Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

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Diary and Letters of Rutherford B. Hayes.

April 14, 2012

Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes

Monday, 14, 1862. — Still raining. No further knowledge of movements. Lieutenant Reichenbach’s party that went to Columbus with prisoners, returned this evening. We hear of the taking of Huntsville, Alabama, today, the death of Beauregard, and news of the siege of Yorktown.

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