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Showing posts with label Spotsylvania Courthouse VA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spotsylvania Courthouse VA. Show all posts
Thursday, August 13, 2020

Edwin M. Stanton to Major-General Benjamin F. Butler, May 9, 1864 — 3:20 p.m.

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WAR DEPARTMENT,                      May 9 , 1864—3.20 p.m. Major-General BUTLER: A bearer of dispatches from General Meade has jus...
Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Charles Francis Adams Jr. to Abigail Brown Brooks Adams, August 27, 1864

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H.Q. Cav'y Escort, A. of P.                  Before Petersburg, August 27, 1864 *           *           *           *           * ...
Friday, March 30, 2018

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Luman Harris Tenney: May 19, 1864

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Went down with Thede to Spottsylvania. Visited all the fortifications. Went to the picket line. Could see the rebs very distinctly in rifle...
Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Luman Harris Tenney: May 7, 1864

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At 1 o'clock, received orders to pull out. Followed some 3rd Div. trains. Went down near Chancellorsville and breakfasted. Firing comme...

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Luman Harris Tenney: May 8, 1864

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During the day moved to Todd's Tavern. A large open space. All the trains of the army parked here. An ocean of teams. Pulled out a shor...
Sunday, June 4, 2017

Diary of John Hay: May 14, 1864

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. . . . I have not known the President so affected by a personal loss since the death of Baker, as by the death of General Wadsworth. While...
Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Friday, July 15, 1864

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Remained in camp until 8 o'clock a. m. and then marched up Pennsylvania Avenue by the Treasury, White House and War Department, amidst ...
Thursday, October 30, 2014

Senator James W. Grimes to Elizabeth Nealley Grimes, May 10, 1864

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United States Senate-chamber, Washington , May 10, 1864. We have an intense anxiety here about the recent battles, though the people...
Thursday, October 23, 2014

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, June 1, 1864 – 6 p.m.

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Headquarters Army Of The Potomac , 6 P. M., June 1, 1864. We are pegging away here, and gradually getting nearer and nearer to Richmond...
Sunday, October 19, 2014

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, May 24, 1864 – 9 a.m.

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Headquarters Army Of The Potomac , May 24, 9 A. M., 1864. We have maneuvered the enemy away from their strong position on the Po, near ...
Saturday, October 18, 2014

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, May 23, 1864 – 8 a.m.

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Headquarters Army Of The Potomac , 8 A. M., May 23, 1864. We expected yesterday to have another battle, but the enemy refuses to fight ...
Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, May 31, 1862

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CAMP OPPOSITE FREDERICKSBURG, May 31, 1862. Yesterday General McDowell (who has gone after the enemy who drove Banks back) telegraphed ...