Harper’s Weekly – April 1, 1865

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

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/4306646/posts

[Homer_J_Simpson]

The Battles in Prospect – 1
The Song of Kilpatrick’s Troops – 1
Parties at the South – 1, 3
Sherman’s March through the Carolinas – 2, 5-8
A Little Effort – 3
Davis Asks to be Dictator – 3
The Health of New York – 3
Davis and Lee – 3-4
Trade with Rebels – 4
A Daniel Come to Judgment – 4
John McLenan – 4
An Error Corrected – 4
Julius Cæsar – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4
Humors of the Day – 4-5
Soldiers’ Monuments – 8
The Burglary at the Meadows – 8-9
The Vampire’s Whist – 9-10
Questionings – 10
Interesting Items – 10, 12
Scenes in Columbia, South Carolina, the Morning After the Fire – 11
Last Words – 12
The Broughtons – 12-14
Shadow of Death – 14
General Kilpatrick’s Operations – 14-16
Fort Sumter – Side Toward Charleston – 17
Negro Recruits at Charleston – 17
Long Dock at Hilton Head – Landing of Recruits from Charleston – 17
Jeff Davis “Calmly Contemplating” – 20

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Shelby Foote, The Civil War Narrative, Volume Three, Red River to Appomattox

Continued from March 29 (reply #37)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4306646/posts#37

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Battle Maps of the Civil War: The Eastern Theater, American Battlefield Trust

Continued from March 29 (reply #38).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4306646/posts#38

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from March 31 (reply #58).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4306646/posts?q=1&;page=51#58

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

[Homer_J_Simpson]

The West Point Atlas of War: The Civil War, Chief Editor, Brigadier General Vincent J. Esposito

Continued from March 31 (reply #57).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4306646/posts?q=1&;page=51#57

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Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from March 31 (reply #62)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4306646/posts?q=1&;page=51#62

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from March 30 (reply #50).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4306646/posts#50

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Mary Chesnut’s Civil War, edited by C. Vann Woodward

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, April 1, 1865 (“The President yet remains with the army, and the indications are that a great and perhaps final battle is near.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-april-1.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, April 1, 1865 (“I think, however, we will this time reach the Southside Railroad, and if we do so, I should not be surprised if Lee evacuated his Petersburg lines”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/major-general-george-g-meade-to_17.html

Diary of Captain Luman Harris Tenney: Saturday, April 1, 1865 (“In answer to my questions he said: ‘Luman, I think my wound is mortal. I can not live. I have tried to do my duty today.’”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/02/diary-of-captain-luman-harris-tenney_20.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, April 1, 1865 (“Grant folded the slip of paper, and, looking at Meade, said, very quietly: “Very well, then I want Wright and Parke to assault to-morrow morning at four o’clock.” These dozen words settled the fate of Petersburg and of Richmond!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_13.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, April 1, 1865 (“The camp here is the best we have had since leaving Vicksburg.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_69.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 1, 1865 (“We have vague and incoherent accounts from excited couriers of fighting, without result, in Dinwiddie County, near the South Side Railroad.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2025/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-1.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Osmun Latrobe to Brigadier-General Martin W. Gary, April 1, 1865 (“Send out scouts immediately to discover if any change has been made in enemy’s force on this side.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/03/lieutenant-colonel-osmun-latrobe-to.html

General Robert E. Lee to John C. Breckinridge, April 1, 1865 (Gen. Lee’s field report on the day’s battle.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/general-robert-e-lee-to-john-c_8339.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

Map from Shelby Foote’s Civil War Narrative, “Never Call Retreat,” reply #3
American Battlefield Trust map, “Grant,” #4
“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” #5
Map from West Point Atlas of War, “Lee,” #6
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #7
“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” #8
“Team of Rivals,” #9
George Templeton Strong, #10
Mary B. Chesnut, #11
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #12

[BrexitBen]

Fittingly, Doris Kearns Goodwin is known for her deep infatuation with LBJ, Lincoln, and Obama.

Makes perfect sense.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Seems to be rising to a crescendo....

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from April 1 (reply #3)

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Battle Maps of the Civil War: The Eastern Theater, American Battlefield Trust

Continued from April 1 (reply #4).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

[Homer_J_Simpson]

The West Point Atlas of War: The Civil War, Chief Editor, Brigadier General Vincent J. Esposito

Continued from April 1 (reply #5).

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2

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Shelby Foote, The Civil War Narrative, Volume Three, Red River to Appomattox

Continued from 4/1 (reply #6).

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2

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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