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Showing posts with label Army of the James. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Army of the James. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 31, 2019

Colonel Allnard B. Nettleton: The Grand Review At Washington, On May 23 and 24, 1865

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This historic event, briefly covered in the diary, under dates of May 23 and 24, 1865, had had no precedent in the past and is not likely t...
Sunday, May 10, 2015

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, March 30, 1865

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March 30, 1865 I take advantage of a rainy morning to draw you a map and start a letter, to explain and recount the deeds of yester...
Thursday, April 16, 2015

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, March 2, 1865

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Headquarters Army Of Potomac March 2, 1865 It was raw yesterday, or chilly rather, without being cold, and to-day we are favored by a...
Thursday, March 26, 2015

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, November 27, 1864

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November 27, 1864 I think I will occupy the remainder of this letter with an account of our picnic yesterday to Butlerdom. The day was ...
Wednesday, January 28, 2015

Lieutenant-Colonel Ely S. Parker to Major-General George G. Meade, April 9, 1865

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HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES, Appomattox Court. House, April 9 , 1865 . General MEADE: GENERAL: The Fifth Corps of the ...
Sunday, January 18, 2015

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, December 18, 1864

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Headquarters Army Of The Potomac , December 18, 1864. I am glad you saw Major Smith and liked him. I found him very intelligent and ami...
Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, October 3, 1864

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Headquarters Army Of The Potomac , October 3, 1864. I have not been able to write you for several days, as I have been so absorbed in o...
Thursday, October 30, 2014

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, June 17, 1864 – 12 M

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Field Of Battle Near Petersburg, Headquarters Second Army Corps , 12 M., June 17, 1864. I have not written you for several days, as w...
Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, June 12, 1864

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Headquarters Army Of The Potomac , June 12, 1864 In my last letter I gave you an account of a wicked and malicious falsehood which I fo...
Saturday, October 11, 2014

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, May 16, 1864 – 9 A. M.

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May 16, 9 A. M. The weather still continues unfavorable for military operations, so, unless the enemy attack us, we shall probably rema...
Saturday, August 23, 2014

Brigadier-General Thomas Kilby Smith to Eliza Walter Smith, November 18, 1864

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Headquarters Armies Of The United States, City Point, Va. , Nov. 18, 1864. I wrote a hurried note to wife a day or two ago upon m...