Thursday, April 17, 2025

Lincoln dead.–”We hope Johnston will not surrender.”–Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, Charles Wright Wills.

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Raleigh, April 17, 1865. We have a brief dispatch this morning informing us of the assassination of President Lincoln, Secretary Seward and son. I have not the heart to write a word about it. The army is crazy for vengenance. If we make another campaign it will be an awful one. Sherman meets Johnston to-day. [...]

Army Life of an Illinois Soldier, Charles Wright Wills, (8th Illinois Infantry)

War Diary of Luman Harris Tenney.

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17th. Rode all night with paroled prisoners–Yankees. Cold. Reached City Point at 8 A. M. Got ready to leave on the mail boat at 10 A. M. Boat loaded mostly with Southern officers and a few Yankees, few citizens. Saw a telegraph operator with whom I was acquainted in Tenn. Read late papers. Accounts of [...]

War Diary of Luman Harris Tenney.

A Diary From Dixie.

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April 17th.–A letter from Mrs. Davis, who writes: “Do come to me, and see how we get on. I shall have a spare room by the time you arrive, indifferently furnished, but, oh, so affectionately placed at your service. You will receive such a loving welcome. One perfect bliss have I. The baby, who grows [...]

A Diary From Dixie by Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut.