Civil War Notebook: Andrew Jackson

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Thursday, April 16, 2026

Diary of 5th Sergeant Lawrence Van Alstyne, Monday, January 5, 1863

CHALMETTE. Said to be just below the city of New Orleans. We left quarantine about 11 P. M. and reached here about 8 this morning. Many we...

Saturday, April 4, 2026

Diary of Elvira J. Powers, Tuesday, April 12, 1864

Have visited Hospital, No. 8, as well as No. 1, several times since I have been here, and am priviledged to carry some delicacies, and write...

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Benjamin F. Pearson, Sunday, December 28, 1862

A light frost in the morning & our Co was in it all night guns in hand & no blankets with us & no rebels came to let us try our ...

Saturday, January 31, 2026

Senator John C. Calhoun to Waddy Thompson Jr.,* October 29, 1847

Fort Hill, 29th Oct 1847. DEAR SIR, I have read your letter with attention, and will answer it in the same sperit of candour and freedom, ...

Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Speech of Senator John C. Calhoun on His Resolutions in Reference on the War with Mexico Delivered in the United States Senate, January 4, 1848

RESOLUTIONS. Resolved , That to conquer Mexico, and to hold it, either as a province or to incorporate it in the Union, would be inconsist...

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