Harper’s Weekly – July 20, 1861

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | July 20, 1861

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Here begins the second volume of Bruce Catton’s Civil War Narrative. I started with the second section of chapter 1, since the first section is background and not date specific.

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Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from July 23 (reply #69)

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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

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Adjutant-General Lorenzo Thomas’ General Orders, No. 47, July 25, 1861

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/adjutant-general-lorenzo-thomas-general.html

Diary of Major Rutherford B. Hayes: July 25, 1861 (Goodbye, everyone. We’re off to the war.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/diary-of-rutherford-b-hayes-july-25-1861.html

Captain Joseph E. Hamblin, July 25, 1861 (Goodbye, everyone. We’re off to the war.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/captain-joseph-e-hamblin-july-25-1861.html

Private Daniel L. Ambrose: July 25, 1861 (The 7th Illinois Volunteers are mustered out as 3-months men and mustered in as 3-years men.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/12/private-daniel-l-ambrose-july-25-1861.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 25, 1861 (An anecdote of the peril to man and beast on the battlefield.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-25.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #81
“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” #82
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #83
George Templeton Strong, #84
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #85

[BroJoeK]

"Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst"

"...I desire to enlist five hundred able-bodied men, mounted and equipped with such arms as they can procure (shot-guns and pistols preferable), suitable to the service..."

My great grandfather will meet Forrest's men in battle twice, the first time in the lead-up to Vicksburg, the second at Tupelo.

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Memorable experiences, no doubt.

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Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from July 22 (reply #56)

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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

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Major Rutherford B. Hayes to William A. Platt, July 26, 1861 – 7:30 a.m. (Maj. Hayes is on the road and needs his pistols.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/major-rutherford-b-hayes-to-william.html

Charles Eliot Norton to George William Curtis, July 26, 1861 (“The emancipation of Virginia from slavery was finally settled, I think, last Sunday.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/charles-eliot-norton-to-george-william.html

Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, July 26, 1861 (“. . . reading is nothing to witnessing with your own senses the present results of this sickening fratricidal strife.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/thomas-kilby-smith-to-elizabeth-budd_19.html

Major Wilder Dwight: July 26, 1861 (“Hope now hangs on McClellan, who has a prestige that will enable him to revive the spirit that belongs to our army.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/wilder-dwight-july-26-1861.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Fessenden Morse, July 26, 1861 (Harper’s Ferry is a mess.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/1st-lieutenant-charles-fessenden-morse_29.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 26, 1861 (Col. Bledsoe amuses Jones.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-26.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #89
“Team of Rivals,” #90
John G. Nicolay, #91
George Templeton Strong, #92
Links to 6 items a Civil War Notebook, #93