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Showing posts with label Battle of Gaines' Mill. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Battle of Gaines' Mill. Show all posts
Thursday, December 29, 2022

Dr. Spencer G. Welch to Cordelia Strother Welch, June 29, 1862

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Camp near Richmond, Va.,           June 29, 1862. I was correct in my last letter to you when I predicted that the great battle had commen...
Saturday, February 11, 2017

Diary of John Hay: September 9, 1863

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Dined with Wise.   Met Hooker, Butterfield and Fox. Hooker was in fine flow. Before dinner we talked about Halleck and his connection with ...
Monday, October 31, 2016

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: December 7, 1862

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Last night was bitter cold, and this morning there was ice on my wash-stand, within five feet of the fire. Is this the “sunny South” the No...
Saturday, March 26, 2016

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 27, 1862

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At the first dawn of day, the battle recommenced, farther round to the east. This was enough. The enemy had drawn in his right wing. And co...
Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: September 18, 1864

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Nothing yet from Mr. —— about our rooms. All the furnished rooms that I have seen, except those, would cost us from $100 to $110 per month...
Friday, November 20, 2015

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: Sunday, January 1, 1864

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A melancholy pause in my diary. After returning from church on the night of the 13th, a telegram was handed me from Professor Minor, of the...
Monday, July 27, 2015

Charlotte Cross Wigfall to Louise Wigfall, Saturday, June 28, 1862

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Saturday, 28th. Your father did not come last night, dear L. I got a note from him early this morning. Thank God, he was unhurt! and re...
Friday, July 24, 2015

Charlotte Cross Wigfall to Louise Wigfall, Friday Night, June 27, 1862

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Friday night, 27th. Yesterday afternoon I took a drive with Halsey and as soon as we got on Church Hill we heard the cannon and it seem...
Thursday, May 7, 2015

James Chesnut Jr. to Mary Boykin Chesnut: June 29, 1862

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Richmond , June 29, 1862. My Dear Mary: For the last three days I have been a witness of the most stirring events of modern times. On...
Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Diary of Mary Boykin Chesnut: June 28, 1862

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Victory! Victory heads every telegram now; 1 one reads it on the bulletin-board. It is the anniversary of the battle of Fort Moultrie. The...
Saturday, February 7, 2015

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, August 20, 1864

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August 20, 1864 A brigade of cavalry passed last night, coming from Deep Bottom, and reported this morning to General Warren, to cover ...
Friday, December 19, 2014

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, June 3, 1864

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June 3, 1864 We had very severe fighting this morning, all along the lines. If you look on the map you may follow our lines. The line o...
Saturday, April 5, 2014

Major-General George B. McClellan to Edwin M. Stanton, June 27, 1862 – 8 p.m.

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June 27 , 1862 – 8 p.m. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: Have had a terrible contest. Attacked by greatly superior numbers i...

Major-General George B. McClellan to Flag-Officer Louis M. Goldsborough, June 27, 1862

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE POTOMAC, June 27 , 1862 . Flag-Officer GOLDSBOROUGH: I desire you will send some light-draught gunbo...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

Major General George B. McClellan to Edwin M. Stanton, June 28, 1862

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HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, Savage Station, June 28 , 1862 – 12 . 20 a.m. I now know the full history of the day. On this sid...
Saturday, November 16, 2013

General Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, June 27, 1862

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HEADQUARTERS, June 27 , 1862. HIS EXCELLENCY, PRESIDENT DAVIS. MR. PRESIDENT: Profoundly grateful to Almighty God for the signal vi...