Harper’s Weekly – November 19, 1864

Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1861-1865: Seminar and Discussion Forum
The American Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

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Link to previous Harper’s Weekly thread

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4277826/posts

The first excerpt below is continued from November 10 (reply #34) Stanton’s letter to Chase, referenced in the first paragraph, was written on this date.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4275856/posts#34

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This excerpt is not a continuation. Mary Lincoln’s letter to Mercy Conkling was written on this date.

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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

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

Edwin M. Stanton to Salmon P Chase, November 19, 1864 (“I am better now and again at work, but with feeble and broken health, that can only be restored by absolute rest from all labor and care.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/02/edwin-m-stanton-to-salmon-p-chase.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, November 19, 1864 (“So we were waked from the prima quies by loud nasal and otherwise discordant cries of: “Post number eight! Half-past twelve! All’s well!” etc., etc.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_21.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: November 19, 1864 (“By the kindness of Mrs. Elizabeth Celia Pye, I occupy a feather bed to-night. It is the first house I have been in for the last three months.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/08/captain-charles-wright-wills-november_32.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: November 19, 1864 (“all hands afraid of going to Charleston. Believe I shall try and escape on the journey, although in no condition to rough it.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/07/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_16.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, November 19, 1864 (“We passed through Hillsboro at 10 a. m., and the town being deserted, many of the vacant houses were burned by our men.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_5.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 19, 1864 (“The papers think that Grant is about to try again to force his way into Richmond, as soon as the weather will permit.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november.html

Diary of Dolly Lunt Burge: November 19, 1864 (“I could hear them cry, ‘Halt! Halt!’ and their guns went off in quick succession. Oh God, the time of trial has come!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-dolly-lunt-burge-november-19.html

Today’s posts:

“Team of Rivals,” reply #3
Lincoln memo to Gen. Rosecrans, #4
George Templeton Strong, #5
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #6