Harper’s Weekly – April 2, 1864

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Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1861-1865: Seminar and Discussion Forum
The American Civil War, as seen through news reports of the time and later historical accounts

First session: November 21, 2015. Last date to add: May 2025.
Reading: Self-assigned. Recommendations made and welcomed.

Posting history, in reverse order

https://www.freerepublic.com/tag/by:homerjsimpson/index?tab=articles

To add this class to or drop it from your schedule notify Admissions and Records (Attn: Homer_J_Simpson) by reply or freepmail.

Link to previous Harper’s Weekly thread

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4226936/posts

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The National Cemetery at Gettysburg – 1, 9
General William F. Smith – 2, 9
General Henry E. Davies – 2, 9
By the Camp-Fire – 3
Past Help – 3
Union – 3
The Great Fair – 3
The President’s “Pledge” – 3
Mr. Amos Kendall – 3
Governor Isaac Murphy, of Arkansas – 4
Private Extravagance – 4
Parsee Generosity – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4-5
Foreign News – 5
Army and Navy Items – 5
Our Big Guns – 5
General Sherman’s Rear-Guard – 6
Issuing Rations at Chattanooga – 7, 9
General James M’Allister Schofield – 8
Brigadier-General Augustus L. Chetlain – 8-9
Tippoo Saib – 9-11
Humors of the Day – 11
The First of April, 1864 – 12
Escaped from Libey – 13
Quite Alone, by George Augustus Sala, Ch. IX-X – 13-15
Waiting for the Spring – 15
European Iron-Clads – 16-18
Ghosts on the Stage – 18
Fort Powell – 18-19

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The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

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Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger

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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, April 2, 1864 (“It was evident from what I gathered that Mr. Forbes wanted another candidate than Abraham Lincoln”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/12/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-april-2.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, April 2, 1864 (Gen. Meade’s continuing battle in Congress with Sickles and Butterfield.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/major-general-george-g-meade-to_25.html

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, April 2, 1864 (“General W. F. Smith is assigned to duty in this Department and will have a very large command when the spring campaign opens.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_28.html

Letter From T. A. Trent (Copperheads and colored regiments.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/07/letter-from-t-trent.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: April 2, 1864 (“James Robins, an Indiana soldier, is in our close proximity. Was wounded and taken prisoner not long since Wound, which is in the thigh, is in a terrible condition, and gangrene setting in.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/05/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_7.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 2, 1864 (“To-day the clerks were paid in the new currency; but I see no abatement of prices from the scarcity of money, caused by funding.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-2.html

General Robert E. Lee to Mary Custis Lee, April, 2, 1864 (More socks for the Stonewall Brigade.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/general-robert-e-lee-to-mary-custis-lee_8.html

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Today’s posts:

George Templeton Strong, reply #3
John Hay, #4
John Jackman, #5
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #6

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Continued from Continued from March 28 (reply #12).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4226936/posts#12

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Continued from March 25 (reply #39)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4225326/posts#39

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger

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Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, April 3, 1864 (“I have spent the last week visiting the five posts between here and Sandy occupied by my men. We are picking up a good many Rebels in small squads.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/08/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis_29.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: April 3, 1864 (Capt. Wills enjoying leave in Huntsville, Alabama.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/05/captain-charles-wright-wills-april-3.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: April 3, 1864 (“A great many are terribly afflicted with diarrhea and scurvy begins to take hold of some. Scurvy is a bad disease, and taken in connection with the former is sure death.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/05/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_8.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 3, 1864 (“It is generally believed that Grant, the Federal lieutenant-general, will concentrate an immense army for the capture of Richmond”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-3.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: April 3, 1864 (“As I have not heard from my parents since the war, they living in New York, I thought I would send a personal advertisement to a New York paper to let them know that my brother and myself are well”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/12/diary-of-private-louis-leon-april-3-1864.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lee,” reply #8
“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” #9
John Jackman, #10
John Hay, #11
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #12

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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

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Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger

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Continued from March 26 (reply #3).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4226936/posts#3

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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

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Continued from April 3 (reply #9)

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, April 4, 1864 (“Heard an excellent discourse yesterday from Bishop [Henry B.] Whipple.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/12/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-april-4.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, April 4, 1864 (“[Grant] is very well disposed towards me, and has talked very freely and properly about my particular friends Hooker, Sickles and Butterfield.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/major-general-george-g-meade-to_26.html

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, April 4, 1864 (“My name is not in the published list and I begin to think there is a probability that I will not be confirmed.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary.html

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, April 4, 1864 (“This letter of General Grant’s you may copy in your own hand and send to your parents if you wish. Preserve the copy with care, however, for our children.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_5.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: April 4, 1864 (“Have been digging in a tunnel for a day or two with a dozen others who are in the secret. It’s hard work. A number of tunnels have been discovered.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/05/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_9.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 4, 1864 (“arrangements have been made for an immediate resumption of the exchange of prisoners on the old footing.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-4.html