Harper’s Weekly – June 11, 1864

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | June 11, 1864

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

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Diary of Colonel William F. Bartlett: June 13, 1864 (“Saw General [Christopher] Augur. Halleck had not received my papers when he was there. Got my pass extended ten days.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/diary-of-colonel-william-f-bartlett_33.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, June 13, 1864 (Staff officer Lyman on Meade’s headquarters move to the James.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_29.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: June 13, 1864 (“I would rather have a bushel of fleas and a million of mosquitoes on me than a pint of ‘chigres,’”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/01/captain-charles-wright-wills-june-13.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Monday, June 13, 1864 (“The effective force of our regiment now is twelve officers and three hundred and fifty-two enlisted men. We left Vermont with a thousand enlisted men or more.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: June 13, 1864 (“To-day saw a man with a bullet hole in his head over an inch deep, and you could look down in it and see maggots squirming around at the bottom.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_2.html

Francis Lieber to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, June 13, 1864 (The application and limits of martial law.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/francis-lieber-to-major-general-henry-w_28.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: Monday Morning, June 13, 1864 (A sympathetic Yankee officer offers some protection to the Preston household.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-monday_19.html

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Today’s posts:

Map from Shelby Foote’s Civil War Narrative, “Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” reply #18
“Lee,” #19
John Jackman, #20
George Templeton Strong, #21
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #22

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Continued from June 12 (reply #11).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from June 13 (reply #18).

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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

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All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

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Continued from Continued from June 13 (reply #19).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Continued from May 25 (reply #43).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4239134/posts#43

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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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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Continued from June 3 (reply #65).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4240561/posts?q=1&;page=51#65

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

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Continued from June 11 (reply #5)

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Tuesday, June 14, 1864 (“[We] marched [from Lexington] to Buchanan. A hot, dusty march, twenty-four miles. Bathed in James River.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_92.html

Diary of Colonel William F. Bartlett: June 14, 1864 (“Received a document printed from Pomeroy. Nomination of W. F. B. for Brigadier-general Volunteers, to my great surprise.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/diary-of-colonel-william-f-bartlett_91.html

Colonel William F. Bartlett to Colonel Francis W. Palfrey, June 14, 1864 (“I never was so faint before, simply from pain. I was alarmed, as that was a new spot for me to have pain, and I could not account for it. I took off my leg, and in ten minutes the pain had almost entirely gone.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/colonel-william-f-bartlett-to-colonel.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: June 14, 1864 (“These men are satisfied the game is up with them, and give it as their reason for deserting. They say the whole brigade will come as opportunity offers.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/02/captain-charles-wright-wills-june-14.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Tuesday, June 14, 1864 (“It took one hundred pontoons to construct the bridge which is held in place by large vessels at anchor above and below the bridge”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_2.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: June 14, 1864 (“By four o’clock each day the row of dead at the gate would scare the life out of me before coming here, while now it is nothing at all, but the same thing over and over.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_3.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: Tuesday Morning, June 14, 1864 (The Prestons destroy a bunch of Confederate uniforms at the direction of their Yankee guard, but sneak Gen. Jackson’s sword to the outhouse.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston_20.html

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Today’s posts:

“Grant,” reply #24
“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” #25
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #26
“Lee,” #27
“Never Call Retreat,” #28
John Jackman, #29
Johnny Green, #30
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #31
“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” #32
“Lincoln,” #33
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #34

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The West Point Atlas of War: The Civil War, Chief Editor, Brigadier General Vincent J. Esposito

Continued from June 12 (reply #10).

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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Continued from June 14 (reply #24).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from June 14 (reply #25).

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

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Continued from June 14 (reply #27).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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