Harper’s Weekly – June 18, 1864

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | June 18, 1864

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Continued from Continued from June 19 (reply #11).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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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

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, June 21, 1864 (“Massachusetts Representatives are sensitive and sore concerning the arrest of the Smiths. I wrote Mr. Wilson not to be severe and to take bail.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/06/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday-june-21.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, June 21, 1864 (“in Mr. Stanton’s official despatch he quotes General Grant’s account, and my name is not even mentioned. I cannot imagine why I am thus ignored.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/major-general-george-g-meade-to_31.html

Diary of Colonel William F. Bartlett: June 21, 1864 (“the Senate last night confirmed W. F. B. to be Brigadier-general Volunteers. Thank God!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/diary-of-colonel-william-f-bartlett_21.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Tuesday, June 21, 1864 (“Rebels attack often, but their feeble skirmishes do no hurt to Crook. They however get nine guns of Hunter!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_23.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: June 21, 1864 (“I hear to-day that the 4th Corps took a strong Rebel position last night while that firing was going on and held it.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/03/captain-charles-wright-wills-june-21.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Tuesday, June 21, 1864 (“The One Hundred and Sixth New York captured a Johnny to-night under singular circumstances but I’ve not room to relate them.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_14.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: June 21, 1864 (“I am a fair writer, and am besieged by men to write letters to the rebel officers praying for release, and I do it, knowing it will do no good, but to please the sufferers.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_13.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Tuesday, June 21, 1864 (“General Hooker made two charges on the rebel works yesterday; the first time he was repulsed, but the second time he carried them and took several hundred prisoners.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_21.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Tuesday, June 21, 1864 (“Trains pass up this evening from Atlanta loaded with wounded soldiers from Sherman’s army, which tell us that there has been a fearful work of blood down there.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/09/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_57.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lee,” reply #21
John Hay, #22
George Templeton Strong, #23
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, 324

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

Continued from June 18 (reply #6).

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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Battle Maps of the Civil War: The Western Theater, American Battlefield Trust

Continued from June 14 (reply #31).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4243578/posts#31

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

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Continued from June 20 (reply #14)

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Wednesday, June 22, 1864 (“Gold had gone up to-day to 230. . . . paper is constantly depreciating and the tinkering has produced the contrary effect from that intended by our financiers.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/06/diary-of-gideon-welles-wednesday-june.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Wednesday, June 22, 1864 (“Fifteen miles to Newcastle. We (First Brigade) guarded the wagon train; poor business.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_40.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: June 22, 1864 (“Our view of the Rebel guns is excellent. With glasses we can see them load.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/03/captain-charles-wright-wills-june-22.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Wednesday, June 22, 1864 (“There has been considerable confusion to-day.” Lots of stumbling around on the Petersburg lines.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_15.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: June 22, 1864 (“A great many Irish here, and as a class, they stand hardships well.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_16.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Wednesday, June 22, 1864 (“There have been no trains coming in to Big Shanty for the last two days on account of the rebels’ destroying the railroad on this side of Chattanooga”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_22.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Wednesday, June 22, 1864 (“It seems that the regiment is being deployed along the railroad to do guard duty, and in consequence the boys are not in a very good humor.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/09/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_10.html

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Today’s posts:

West Point Atlas of War map, “Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” reply #26
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #27
American Battlefield Trust map, “William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #28
“Team of Rivals,” #29
George Templeton Strong, #30
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #31

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Continued from June 14 (reply #33).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4243578/posts#33

David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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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

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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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Diary of Gideon Welles: Thursday, June 23, 1864 (Possible bail for the Smith brothers. Turmoil over a Lincoln-endorsed permit for a Philadelphia trader to do business in the south.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-gideon-welles-thursday-june-23.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Thursday, June 23, 1864 (“Newcastle to Sweet Springs — a beautiful watering-place — twenty-two miles, over two high ranges of the Alleghenies. [Thence, by] night march, seventeen miles to White Sulphur”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_31.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, June 23, 1864 (Lt. Col. Lyman assigned by Gen. Meade to liaise with Gen. Wright today.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_27.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: June 23, 1864 – 9 a.m. (“It is reported this morning that Ewell’s Corps has arrived to reinforce Johnston. Don’t think it will make him strong enough to assume the offensive”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/04/captain-charles-wright-wills-june-23.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Thursday, June 23, 1864 (“about five hundred, including four officers and seventy-nine enlisted men from the Eighty-seventh, were either killed or taken prisoners.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_16.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: June 23, 1864 (“Never have heard anything from Hendryx since his escape. Either got away to our lines or shot.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_17.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Thursday, June 23, 1864 (“The rebels opened up their battery on Little Kenesaw mountain, but did no harm. General [Mortimer] Leggett on the right made a demonstration before the rebel lines, but was not engaged and soon fell back again.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_23.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Thursday, June 23, 1864 (“This morning the regiment with the exception of Companies D, H and I, pass down on the train to Tilton, leaving orders for these three remaining companies to follow.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/09/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_30.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lincoln,” reply #33
John Hay, #34
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #35
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #36

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Continued from June 22 (reply #28).

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

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Continued from Continued from June 21 (reply #21).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher