Posted on 06/18/2024 6:48:07 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger
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
Today’s posts:
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” reply #38
“Lee,” #39
Lincoln order to Attorney General Bates, #40
John Hay, #41
George Templeton Strong, #42
Links to 13 items at Civil War Notebook, #43
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