Harper’s Weekly – February 4, 1865

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | February 4, 1865

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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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Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a Confederate Soldier, Edited by A.D. Kirwan

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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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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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Diary of 1st Lieutenant Daniel L. Ambrose: February 8, 1865 (“We cross Whippie Swamp about noon to-day and go into camp for the night.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/05/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-daniel-l_69.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Wednesday, February 8, 1865 (“Our division started out on the railroad at 7 o’clock this morning and destroyed about ten miles of track.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_29.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 8, 1865 (“It is reported by Gen. Lee that the losses on both sides on Monday were light, but the enemy have established themselves on Hatcher’s Run”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-february_15.html

General Robert E. Lee to James A. Seddon, February 8, 1865 (some of the men had been without meat for three days, and all were suffering from reduced rations and scant clothing, exposed to battle, cold, hail, and sleet.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/general-robert-e-lee-to-james-seddon_8.html

General Robert E. Lee to Senator Louis T. Wigfall, February 8, 1865 (Sen. Wigfall wants to send the Texas Brigade home to recruit. Gen. Lee says no.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/general-robert-e-lee-to-senator-louis-t.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: February 8, 1865 (“I can’t keep a regular diary now, because I do not like to write all that I feel and hear.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_12.html

Diary of Malvina S. Waring, February 8, 1865 (“Saw that young Englishman again today. He isn’t half the idle dreamer he pretends to be. In truth (but let me whisper it softly), I believe he’s a spy!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/diary-of-malvina-s-waring-february-8.html

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Today’s posts:

Lincoln message to Congress on excluding illegal electoral votes, reply #39
John G. Nicolay, #40
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #41
Johnny Green, #42
John Jackman, #43
George Templeton Strong, #44
Mary B. Chesnut, #45
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #46

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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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Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a Confederate Soldier, Edited by A.D. Kirwan

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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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

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Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, February 9, 1865 (“I note you have seen the report of the Committee on the Conduct of the War, about the Mine. You have done Grant injustice; he did not testify against me”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/major-general-george-g-meade-to_31.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: February 9, 1865 (“Late Confederate papers say that Thomas has started south towards Montgomery, leaving Hood behind him.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/02/captain-charles-wright-wills-february-9_16.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: February 9, 1865 (“Rear guard on our road to-day. Made about a dozen miles, very disagreeable march. Snowed a little in the morning and terribly cold all day.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/02/captain-charles-wright-wills-february-9.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Daniel L. Ambrose: February 9, 1865 (“The roads still continue desperate, and in consequence we move slowly. In the evening we cross the little Saltkatchie swamp.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/05/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-daniel-l_16.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Thursday, February 9, 1865 (“A great deal of property is being destroyed by our army on this raid.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_42.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 9, 1865 (“There is to be public speaking in the African Church to-day, or in the Square, to reanimate the people for another carnival of blood.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-february_24.html

General Robert E. Lee’s General Orders No. 1 (“I assume command of the military forces of the Confederate States.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/general-robert-e-lees-general-orders-no.html

Diary of Malvina S. Waring, February 9, 1865 (“Finished Les Miserables, Victor Hugo’s grand work. What munificence of power! What eloquence! What strength! How sublime even its absurdities!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/diary-of-malvina-s-waring-february-9.html

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Today’s posts:

John G. Nicolay, reply #48
Johnny Green, #49
John Jackman, #50
George Templeton Strong, #51
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #52

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

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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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All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Friday, February 10, 1865 (Sec. Welles reviews the minimal results of the Hampton Roads Conference.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/10/diary-of-gideon-welles-friday-february.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: February 10, 1865 (“hear that S. D. Lee’s Corps of Hood’s Army is at Augusta. We whipped them July 28, ‘64, and can do it again.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/02/captain-charles-wright-wills-february.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Daniel L. Ambrose: February 10, 1865 (“on the fifteenth we find the enemy in strong position at Little Congaree bridge, but the gallant Logan, with his thundering Fifteenth, soon ousts them”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/05/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-daniel-l_47.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Friday, February 10, 1865 (“The farming is all done here by the negro women and old men, the able-bodied men, white and black, being in the army.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_26.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 10, 1865 (Jones reports on the war meeting in Richmond yesterday.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-february_31.html

Senator Robert M. T. Hunter to General Robert E. Lee, February 10, 1865 (“there is nothing which could be done, which would so much revive hope, as the assignment of Genl. Joseph E. Johnston to the command of that Army.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/senator-robert-m-t-hunter-to-general.html

Diary of Malvina S. Waring, Friday, February 10, 1865 (“Its absorbing theme today was the same as with every one else—Sherman’s movements; is he coming here? And what will he do when he does?”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/diary-of-malvina-s-waring-friday.html

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Today’s posts:

President Lincoln’s Hampton Roads Conference correspondence, reply #54
John G. Nicolay, #55
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #56
John Jackman, #57
Mary B. Chesnut, #58
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #59