Desiree Reads’s Reviews > The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860-1865 > Status Update
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“The raider CSS was illegally captured by a Union officer in Brazil on Oct 7, 1864, and turned over to the Union navy. Brazil, whose territorial rights had been violated, demanded the ship be returned. On Nov. 28, 1864… the Florida mysteriously sank after being struck by a Union transport ship.”
— May 13, 2026 06:43PM
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The Gresham Family after the Civil War
— May 17, 2026 06:42PM
The Gresham Family after the Civil War
Desiree Reads
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Wed Dec 10th, 1865
“Vice President Stephens is arrested & thus comes down the iron screw on our powerless necks.”
— May 17, 2026 06:15PM
“Vice President Stephens is arrested & thus comes down the iron screw on our powerless necks.”
Desiree Reads
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“General Johnston has surrendered his army & the Department of South Carolina, Georgia & Florida: so we are under the rod as conquered rebels forever.”
— May 17, 2026 06:09PM
Desiree Reads
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Tue Apr 11, 1865
“The N.Y. Herald reports that the Confederacy was recognized by France on the 3d March”.
— May 17, 2026 05:54PM
“The N.Y. Herald reports that the Confederacy was recognized by France on the 3d March”.
