Harper’s Weekly – February 9, 1861

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | February 9, 1861

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Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: Seminar and Discussion Forum
Bleeding Kansas, Dred Scott, Lincoln-Douglas, Harper’s Ferry, the election of 1860, secession – all the events leading up to the 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/3930999/posts

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The Seceding Alabama Delegation in Congress – 1-3
Editorials – 3-4
The Lounger – 4
Humors of the Day – 5
On the Ladies’ Pond – 6
Captain Foster, U.S.A. – 6
The Arrival of the “Niagara” at Jeddo, Japan – 6-7
The Old Indian Agency at Des Moines, Iowa – 6, 8
Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, Ch XVII – 8-10
Domestic Intelligence – 10-12
Foreign News – 12
The Harbor of Pensacola – 12-13
Montgomery, Alabama – 12, 14
Vicksburg, Mississippi – 12, 16
Interior of Fortress Monroe, Virginia – 15
Love Among the Lilies – 17-18
Revolution in Naval Warfare: Shot-Proof Iron Steamships – 18-20
The Fan – 20-21
A Day’s Ride: A Life’s Romance, By Charles Lever, Ch XXXVI – 20-24
The North and the South – 23

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Continued from February 8 (reply #18), but skipping one section.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3930999/posts#18

Bruce Catton, The Coming Fury

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Abraham Lincoln has two photographs taken by Christopher S. German in Springfield.

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John Lothrop Motley to Anna Lothrop Motley
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/john-lothrop-motley-to-anna-lothrop.html

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The ironclads Glorie and Warrior. A major difference was Glorie was a wooden ship with iron plates. Warrior was iron hulled. Also, Warrior was armed with breech loading rifled Armstrong guns. Warrior is on display at Portsmouth along with HMS Victory.

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Shelby Foote, The Civil War Narrative, Volume One, Fort Sumter to Perryville

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

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Charles Eliot Norton to Arthur H. Clough
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/charles-eliot-norton-to-arthur-h-clough_20.html

Speech of Alexander H. Stephens
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/10/speech-of-alexander-h-stephens-february.html

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Has Bobby Toombs of Georgia ever heard of a man named Sherman? He will hear about him soon enough.

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Bruce Catton, The Coming Fury

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Continued from January 19 (reply #3).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3926715/posts#3

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Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from February 6 (reply #12).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3930999/posts#12

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David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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

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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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Continued from February 4 (reply #7).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3930999/posts#7

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

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Lincoln leaves Springfield today. Covered by –
Bruce Catton, reply #11
Doris Kearns Goodwin, #12
David Donald, #13
Lincoln’s letters, #14
John G. Nicolay, #15
Jefferson Davis’s leave taking only covered by William J. Cooper Jr. at #16
Finally, the posts below.

Governor Oliver P. Morton’s Speech Welcoming Abraham Lincoln to Indianapolis, Indiana
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/10/speech-of-governor-oliver-p-morton.html

Charles Russell Lowell to John M. Forbes
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/charles-russell-lowell-to-john-m-forbes.html

George William Curtis to John J. Pinkerton
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/george-william-curtis-to-john-j_26.html

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Continued from February 11 (reply #11).

Bruce Catton, The Coming Fury

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Continued from February 11 (reply #12).

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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