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Showing posts with label Harrison's Landing VA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Harrison's Landing VA. Show all posts
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Diary of Private William S. White, August 7, 1862

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We camped within a few miles of Malvern Hill last night, and to-day our forces reoccupied the hill without any opposition, capturing some se...

Diary of Private William S. White, August 17, 1862

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Left Petersburg last evening with a force of some 1,000 or 1,200 men, on a scouting expedition into Prince George county, where the Federals...
Thursday, May 7, 2020

Major-General George B. McClellan to Abraham Lincoln, July 7, 1862

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HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC,              Camp near Harrison's Landing, Va., July 7 , 1862 . Mr. PRESIDENT: You have been fu...
Monday, February 11, 2019

Diary of Captain Luman Harris Tenney: March 25, 1865

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Ready to march at 6. Took my pockets full of mail to the landing. Dismounted men went by boats. Our regt. in rear of Div. and train. Crosse...
Friday, May 18, 2018

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Luman Harris Tenney: Saturday, August 6, 1864

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A very pleasant ride down the James. Rounded Lighthouse Point. Soon passed Harrison's Landing, then Fort Powhatan and Wilcox's Land...
Saturday, May 13, 2017

Diary of John Hay: April 28, 1864

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Had considerable talk with the President this evening. He understands that the day arranged for Grant’s movement is to be the 2d prox. — Mo...
Sunday, November 14, 2010

From McClellan’s Army

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The correspondent of the New York Express furnishes that paper with a long letter from Harrison’s Landing, from which we make a few selectio...