Harper’s Weekly – April 16, 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/4229982/posts

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The Metropolitan Fair – 1, 5-8, 11, 14, 16
The Soldier’s Rest – 2
Shall General M’Clellan be Called into Service? – 2
Congressional Lethargy – 2-3
No. 2 Palace Green, Kensington – 3
Equality – 3
Old and New Copperheads – 3
General Order No. 28 – 3
The Book Trade and the Fair – 3
Domestic Intelligence – 3-4
Foreign News – 4
Army and Navy Items – 4
The Metropolitan Fair – 4
Corporal Simpson’s Story – 8
Out of the Depths – 8-9
Humors of the Day – 9
One of Many – 9-10
Quite Alone, by George Augustus Sala, Ch. XII-XIII – 10, 12
Gen. Andrew Jackson Smith – 12-13, 15
Hon. Owen Lovejoy – 13, 15

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Continued from Continued from April 3 (reply #8).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4228473/posts#8

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

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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: Saturday, April 16, 1864 (“There is still much excitement and uneasy feeling on the gold and currency question.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/02/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-april.html

Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant to Jesse Root Grant, April 16, 1864 (“Of course I say nothing of when the army moves or how or where.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/09/lieutenant-general-ulysses-s-grant-to.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, April 16, 1864 (“The reorganization, now that it is over, meets with universal approbation, and I believe I have gained great credit for the manner in which so disagreeable an operation was made acceptable to those concerned.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/major-general-george-g-meade-to.html

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, April 16, 1864 (“I have no idea of getting to bed before one or two A. M. You see I am never where work is not referred to me.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_19.html

From The 18th Iowa Infantry (“A late letter from Capt. Duncan, Co. B. of this reg., to Mrs. Duncan, says the regiment was at Boonville, near the Red River, marching on Arkadelphia, where they expected to have a fight”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/07/from-18th.html

The 2nd Iowa to the President (The men of the 2nd Iowa offer President Lincoln 60 days furlough if he re-enlists at President for 4 years.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/07/2nd-iowa-to-president.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: April 16, 1864 (“Forage being scarce at Center Star, the detachment is to-day marched to Douglass’ plantation.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/06/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose-april_94.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 16, 1864 (“a Mr. Long, member of Congress, has spoken in favor of our recognition. A resolution of expulsion was soon after introduced.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-16.html

General Robert E. Lee to General Braxton Bragg, April 16, 1864 (“If I were able to move with the aid of Longstreet and Pickett, the enemy might be driven from the Rappahannock and be obliged to look to the safety of his own capital instead of the assault upon ours.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/general-robert-e-lee-to-general-braxton.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lee,” reply #3
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #4
John Jackman, #5
George Templeton Strong, #6
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, #7

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One of the illustrations show the art gallery from the sanitation fair shows a painting of Niagara Falls by Church. It is considered a masterpiece of the Hudson River School. The painting is now at the National Gallery of Art in DC. Another masterpiece featured at the fair Harper’s mention is Washington Crossing the Delaware now at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC.

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Frederick Edwin Church must have been prominent in his own time. In addition to having his work prominently placed in the Fair exhibit, he gets several mentions in George Templeton Strong's diary over the years.

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Here is "Heart of the Andes," mentioned in the Harper's article.

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With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865, edited by Michael Burlingame

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All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

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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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Senator John Sherman to Major General William T. Sherman, April 17, 1864 (“An investigation will be made by the Secretary of War and by Congress, and if the rebels are determined to massacre prisoners, then a new and terrible stage of this war will be commenced”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/08/senator-john-sherman-to-major-general.html

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, April 17, 1864 (“If such is the case it will be the policy of Lee to take the initiative and defeat this army before Sherman is able to move against Johnston.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_20.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Sunday, April 17, 1864 (“For some unknown reason the detachment is to-day moved on to Taylor’s plantation; a fine place, and we all agree that it is a happy change, for the command gains shelter here.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/06/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_69.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 17, 1864 (“Gen. Beauregard’s instructions to Major-Gen. Anderson in Florida, who has but 8000 men, opposed by 15,000, were referred by the Secretary of War to Gen. Bragg”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-17.html

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Today’s posts:

John G. Nicolay, reply #12
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #13
John Jackman, #14
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #15

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

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

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All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

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