Harper’s Weekly – May 20, 1865

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | May 20, 1865

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Continued from May 22 (reply #12).

James Lee McDonough, William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life

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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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Continued from May 22 (reply #13)

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

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: May 22 & 23, 1865 (“On the 22d and 23d, the great review of the returning armies of the Potomac, the Tennessee, and Georgia took place in Washington.” Actual dates 23 and 24th.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/05/diary-of-gideon-welles-may-22-23-1865.html

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Fessenden Morse: May 23, 1865 (“Everybody is scrubbing up for the review to-morrow, which will be a great affair.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/lieutenant-colonel-charles-fessenden_29.html

Diary of Captain Luman Harris Tenney: May 23, 1865 (“Got ready early for the review. The whole Division in red neckties. Custer bade us farewell.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/07/diary-of-captain-luman-harris-tenney_12.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Tuesday, May 23, 1865 (“The Army of the Potomac was reviewed by the president of the United States and Lieutenant General Grant. Sherman’s army is to be reviewed tomorrow.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_22.html

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Today’s posts:

“Team of Rivals,” reply #18
“Grant,” #19
“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” #20
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #21
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #22
“Jefferson Davis, American,” #23
George Templeton Strong, #24
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #25

[Hebrews 11:6]

Returning victorious armies have marched triumphantly through their capitals for millennia. Grant and Meade and Sherman and Sheridan and their tens of thousands certainly had earned this prolonged display—what a sight it must have been! And Father Abraham’s spirit presided over all.

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Continued from May 23 (reply #18).

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Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from May 23 (reply #21).

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James Lee McDonough, William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life

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Continued from May 23 (reply #19).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from May 23 (reply #20).

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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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Diary of Gideon Welles: May 24, 1865 (“I went with Postmaster-General Dennison and a portion of our families and a few friends on board the Santiago de Cuba, one of our fast vessels of about fourteen hundred tons, on a trip to Savannah.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/05/diary-of-gideon-welles-may-24-1865.html

Diary of Captain Luman Harris Tenney: Wednesday, May 24, 1865 (“Twelve of us officers went to town with orderlies. Ran guard. Saw Johnson, Stanton, Welles, Speed, Grant, Sherman, Howard, Slocum, Logan, Cadwallader, Sanford, Farragut and several other distinguished men.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/07/diary-of-captain-luman-harris-tenney.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Daniel L. Ambrose: May 24, 1865 (“Flowers and wreaths, plucked and formed by the hands of the nation’s fair ones, fell thick and fast at the feet of the tramping army as it surged like an ocean wave in the great avenue.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/08/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-daniel-l_28.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Wednesday, May 24, 1865 (“The Army of the Tennessee was in the advance, with the Army of Georgia following. General Sherman was riding at the head of his army and he passed down the avenue amidst loud cheering.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_24.html

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Today’s posts:

“Team of Rivals,” reply #28
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #29
“Grant,” #30
“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” #31
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #32
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #33

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The following items are from the Harper’s Weekly of June 10, 1865.

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

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Continued from May 18 (reply #26)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4316700/posts#26

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Thursday, May 25, 1865 (“Now that we are so near Washington, the boys are waiting their turns for passes to go to the city”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_59.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: May 25 & 26, 1865 (“Most of the passengers and some others were sick this and the following day, when we passed Cape Hatteras and Frying-Pan Shoals. Unexpectedly to myself, I was not seasick.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/05/diary-of-gideon-welles-may-25-26-1865.html

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Last word, part I:

Continued from May 24 (reply #31).

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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

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Last word, part II:

Continued from May 10 (reply #25).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4315314/posts#25

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat