Harper’s Weekly – October 1, 1864
Harper's Weekly archives ^ | October 1, 1864
Posted on 10/01/2024 7:40:24 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: civilwar
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“Rally Round the Flag” – 1, 11
Gen. Warren Extending His Lines – 1-2
The U.S. Torpedo-Boat “New Era” – 1, 14
Soldiers’ Hymn – 2
The Chicago Candidate – 2-3
Gen. Sherman on “A Cessation of Hostilities” – 3
Major-General George H. Pendleton B. M’Clellan – 3
The Simple Question – 3
Forewarned is Forearmed – 3-4
“A Source of Fear and Dread” – 4
Sheridan and the Shenandoah – 4
The Two Dromios – 4
“Peace” – 4
Campaign Pictures – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4-5
Foreign News – 5
Interesting Items – 5
Politics Makes Strange Bedfellows, the Sequel – 5
The Halt – 6
General Sherman’s Victory – 7, 15-18
Square Talk – 8
The Little Doctor – 8-9
Puss Burbank’s Enemy – 9-10
Two Ways of Looking at It – 10
Reminiscent – 10
Quite Alone, by George Augustus Sala, Ch. XLIX-L – 10, 12
Succotash, by Lewis Gaylord Clark – 12-13
Humors of the Day – 13-14
Monument to Stephen A. Douglas – 14
The Fisher – 18
The Acrobat’s Revenge – 18-19
2 posted on 10/01/2024 7:41:13 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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3 posted on 10/01/2024 7:42:06 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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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
4 posted on 10/01/2024 7:42:48 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, October 1, 1864 (“Seward and Stanton both endeavor to avoid Cabinet consultations on questions of their own Departments.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/05/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-october_2.html
Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, October 1, 1864 (“We have been actively engaged for the last two days, and yesterday we had a pretty sharp fight, gaining some advantages and meeting with some checks.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/major-general-george-g-meade-to_9.html
Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, October 1, 1864 (“General Crook told him [Gen. Joseph A.J. Lightburn] the division was officered to his satisfaction and ordered him back to Harpers Ferry to await orders.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/04/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb_84.html
Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: October 1, 1864 (“A prisoner of war nearly a year have stood and went through the very worst kind of treatment. Am getting ravenously hungry, but they won’t give me much to eat.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/02/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_28.html
Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, October 1, 1864 (“This afternoon the Third and Fourth Divisions of the Seventeenth Corps started on an expedition toward Fairburn, Georgia, where, it is reported, there is a large force of the rebels.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_18.html
Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 1, 1864 (“If this be so, to-morrow will probably be fought the great battle for Richmond. Doubtless, Grant is eager to hold some position from which he can shell the city.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/01/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-october-1.html
Diary of Private Louis Leon: October 1864 (“We have got the smallpox in prison, and from six to twelve are taken out dead daily. We can buy from prisoners rats, 25 cents each, killed and dressed.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/03/diary-of-private-louis-leon-october-1864.html
5 posted on 10/01/2024 7:43:51 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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