Harper’s Weekly – July 23, 1864

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | July 23, 1864

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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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Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, July 29, 1864 (“To-morrow we make an attack on Petersburg. I am not sanguine of success, but hope for the best.” Interesting letter!-HJS)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/major-general-george-g-meade-to_17.html

Brigadier-General William F. Bartlett: Friday, July 29, 1864 (“We storm the works tomorrow at daylight. Our Division leads. I hardly dare hope to live through it. God have mercy”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/10/brigadier-general-william-f-bartlett_3.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, July 29, 1864 (“We are joined by a large force under General Wright, who commands the whole army. It looks as if we would move up the Valley of Virginia again.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/10/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: July 29, 1864 (“I am tired of seeing such butchery but if they will charge us that way once a day for a week, this corps will end the war in this section.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/12/captain-charles-wright-wills-july-29.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Friday, July 29, 1864 (“all’s quiet, except rumors of Early’s raiders.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/02/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_10.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: July 29, 1864 (“Alive and kicking Drank some soured water made from meal and water.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/01/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_2.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Friday, July 29, 1864 (“Six deaths occurred today in the three wards of our building.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_29.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 29, 1864 (“I believe the object of the demonstration on the part of the enemy is to draw our forces away from the vicinity of Washington.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-29.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: July 29, 1864 (“There is an observatory outside, and some Yankee is making money, as he charges ten cents for every one that wishes to see the rebels.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/03/diary-of-private-louis-leon-july-29-1864.html

Diary of Dolly Lunt Burge: July 29, 1864 (“The report is that the Yankees have left Covington for Macon, headed by Stoneman, to release prisoners held there.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-dolly-lunt-burge-july-29-1864.html

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Today’s posts:

Gen. Sherman letter to Mrs. Sherman, reply #39
Johnny Green, #40
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #41
Links to 10 items at Civil War Notebook, #42