private Louis Leon: June 8, 1864 (“Being questioned by the provost marshal, she said she could straddle a horse, jump a fence and kill a Yankee as well as any rebel.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/03/diary-of-private-louis-leon-june-8-1864.html
Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: June 8, 1864 (“A cadet, who will probably die, is to be removed to our house from the V. M. I. hospital this morning. I am about to have the library carpet lifted, and the room prepared for him; he is too ill to be taken upstairs.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-june-8.html
Today’s posts:
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #39
John Jackman, #40
George Templeton Strong, #41
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, #42
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: Thursday, June 9, 1864 (“Concluded to retire the marine officers who are past the legal age, and to bring in Zeilin as Commandant of the Corps.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/diary-of-gideon-welles-thursday-june-9.html
Governor William Dennison to Abraham Lincoln, June 9, 1864 (Gov. William Dennison of Ohio officially informs President Lincoln of his renomination.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/governor-william-dennison-to-abraham.html
Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, June 9, 1864 – 9 p.m. (Gen. Meade has a lying reporter paraded through camp and thrown off the base.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/major-general-george-g-meade-to_28.html
Brigadier-General Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, June 9, 1864 (“You will only need to make preparations for three servants, two male, one female, four horses, a small dog and myself.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/brigadier-general-thomas-kilby-smith-to_20.html
Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant to Congressman Elihu B. Washburne, June 9, 1864 (“Unless my next move brings on a battle, the balance of the campaign will settle down to a siege. . . .”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/11/lieutenant-general-ulysses-s-grant-to_19.html
Major General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, June 9, 1864 (“Johnston’s army is still at my front and can fight or fall back, as he pleases. The future is uncertain, but I will do all that is possible.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/08/major-general-william-t-sherman-to_22.html
Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, June 9, 1864 (“I have just visited the very extensive hospitals here. They are filled with patients, two-thirds Secesh, one-third our men. Nothing could be finer.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb.html
Major Charles Fessenden Morse: June 9, 1864 (“Their pickets and ours are on perfectly good terms: the men off duty meet each other between the lines, exchange papers, and barter sugar and coffee for tobacco.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/major-charles-fessenden-morse-june-9.html
Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Thursday, June 9, 1864 (“shells all go over us and explode far in our rear among the camp-followers and hospitals where it is said to be more dangerous than here at the front, they suffer greatly from shells there.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_27.html
Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: June 9, 1864 (“It is said that a grand break will occur soon, and nearly the whole prison engaged in the plot. Spies inform the rebels of our intentions.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_27.html
Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 9, 1864 (“My little garden now serves me well, furnishing daily in cabbage, lettuce, beets, etc. what would cost $10.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/09/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-9.html
Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: June 9, 1864 (“Part of Crooke’s command came as far as Brownsburg, and there they turned around and went back to Staunton, we hear. It is quite mysterious, for it seems to have accomplished nothing.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-june-9.html
Today’s posts:
“Team of Rivals,” reply #44
“Lincoln,” #45
Lincoln replies re his nomination, #46
“Lee,” #47
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #48
“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” #49
Sherman letter to Mrs. Sherman, #50
John Jackman, #51
George Templeton Strong, #52
Links to 12 items at Civil War Notebook, #53
Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis
All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes
Abraham Lincoln to Major-General William S. Rosecrans, June 10, 1864 (“Major John Hay, the bearer, is one of my Private Secretaries, to whom please communicate, in writing, or verbally, anything you would think proper to say to me.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/abraham-lincoln-to-major-general.html
Diary of Gideon Welles: Friday, June 10, 1864 (“I rejoice at it, for he is worthless, a profligate politician, a poor Senator, an indifferent statesman, not without talents, though destitute of industry, and I question his integrity.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/diary-of-gideon-welles-friday-june-10.html
Captain Charles Wright Wills: June 10, 1864 (“This is the Kenesaw Mountain; from the top of one peak the Rebels could see probably 25,000 Yanks. Some ladies were there in sight observing us.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/12/captain-charles-wright-wills-june-10.html
Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Friday, June 10, 1864 (“Here we are within ten miles of Richmond, and I can’t see any prospect of our ever getting nearer to it without sacrificing half our noble army”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_28.html
Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: June 10, 1864 (“The whole camp in a blaze of excitement. Plans for the outbreak known to Capt. Wirtz. Some traitor unfolded the plans to him . . . Dr. Lewis died to-day”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_30.html
Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 10, 1864 (“All quiet round the city; but Petersburg was assaulted yesterday and successfully defended.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/09/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-10.html
Today’s posts:
“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” reply #55
John Jackman, #56
Johnny Green, #57
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #58
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #59
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