Posted on 06/25/2024 6:44:39 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes
Diary of Gideon Welles: Friday, July 1, 1864 (“But the President’s course is a riddle. Tod is a hard-money man; Fessenden has pressed through Congress the paper system of Chase.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/08/diary-of-gideon-welles-friday-july-1.html
Brigadier-General William F. Bartlett to Colonel Francis W. Palfrey, July 1, 1864 (“Yes, Frank, I have got my commission at last, signed by Abe and Stanton. Gotten up in great style, in a brown tin case, with my name, rank, etc., in large letters of gold on the outside.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/brigadier-general-william-f-bartlett-to.html
Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, July 1, 1864 (The French observers “in ecstacies” over a division of colored troops they review.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_8.html
Captain Charles Wright Wills: July 1, 1864 (“This campaign is coming down to a question of muscle and nerve. It is the 62d day for us, over 50 of which we have passed under fire.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/05/captain-charles-wright-wills-july-1-1864.html
Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Friday, July 1, 1864 (“the time (July 4th), set by thousands for the downfall of the Confederate capital is close at hand, yet it cannot be taken by that time.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_29.html
Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: July 1, 1864 (“Matters must approach a crisis pretty soon with the raiders. It is said that even the rebels are scared”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_31.html
Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Friday, July 1, 1864 (“The rebels have built a strong line of works out along Nick-a-Jack creek, and it is reported that they are planning to retire from Kenesaw mountain and Marietta to their new line of works.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing.html
Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 1, 1864 (“Gen. Early, with perhaps 10,000 men, is believed to be in Winchester to-day. He will probably be soon playing havoc with the enemy’s railroads, stores, etc., and perhaps may threaten Washington”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-1.html
Today’s posts:
“Team of Rivals,” reply #39
John Hay, #40
George Templeton Strong, #41
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #42
“Never Call Retreat,” #43
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #44
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