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Join the Crew! Each book includes a detailed index. Reminder: search WorldCat to locate a printed copy in a local library: https:// www.worldcat.org. In addition, the Library of Congress offers online formats of Chase’s various writings: https://www.loc.gov/ collections/salmon-p-chasepapers/. Finally, the Historical Society of Pennsylvania houses a portion of Chase’s work in its archives. While not digitized, researchers can view their finding aid here: http://www2.hsp. org/collections/manuscripts/c/ Chase0121.html. The following entries offer a glimpse into Chase’s insight.
The Salmon P. Chase Papers: Journals
• Salmon P. Chase Papers Correspondence cover. The correspondence of Secretary of the U.S. Treasury Salmon Portland Chase offers insight from into wartime events from one of President Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet members. The published documents comprise five volumes covering the following years (volume one contains his journals, as covered in the previous column). Volume two contains correspondence to and from Chase from 1823 to 1857; volume three: 1858–1863; volume four, April 1863–1864; and volume five, 1865–1873.
Day by Day through the Civil War in Georgia
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May 23, 1864: The people are crazy or I am. I dont [sic] see the recent military successes. All under God depends on Grant. So far he has achieved very little and that little has cost beyond computation. Sherman has done well and apparently more than Grant. June 30, 1864: From President Lincoln: Your resignation of the office of Secretary of the Treasury, sent me yesterday, is accepted. Of all I have said in commendation. Of your ability and fidelity, I have nothing to unsay; and yet you and I have reached a point of mutual
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(1,630 days) of Georgia’s social, political, economic, and military events during the Civil War did not exist. In Day by Day through the Civil War in Georgia, Michael K. Shaffer strikes a balance between the combatants while remembering the struggles of enslaved persons, folks on the home front, and merchants and clergy attempting to maintain some sense of normalcy. Maps, footnotes, a detailed index, and bibliographical references will aid those wanting more. February 2022 • $37.00, hardback
Michael K. Shaffer is a Civil War historian, instructor, lecturer, newspaper columnist, and author. He is a member of the Society of Civil War Historians, Historians of the Civil War Western Theater, and the Georgia Association of Historians. Contact the author: mkscdr11@gmail.com
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embarrassment in our official relation which it seems can not be overcome, or longer sustained, consistently with the public service. Sept. 16, 1864: Sherman is fortifying at Atlanta evidently under the impression that the war is to be protracted; Grant does not seem to take the earnest personal control on the Army of the Potomac which is essential to the earliest possible success; there appears to be an idea here that it is not wise even if were certainly practicable to capture and hold Mobile. Little or nothing can be confidently expected until the armies are recruited up to their full strength. Dec. 6, 1864: To President Lincoln: On reaching home tonight I was saluted with the intelligence that you this day nominated me to the Senate for the office of Chief Justice. I cannot sleep before I thank you for this mark of your confidence, and especially for the manner in which the nomination was made. I shall never forget either and trust that you will never regret either. Be assured that I prize your confidence and good will more than nomination or office.
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Until next month, continued luck in researching the American Civil War! Michael K. Shaffer is a Civil War historian, author, lecturer, and instructor, who remains a member of the Society of Civil War Historians, Historians of the Civil War Western Theater, and the Georgia Association of Historians. Readers may contact him at mkscdr11@gmail.com or request speaking engagements at www.civilwarhistorian. net. Follow Michael on Facebook, www.facebook.com/ michael.k.shaffer, and Twitter @ michaelkshaffer.
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