Harper’s Weekly – April 15, 1865

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | April 15, 1865

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

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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 Gideon Welles: Tuesday, April 18, 1865 (“Details in regard to the funeral, which takes place on the 19th, occupied general attention and little else than preliminary arrangements and conversation was done at the Cabinet-meeting.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/02/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday-april-18.html

Memorandum of Major-General William T. Sherman and General Joseph E Johnston, April 18, 1865

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/01/memorandum-of-major-general-william-t.html

Major-General William T. Sherman to Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant and Major-General Henry W. Halleck, April 18, 1865 (“I inclose herewith a copy of an agreement made this day between General Joseph E. Johnston and myself, which, if approved by the President of the United States, will produce peace from the Potomac and the Rio Grande.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/01/major-general-william-t-sherman-to_26.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, April 18, 1865 (“I have heard nothing from General Grant since he left here, and am in complete ignorance of what is going to be done with this army.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/major-general-george-g-meade-to_24.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: April 18, 1865 (“Sherman has gone out again to see Johnston. Johnston asked for another day in order to see Davis and get his permission to surrender the whole force in arms this side of the Mississippi.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/major-charles-wright-wills-april-18-1865.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant John S. Morgan: Tuesday, April 18, 1865 (“It is reported that a fort on the Tombigbee has surrendered to Smith on same conditions Grant gave Lee.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/02/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-john-s-morgan_16.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Tuesday, April 18, 1865 (“General Sherman went out to the front on the cars, and the two generals agreed upon the terms for the surrender of Johnston’s army.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_33.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: Tuesday Night, April 18, 1865 (“I try to dwell as little as possible on public events. I only feel that we have no country, no government, no future.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/05/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_1.html

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Today’s posts:

“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” reply #38
Sherman letter to Mrs. Sherman, #39
John G. Nicolay, #40
George Templeton Strong (Strong actually wrote up the day-by-day account of his trip to Washington and Richmond after he returned to NYC on April 28), #41
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #42
Links to 8 items at Civl War Notebook, #43

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Continued from April 14 (reply #68).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4309654/posts?q=1&;page=51#68

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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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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Continued from April 16 (reply #27)

William J. Cooper, Jr., Jefferson Davis, American

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

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Senator James W. Grimes to Elizabeth Nealley Grimes, April 19, 1865 (“We have four days of universal and heartfelt sorrow and mourning; business has been nearly suspended.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/senator-james-w-grimes-to-elizabeth_14.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Wednesday, April 19, 1865 (“The funeral was imposing, sad, and sorrowful. All felt the solemnity, and sorrowed as if they had lost one of their own household.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/02/diary-of-gideon-welles-wednesday-april.html

General Orders No. 71. (Establishes the Division of the James, Maj. Gen. Halleck commanding)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/09/general-orders-no-71.html

Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Winfield Scott Hancock, April 19, 1865 — 5:30 p.m. (“If Mosby does not avail himself of the present truce end it and hunt him and his men down. Guerrillas, after beating the armies of the enemy, will not be entitled to quarter.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/03/lieutenant-general-ulysses-s-grant-to_13.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman, April 19, 1865 (“wherever our separate fortunes may take us, I shall ever have a deep interest in your welfare and happiness, which, by the blessing of God, I trust may be long continued.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/major-general-george-g-meade-to.html

Diary of Brigadier-General Rutherford B. Hayes, Wednesday, April 19, 1865 (“Sheridan evidently did the decisive fighting at Five Forks; but for him it would have been a failure again.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/07/diary-of-brigadier-general-rutherford-b_26.html

Brigadier-General Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, April 19, 1865 (“I feel the national loss, but even that is nothing compared to the joy I feel that this awful war is ended in our favor.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/07/brigadier-general-rutherford-b-hayes-to_82.html

Brigadier-General Thomas Kilby Smith to Bettie Smith, April 19, 1865 (“Mobile, the principal city and only seaport of Alabama, was the original seat of French colonization in the southwest, and for many years the capital of the colony of Louisiana.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/brigadier-general-thomas-kilby-smith-to_16.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: April 19, 1865 (“Good bye, war.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/major-charles-wright-wills-april-19-1865.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant John S. Morgan: Wednesday, April 19, 1865 (“Reported that 8 miles from this camp is a Reb force of 8000.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/02/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-john-s-morgan_96.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Wednesday, April 19, 1865 (“We struck our tents about noon and marched back about five miles, toward Raleigh, going into camp within three miles of town.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_42.html

Diary of Julia Ward Howe: Wednesday April 19, 1865 (“Wrote some verses about the President — pretty good, perhaps, — scratching the last nearly in the dark, just before bedtime.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/04/diary-of-julia-ward-howe-wednesday.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 19, 1865 (“It appears that the day of the death of President Lincoln was appointed for illuminations and rejoicings on the surrender of Lee.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2025/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-19.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: April 19, 1865 (“Peace, blessed Peace! was the cry. I whispered, “Never! Let a great earthquake swallow us up first!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/05/diary-of-sarah-morgan-april-19-1865.html

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“Grant,” reply #45
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #46
George Templeton Strong, #47
“Jefferson Davis, American,” #48
Mary B. Chesnut, #49
Links to 14 items at Civil War Notebook, #50

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

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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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Reward Poster for John H. Surratt, John Wilkes Booth & David E Herold, April 20, 1865

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/01/reward-poster-for-john-h-surratt-john.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, April 20, 1865 (“Lyman is such a good fellow, and has been so intimately connected personally with me, that I feel his separation as the loss of an old and valued friend.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/major-general-george-g-meade-to_25.html

Dr. Joseph T. Webb to Maria Cook Webb, April 20, 1865 (“The Rebels all feel disposed to quit; the women, if possible, more insolent than ever.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/07/dr-joseph-t-webb-to-maria-cook-webb.html

Major Henry Hitchcock to Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant, April 20, 1865 – 12 m. (“I have the honor to report my arrival at this place with dispatches for yourself and General Halleck from General Sherman”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/01/major-henry-hitchcock-to-lieutenant.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Daniel L. Ambrose: April 20, 1865 (“Never was a colonel’s return to his regiment more welcome than was Colonel Rowett”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/08/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-daniel-l_87.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant John S. Morgan: Thursday, April 20, 1865 (“The deserters say all the Rebes have gone to Meridian The bridge is completed just at dark & the column begins to move over”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/02/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-john-s-morgan_17.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Thursday, April 20, 1865 (“We spent the day in raising our tents. There is great rejoicing in camp. Many think that peace is made, and that in a few days we shall likely start for home.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_10.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: April 20, 1865 (“Two other friends came forward to share with us their little all. God help the warm hearts of our conquered but precious country!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/05/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_3.html

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Today’s posts:

John G. Nicolay, reply #52
George Templeton Strong, #53
Johnny Green, #54
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #55

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Continued from April 19 (reply #45).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from April 14 (reply #69).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4309654/posts?q=1&;page=51#69

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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

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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