Harper’s Weekly – July 20, 1861

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | July 20, 1861

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

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Mary Chesnut’s Diary, Edited by Isabella D. Martin and Myrta Lockett Avary

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An Act to authorize the Employment of Volunteers to aid in enforcing the Laws and protecting Public Property, July 22, 1861. (U.S. Congress)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/02/an-act-to-authorize-employment-of.html

Resolution of the United States House of Representatives, July 22, 1861 (The House wants to know if the Confederate army contains any Indians or negroes.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/09/resolution-of-united-states-house-of.html

Senator James W. Grimes to Elizabeth S. Nealley Grimes, July 22, 1861 (“No one can have a proper conception of its horror. Our army was totally routed, with immense destruction of life on both sides.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/senator-james-w-grimes-to-elizabeth-s_29.html

Adjutant-General Lorenzo Thomas to Major-General George B. McClellan, July 22, 1861 (“Circumstances make your presence here necessary. Charge Rosecrans or some other general with your present department and come hither without delay.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/adjutant-general-lorenzo-thomas-to.html

Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, July 22, 1861 (“[Washington] is in great excitement, the streets filled with flying soldiers, disbanded, disorganized, without officers and without a rallying point.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/thomas-kilby-smith-to-elizabeth-budd_17.html

Diary of Major Rutherford B. Hayes: July 22, 1861 (“Our regiments are now likely, I think, to be speedily needed at Washington or elsewhere. I am ready to do my duty, promptly and cheerfully.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/diary-of-major-rutherford-b-hayes-july.html

George L. Stearns, about July 22, 1861 (“It is the first step toward the emancipation. If we had won a decisive victory, in less than six months the rebellious states would be back in the Union, the government would be out-voted in Congress, and we should have all our work to do over again.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/12/george-l-stearns-about-july-22-1861.html

John Lothrop Motley to Mary Benjamin Motley, Monday, July 22, 1861 (“There is no doubt that we have sustained a great defeat.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/john-lothrop-motley-to-mary-benjamin.html

Lieutenant William Brockenbrough Newton to Mary Page Newton, July 22, 1861 (A description of the battle by a cavalryman in Fitz Lee’s division.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/lieutenant-william-brockenbrough-newton.html

Brigadier General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, July 22, 1861 (“Yesterday we fought a great battle and gained a great victory, for which all the glory is due to God alone.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/brigadier-general-thomas-j-jackson-to_17.html

Wilder Dwight: Monday Morning, July 22, 1861 (“Our column, which marched so proudly out of Martinsburg, is now melting away.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/wilder-dwight-monday-morning-july-22.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 22, 1861 (“Beauregard is, to-day, the most popular general in the service.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-22.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: Monday, July 22, 1861 (“We can hear nothing from Manassas at all reliable. Men are passing through the neighbourhood giving contradictory reports. They are evidently deserters.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-monday-july.html

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Today’s posts:

“The Coming Fury,” reply #55
“Team of Rivals,” #56
“Lincoln,” #57
George B. McClellan, #58
U.S. Grant, #59
Sam Watkins, #60
George Templeton Strong, #61
Mary B. Chesnut, #62
Links to 13 items at Civil War Notebook, #63

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Continued from July 22. (reply #57)

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David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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

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Continued from July 21 (reply #21).

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William J. Cooper, Jr., Jefferson Davis, American

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Continued from July 10 (reply #22)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3973760/posts#22

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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

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Mary Chesnut’s Diary, Edited by Isabella D. Martin and Myrta Lockett Avary

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Colonel John Sedgwick to his Sister, July 23, 1861 (“Our army has suffered one of the most terrible defeats on record — one of the most disgraceful! We have lost everything, even our honour.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/colonel-john-sedgwick-to-his-sister.html

Diary of Major Rutherford B. Hayes: July 23, 1861- 6 A.M. (Maj. Hayes tells his diary and his uncle about the great defeat and what it means.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/diary-of-major-rutherford-b-hayes-july_28.html

Major Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, July 23, 1861

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis_30.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Fessenden Morse, July 23, 1861 (Patterson’s force watching Gen. Johnston’s force learns they have left their position facing Bunker Hill and moved out of range.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/1st-lieutenant-charles-fessenden-morse_27.html

Diary of Josephine Shaw Lowell: July 23, 1861 (Yesterday was the saddest day this country has ever experienced.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/diary-of-josephine-shaw-lowell-july-23.html

Speech of Jefferson Davis: July 23, 1861

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/speech-of-jefferson-davis-july-23-1861.html

Charlotte Cross Wigfall to Louise Wigfall, July 23, 1861 (“Poor old Scott! If he had only died after the Mexican War, how much better it would have been for his military fame.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/charlotte-cross-wigfall-to-louise_20.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: Tuesday, July 23, 1861 (“The victory is ours! The enemy was routed! The Lord be praised for this great mercy.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-tuesday-july.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: Tuesday Evening, July 23, 1861 (“It is true that we have slaughtered them, and whipped them, and driven them from our land, but they are people of such indomitable perseverance, that I am afraid that they will come again, perhaps in greater force.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-tuesday.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lincoln,” reply #65
John G. Nicolay, #66
Lincoln’s to-do list, #67
“Jefferson Davis, American,” #68
“Nathan Bedford Forrest, A Biography,” #69
George Templeton Strong, #70
Mary B. Chesnut, #71
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, #72

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Continued from July 23. (reply #65)

David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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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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Home Letters of General Sherman, edited by M.A. DeWolfe Howe, 1909

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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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Mary Chesnut’s Diary, Edited by Isabella D. Martin and Myrta Lockett Avary

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Major-General John A. Dix to Colonel Edward Davis Townsend, July 24, 1861 (The 90 day regiments will be gone soon, and that will create a problem.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/major-general-john-dix-to-colonel.html

Major Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, July 24, 1861 (Hayes’s Ohio regiment is to become part of Gen. Rosecrans’s army in western Virginia.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis_31.html

Diary of Major Rutherford B. Hayes: July 24, 1861 (Maj. Hayes is a big fan of Gen. Fremont.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/diary-of-rutherford-b-hayes-july-24-1861.html

Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, July 24, 1861 (Smith spent the evening in the home of Salmon and Kate Chase, where Manassas wounded are quartered.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/thomas-kilby-smith-to-elizabeth-budd_18.html

Wilder Dwight: July 24, 1861 (Dwight describes how his unit is receiving human contraband at Harper’s Ferry.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/wilder-dwight-monday-morning-july-24.html

Wilder Dwight: Wednesday, July 24, 1861 (Gen. Banks is taking over the division from Gen. Patterson.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/wilder-dwight-wednesday-july-24-1861.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Fessenden Morse, July 24, 1861 (Morse’s unit at Harper’s Ferry.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/1st-lieutenant-charles-fessenden-morse_28.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 24, 1861 (The War Dept. received a letter from an officer who fell at Manassas.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-24.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lincoln,” reply #74
John G. Nicolay, #75
William Tecumseh Sherman, #76
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #77
Mary B. Chesnut, #78
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #79