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

41 posted on 06/08/2024 6:34:50 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 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


42 posted on 06/08/2024 6:35:35 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Today’s posts:

Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #39
John Jackman, #40
George Templeton Strong, #41
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, #42


43 posted on 06/08/2024 6:37:22 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 June 7 (reply #29)

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Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

44 posted on 06/09/2024 6:57:45 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 June 7 (reply #30).

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David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

45 posted on 06/09/2024 6:58:14 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

46 posted on 06/09/2024 6:58:52 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 Continued from June 7 (reply #33).

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Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

47 posted on 06/09/2024 6:59:45 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

48 posted on 06/09/2024 7:00:36 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 June 5 (reply #16)

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Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

49 posted on 06/09/2024 7:01:19 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Home Letters of General Sherman, edited by M.A. DeWolfe Howe, 1909

50 posted on 06/09/2024 7:01:57 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

51 posted on 06/09/2024 7:02:29 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

52 posted on 06/09/2024 7:03:04 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: 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


53 posted on 06/09/2024 7:03:57 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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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


54 posted on 06/09/2024 7:08:39 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 June 9 (reply #49)

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Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

55 posted on 06/10/2024 6:33:08 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

56 posted on 06/10/2024 6:33:48 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a Confederate Soldier, Edited by A.D. Kirwan

57 posted on 06/10/2024 6:34:33 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

58 posted on 06/10/2024 6:35:20 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 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


59 posted on 06/10/2024 6:36:05 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:

“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


60 posted on 06/10/2024 6:39:21 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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