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Friday, February 3, 2023

William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, February 1, 1861

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February 1, 1861. . . . It is war to surround Anderson with batteries, and it is shilly-shally for the South to cry “Hands off! No coercio...
Sunday, December 18, 2022

William T. Sherman to George Mason Graham, January 16, 1861

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ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 16, 1861. DEAR GENERAL: It was my purpose to wait patiently for the development of events, with my mind firmly resolved t...
Thursday, September 8, 2022

Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, July 17, 1865

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Last Tuesday, when on board the Pawnee with the President and Cabinet, Stanton took me aside and desired to know if the Navy could not spare...
Friday, December 2, 2016

Diary of John Hay: August 22, 1861

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A long hiatus! The nights have been too busy for jottings. . . . . We went over to Seward’s, found him comfortably slippered, and af...
Friday, July 1, 2016

Major Charles Fessenden Morse: July 16, 1864

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Near Vining Station, Ga., July 16, 1864. The President, in his wisdom or his weakness, has stopped all capital punishment in the army...
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