Posted on 06/25/2024 6:44:39 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1861-1865: Seminar and Discussion Forum
The American Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts
First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: May 2025.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed.
Posting history, in reverse order
https://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:homerjsimpson/index?tab=articles
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Link to previous Harper’s Weekly thread
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4245079/posts
Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger
All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/23532137/john_d-beugless
Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, June 25, 1864 (“I am daily more dissatisfied with the Treasury management. Everything is growing worse. Chase, though a man of mark, has not the sagacity, knowledge, taste, or ability of a financier.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-june-25.html
Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, June 25, 1864 (“Hancock’s wound discharged a big piece of bone the other day, and since then he has rapidly improved, and expects in a day or two to return to duty.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/major-general-george-g-meade-to_2.html
Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Saturday, June 25, 1864 (“From White Sulphur [we marched] to Meadow Bluff, twenty-four miles, (reaching there) long after midnight, starved and sleepy. The hardest (march) of the war.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_21.html
Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, June 25, 1864 (Lt. Col. Lyman escorts a pair of French observers around the Petersburg works.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_6.html
Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Saturday, June 25, 1864 (“The Second Corps was attacked during the night, the enemy gaining some advantage, but our troops rallied and regained what they had lost.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_21.html
Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: June 25, 1864 (“The troops were reviewed by General [Joseph] Reynolds. There were forty-three white Regiments, four colored, one dismounted cavalry, seven batteries of forty guns.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-george-g-smith_22.html
Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: June 25, 1864 (“Our guards are composed of the lowest element of the South — poor white trash Very ignorant, much more so than the negro.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_20.html
Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, June 25, 1864 (“John Esher was shot through the face this afternoon by a rebel sharpshooter. The ball struck his jaw bone, knocking out some of his teeth, but it is thought that he will recover.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_25.html
Great stuff. I love history as it happened. The ad’s are great also.
How about that Illinois farmland for $8-$12 an acre. Sounds like a good deal. Buyer gets a nice farm, Illinois Central Railroad gets a new customer. Win-win.
All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes
Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Sunday, June 26, 1864 (“(Starting) at sunrise, many without sleeping a wink, we march to Tyrees, twenty miles, [at the] foot of Mount Sewell.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_51.html
Captain Charles Wright Wills: June 26, 1864 (“I have sent you, piecemeal, a journal of every day since May 1st, excepting the last four days, which were stupid.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/04/captain-charles-wright-wills-june-26.html
Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Sunday, June 26, 1864 (“Company A of our regiment was in the charge and had one man killed; so close was he to the rebel works that our men had to raise the white flag in order to get his body.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_68.html
General Robert E. Lee to Mary Custis Lee, June 26, 1864 (“I hope it is not as hot in Richmond as here. The men suffer a great deal in the trenches; and this condition of things, with the heat of the sun, nearly puts an end to military operations.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/general-robert-e-lee-to-mary-custis-lee_23.html
Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Sunday, June 26, 1864 (“We get plenty of lemons and ice from the Sanitary Commission which alleviates our discomforts considerably.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_22.html
Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: June 26, 1864 (“New prisoners come inside in squads of hundreds, and in a few weeks are all dead The change is too great and sudden for them.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_23.html
Today’s posts:
Gen. Sherman letter to Mrs. Sherman, reply #8
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #9
George Templeton Strong, #10
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #11
The West Point Atlas of War: The Civil War, Chief Editor, Brigadier General Vincent J. Esposito
Continued from June 14 (reply #28).
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4243578/posts#28
Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat
Battle Maps of the Civil War: The Western Theater, American Battlefield Trust
Continued from June 24 (reply #38).
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4245079/posts#38
James Lee McDonough, William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life
Battle Maps of the Civil War: The Western Theater, American Battlefield Trust
Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a Confederate Soldier, Edited by A.D. Kirwan
Continued from June 22 (reply #26).
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4245079/posts#26
Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two
Continued from Continued from June 24 (reply #39).
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4245079/posts#39
Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell
All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes
Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, June 27, 1864 (Isaac Henderson, co-owner of NY Post and a Navy Agent, has been arrested for fraud, prompting the involvement of all sorts of people.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-june-27.html
Major-General George G. Meade to John Sergeant Meade, June 27, 1864 (“I can hardly tell you what we are going to do next, whether to lay siege to Petersburg or something else; a few days I suppose will tell.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/major-general-george-g-meade-to-john.html
Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Monday, June 27, 1864 (“At 4 A. M., (we) march and meet a train of provisions at or near Mountain Cove. A jolly feeding time. Camp at old Camp Ewing.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_62.html
Captain Charles Wright Wills: June 27, 1864 – Daylight (“I believe we are going to thoroughly whip Johnston to-day, and if we fail I do not care to live to see it.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/04/captain-charles-wright-wills-june-27.html
Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Monday, June 27, 1864 (“There was considerable thunder during the night, but no rain here, yet it has been cooler to-day than yesterday. We have a few lemons left.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_25.html
Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: June 27, 1864 (“Some of the most horrible sights that can possibly be, are common every day occurrences. See men laying all around in the last struggles.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_24.html
Diary of Private Louis Leon: June 27, 1864 (“Received money to-day from home, but they gave me sutler’s checks for it, as we were not allowed any money, for fear we would bribe the sentinels and make our escape.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/03/diary-of-private-louis-leon-june-27-1864.html
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