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.

June 9, 2012

Diary and Letters of Rutherford Birchard Hayes

Flat Top Mountain, June 9, 1862. Monday. — Still cold weather. . . . Heard of the taking of Memphis after a battle of gunboats lasting an hour and twenty minutes. As reported it was a brilliant victory.

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