April 1863 was another very difficult month for the country. The biggest news was “affairs at or around Vicksburg.”
Ellicott’s Diary, April 1863
Civil War
Ellicott’s Diary, March 1863
Benjamin H. Ellicott’s diary, continued.1 See Ellicott’s Diary, January 1863 and Ellicott’s Diary, February 1863. The diary ends in August 1863. For the next five weeks, I will publish a month from the diary.
Ellicott’s Diary, February 1863
A difficult month in a difficult year. Benjamin H. Ellicott’s diary, continued, brings us close to the trials and tribulations of Americans in the middle of their Civil War.1 Previously, I omitted Ellicott’s comments on the weather, but this time I’ve decided to keep them; they seem to enhance the immediacy of time. It’s February, after all, not August.