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Tuesday, April 13, 2021

Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, September 24, 1864

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Sheridan follows up his work, and bids fair to disperse and annihilate Early's entire army. The effect of his successive victories has b...

Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, September 26, 1864

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The consuls in London, Liverpool, etc., report a probable change of tactics by the Rebels in fitting out fast-sailing privateers to depredat...

Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, September 27, 1864

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Received mail from Admiral Farragut. Among his dispatches one confidential, inclosing a letter from General Canby, who had received a singul...

Diary of Gideon Welles: Wednesday, September 28, 1864

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I called to-day on Secretary Fessenden with Farragut’s dispatch and the order of the President permitting A. J. Hamilton of Texas to bring o...

Diary of Gideon Welles: Thursday, September 29, 1864

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The appointments to the Naval Academy are a great annoyance and often a great embarrassment. Of course the Secretary is much blamed for ever...

Diary of Gideon Welles: Friday, September 30, 1864

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At the Cabinet-meeting Seward produced a telegram from Governor Nye of the Nevada Territory, stating that the new constitution had been adop...

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Saturday, September 24, 1864

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Marched five (miles) to Edinburg, seven to Mount Jackson, seven and one-fourth to New Market nineteen and one-fourth [in all]. A fine day; f...

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Sunday, September 25, 1864

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March nine (miles) to Sparta and nine to Harrisonburg—eighteen. A fine town and a fine day. General Early reported (to have gone over into L...

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Monday, September 26, 1864

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At camp near Harrisonburg. Receive Sheridan's telegraphic report of our last battle. Crook's command gets proper credit for once. ...

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, September 26, 1864

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HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA, September 26, 1864. DEAREST:— Another victory and almost nobody hurt. The loss in my division (you know I now comm...

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, September 26, 1864

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HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA, September 26, 1864. DEAR UNCLE:—You have heard enough about our great victories at Winchester and Fisher's Hil...

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, September 27, 1864

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ONE HUNDRED MILES SOUTH OF THE POTOMAC, HARRISON BURG, VIRGINIA, September 27, 1864. DEAREST:—We have left the further pursuit of Early'...

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, September 27, 1864

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ONE HUNDRED MILES SOUTH OF THE POTOMAC, September 27, 1864. DEAR UNCLE:—Our work seems to be done for the present. The cavalry and small sco...

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, September 27, 1864

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HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA, September 27, 1864. DEAR MOTHER: We are now one hundred miles south of Harpers Ferry. Our victories have so broken...

Dr. Joseph T. Webb, September 28, 1864.

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Camp nigh Harrisonburg, Virginia, September 28, 1864. [After the battle on the Opequon] the enemy fell back to Fisher's Hill, some eig...

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, September 28, 1864—5 a.m.

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HARRISONBURG, VIRGINIA, September 28, (5 A. M.), 1864. DEAREST:—We have marching orders this morning. Where to, etc., I don't yet know...
Sunday, April 11, 2021

Isaac D. Luce to Bradford F. Thompson, August 11, 1894

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Murray, Iowa, Aug. 11, 1894 B. F. Thompson.—Dear Comrade:   Your kind invitation to meet with the 112th at the annual reunion in Galva, on...

Co. B Reunion

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The 44th annual reunion of the surviving members Co. B, 19th Ill. Vol. Inft. Was held at the home of W. H. Boardman, in the village of Osceo...
Saturday, April 10, 2021

REUNION OF CO. B.

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Members of Co. B. 19th Ill., Meet in Reunion at Home of George Dugan, in Ladoga, Iowa. The Annual reunion of Co. B, 19th Illinois Infantry...
Thursday, April 1, 2021

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 21, 1864

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Although cloudy, there was ice this morning, and cold all day. Yesterday another thousand prisoners were brought up by the flag of truce b...