Harper’s Weekly – August 13, 1864

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | August 13, 1864

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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

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The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

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Major-General Philip H. Sheridan to Lieutenant-General Ulysses. S. Grant, August 17, 1864—9 p.m. (“The cavalry engagement in front of Front Royal was splendid; it was on open ground; the saber was freely used by our men. Great credit is due to Generals Merritt and Custer and Colonel Devin.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/04/major-general-philip-h-sheridan-to_27.html

Diary of Brigadier-General William F. Bartlett: Wednesday, August 17, 1864 (“Sitting up all day, making rings, etc., of peach-stones. Such a change, 1 can hardly realize it, nor be grateful enough.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-brigadier-general-william-f_25.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Wednesday, August 17, 1864 (“It is desired, too, to strip the Shenandoah Valley of all supplies in order to keep the enemy out of it.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_2.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: August 17, 1864 (“Hanging on yet. A good many more than two hundred and twenty-five die now in twenty-four hours. Messes that have stopped near us are all dead.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/01/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_35.html

Diary of Corporal Charles H. Lynch: August 17, 1864 (“Reached there at night, tired out. A march of thirty miles from Cedar Creek. The enemy following on after us.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-corporal-charles-h-lynch_40.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Wednesday, August 17, 1864 (“The railroad is in running order again after the raid by General Wheeler, in which he tore up about two miles of track near Dalton, Georgia.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_10.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: August 17, 1864 (“We have nothing from below but vague rumors, except that we repulsed the enemy yesterday, slaughtering the negro troops thrust in front.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-august-17.html

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Today’s posts:

“Grant,” reply #20
Lincoln dispatch to Gen. Grant and letter to Charles Robinson, #21
George Templeton Strong, #22
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #23

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Continued from August 5 (reply #40).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4255075/posts#40

David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

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Shelby Foote, The Civil War Narrative, Volume Three, Red River to Appomattox

Continued from Continued from August 16 (reply #17).

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Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Continued from August 4 (reply #36).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4255075/posts#36

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

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With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865, edited by Michael Burlingame

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Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General William T. Sherman, August 18, 1864 (“I never would advise going backward even if your roads are cut so as to preclude the possibility of receiving supplies”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/lieutenant-general-ulysses-s-grant-to_76.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, August 18, 1864 (“These movements are made by Grant, with a view to keep the enemy on the alert, prevent his detaching any troops to Early”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/major-general-george-g-meade-to_25.html

Diary of Brigadier-General William F. Bartlett: Thursday, August 18, 1864 (“I wish our government could see the suffering that their delay and quibbling about exchange is causing. Men dying every hour”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-brigadier-general-william-f_26.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, August 18, 1864 (“when it comes to firing heavy mortar shells in salvos, one is authorized to sit up in bed, even if it is one in the morning”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_5.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Thursday, August 18, 1864 (“The enemy followed us and overtook our rear guard at Winchester where Generals Torbert and Wilson and the New Jersey brigade of the Sixth Corps had a sharp little fight last night”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_3.html

James Russell Lowell to Charles Eliot Norton, August 18, 1864 (“Wouldn’t I like to dine old Farragut (feragut) though! By Jove! the sea-service hasn’t lost its romance, in spite of iron turtles.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/james-russell-lowell-to-charles-eliot.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: August 18, 1864 (“Exchange rumors.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/01/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_18.html

Diary of Corporal Charles H. Lynch: August 18, 1864 (“After a march of about six miles, came to a halt in woods, a field of corn nearby furnished us with plenty to boil and roast.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-corporal-charles-h-lynch_15.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Thursday, August 18, 1864 (“The first thing we do when sick and wounded soldiers come to the hospital, is to pack all their clothing, blankets, knapsacks and the like, store their accouterments and guns in a dry place”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_11.html

William Cullen Bryant to Miss Christiana Gibson, of Edinburgh, August 18, 1864 (“How this dreadful Civil War lingers! We are now also making wry faces over the bitter fruits of that great folly against which I protested so vehemently”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/william-cullen-bryant-to-miss.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: August 18, 1864 (“till we have no authentic account of the details of the fights on the north side of the James River. We know we lost two brigadier-generals, and that we captured some 600 prisoners.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-august-18.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: August 18, 1864 (“The army is now on the north side of James River, and this evening, at this moment, we hear heavy cannonading, and musketry is distinctly heard from the hills around the city.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_46.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lincoln,” reply #25
Lincoln speech to the 164th Ohio, #26
Map from Shelby Foote Civil War Narrative, “Lee,” #27
“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” #28
John G. Nicolay, #29
Links to 12 items at Civil War Notebook, #30

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Continued from July 30 (reply #5)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4255075/posts#5

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Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

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With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865, edited by Michael Burlingame

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Continued from August 11 (reply #28)

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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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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The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

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Mary Chesnut’s Civil War, edited by C. Vann Woodward

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Major-General Philip H. Sheridan to Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Gant, August 19, 1864 – 10:30 p.m. (“All the information received to-day shows a large concentration of the enemy at Winchester.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/04/major-general-philip-h-sheridan-to.html

Diary of Brigadier-General William F. Bartlett: Friday, August 19, 1864 (“Major [Mason] Morfit, commanding prison, must have noticed the scrap of paper on which I wrote Agnes, for to-day he sent me up several sheets of note-paper with his compliments.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-brigadier-general-william-f_27.html

Colonel Charles Russell Lowell to Josephine Shaw Lowell, August 19, 1864 – 7 A. M. (“Just in front of Winchester Torbert made a stand with Wilson’s Division and my Brigade of cavalry and a small Brigade of infantry.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/colonel-charles-russell-lowell-to_12.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, August 19, 1864 (“General Warren had a narrow escape in the fight of yesterday. His horse was struck directly between the eyes by a minie ball.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_6.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Friday, August 19, 1864 (“Arose at a late hour this morning, but not in the best of spirits; have been in camp all day; haven’t made preparations to stay long; don’t now-a-days; can’t tell what we are to do”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_4.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: August 19, 1864 (“Am still hoping for relief. Water is bracing some up, myself with others. Does not hurt us”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/01/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_41.html

Diary of Corporal Charles H. Lynch: August 19, 1864 (“Rain all night and this morning. Camp located a few miles south of Charlestown.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-corporal-charles-h-lynch_54.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Friday, August 19, 1864 (“A man by the name of Henry Neeley, a patient in our ward, died this afternoon of consumption. We were giving him cod liver oil, a tablespoonful six times a day.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_62.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: August 19, 1864 (A foraging party attacked by guerrillas. One killed, 2 wounded, mules stolen.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/10/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_36.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: August 19, 1864 (“It is believed another raid has crossed the Weldon Road, and is sweeping in the direction of the Lynchburg and Danville Road.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-august-19.html

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Today’s posts:

“Team of Rivals,” reply #32
“Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom,” #33
John G. Nicolay, #34
“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” #35
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #36
George Templeton Strong, #37
Mary B. Chesnut, #38
Links to 10 items at Civil War Notebook, #39