Harper’s Weekly – June 18, 1864

Diary of Gideon Welles: Friday, June 24, 1864 (“The President was in very good spirits at the Cabinet. His journey has done him good, physically, and strengthened him mentally and inspired confidence in the General and army.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-gideon-welles-friday-june-24.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, June 24, 1864 (“I believe these two armies would fraternize and make peace in an hour, if the matter rested with them; not on terms to suit politicians on either side”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/major-general-george-g-meade-to.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Friday, June 24, 1864 (“Night marches bad unless there is good moonlight.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_91.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, June 24, 1864 (It’s no bed of roses serving Gen. Meade (“Great Peppery”) as a staff officer.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_5.html

Major Charles Fessenden Morse: June 24, 1864 (Maj. Fessenden describes the battle at Kolb’s Farm on the 22nd)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/major-charles-fessenden-morse-june-24.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Friday, June 24, 1864 (“Rebel prisoners have been sent in to-day; they speak hopefully of their cause, but I have no doubt but what the Union cause will triumph.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_17.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: June 24, 1864 (Lt. Smith and a friend climb a 500 ft. mountain at Fort Adams, LA, to check out the view. It is good.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-george-g-smith_21.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: June 24, 1864 (“All of the “Astor House Mess” now afflicted with scurvy and dropsy more or less, with the exception of Battese, and myself worst of any.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_19.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Friday, June 24, 1864 (“Our company with Companies F and G went out this evening after sundown to relieve the skirmishers, and we worked again most of the night throwing up rifle pits.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_24.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Friday, June 24, 1864 (“We remain here [Tilton GA] guarding the railroad, scouting and running after guerrillas until July 8th, when we take the cars for Rome, Georgia, to join our division”)

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

Letter from the 100 Days Men (Iowa men in Memphis on railroad guarding duty outside Memphis.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/09/letter-from-100-days-men.html

Dr. Spencer G. Welch to Cordelia Strother Welch, June 24, 1864 (“Our division was engaged. [Samuel] McGowan’s Brigade did not suffer much. It supported [Ambrose] Wright’s Georgia Brigade of Anderson’s Division”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/06/dr-spencer-g-welch-to-cordelia-strother_90.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: June 24, 1864 (“we know that Hunter is raiding among our friends in the most relentless way; that the Military Institute has been burnt, and that we have nothing to hope for the West”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_82.html

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