Thursday, April 27, 2017

Diary of John Hay: March 2, 1864

. . . . We got on board the Dictator for an early start. The wind moans ominously round the state-room doors, presaging a rough day to-morrow. . . .

SOURCES: Clara B. Hay, Letters of John Hay and Extracts from Diary, Volume 1, p. 170; Michael Burlingame, Editor, Inside Lincoln's White House: The Complete Civil War Diary of John Hay, p. 173.

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