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Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Major-General William F. Smith to Senator Solomon Foot, July 30, 1864

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College Point, L. I., July 30, 1864. Hon. S. Foot: Dear Senator: — I am extremely anxious that my friends in my native State should no...
Saturday, April 25, 2020

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General George B. McClellan, December 2, 1861

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CONFIDENTIAL.] SAINT LOUIS, MO .,  [ December 2 , ] 1861 . Maj. Gen. GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN, Commander-in- Chief, Washington, D.C.: ...
Friday, April 13, 2018

Captain William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, January 27, 1863

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79th Highlanders,                    Camp Near Falmouth, Va.,    Jan. 27th, 1863. My dear Mother: I have not written either you o...
Thursday, March 22, 2018

Captain William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, December 22, 1862

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Camp Near Falmouth, Va. Dec. 22nd, 1862. My dear Mother: Since the late disastrous affair at Fredericksburg, as before, I look in v...
Friday, October 27, 2017

Diary of Salmon P. Chase: January 12, 1862

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At church in the morning.   Good, plain sermon. Wished much to join in communion, but felt myself to subject to temptation to sin. After ch...
Wednesday, September 27, 2017

Major-General George G. McClellan to Edwin M. Stanton, May 4, 1862 – 9 a.m.

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HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC, May 4 , 1862 — 9 a.m. (Received 4.15 p.m.) Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: We have the r...
Monday, September 25, 2017

Salmon P. Chase to John Townsend Trowbridge of Somerville, Massachusetts, March 21, 1864

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WASHINGTON, March 21, 1864. . . . . IMMEDIATELY after the organization of the cabinet, the question of what should be the policy of the...
Friday, June 23, 2017

Diary of John Hay: Sunday, September 25, 1864

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Yesterday Nicolay who has been several days in New York telegraphed to the President that Thurlow Weed had gone to Canada, and asking if he...
Monday, January 23, 2017

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 1, 1863

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The Virginia Legislature, now in session, has a bill under discussion for the suppression of extortion. One of the members, Mr. Anderson, r...
Saturday, December 31, 2016

Diary of John Hay: September 1, 1862

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Saturday morning, the 30th of August, I rode out into the country and turned in at the Soldiers' Home. The President’s horse was standi...
Saturday, August 13, 2016

Major-General Philip Kearny to Oliver S. Halsted Jr., August 4, 1862

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HARRISON’S LANDING, 4th August, 1862. DEAR PET: I thank you for your kind, long letter. You extend me hope.   You suggest withdrawing m...
Friday, August 28, 2015

Major-General John Sedgwick to Major Samuel Breck, January 27, 1864

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Headquarters 6th Army Corps, Near Brandy Stat1on, January 27, 1864. Major Samuel Breck , Assistant Adjutant-General, Washington. ...
Saturday, July 18, 2015

Captain Richard F. Halstead to Miss Sedgwick, May 13, 1863

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Headquarters 6th Corps, Camp Near White Oak Church, May 13, 1863. My dear Miss Sedgwick: The General has just informed me that yo...