Harper’s Weekly – April 13, 1861

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | April 13, 1861

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Continued March 28 (reply #18).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3944470/posts#18

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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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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New Source.

Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger

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

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New Source.

The Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan: Selected Correspondence 1860-1865, edited by Stephen W. Spears

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Gustavus V. Fox to Montgomery Blair, Thursday, April 18, 1861 – 12:30 a.m. (Fox getting over his dismay at the failure to resupply Sumter.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/07/gustavus-v-fox-to-montgomery-blair.html

Diary of Amos A. Lawrence: April 18, 1861 (“Troops going off to Washington in long trains of cars amid great enthusiasm.” That’s the whole entry.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/diary-of-amos-lawrence-april-18-1861.html

John M. Forbes to Colonel Richard Borden, April 18, 1861 (“Massachusetts must be first on the ground.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/john-m-forbes-to-colonel-richard-borden.html

Diary of William Howard Russell: April 18, 1861 (Russell barely escapes with his life from a hellish boat ride on Charleston Harbor. Many LOLs. His description of the state of mind of South Carolinians is not to be missed.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-william-howard-russell-april.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 18, 1861 (Jones like the idea of a southern nation without states. All merged into one entity without state lines or governors.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-18.html

Robert Gould Shaw to Francis G. Shaw, April 18, 1861 (Young Shaw is off to the war without the chance of a personal farewell to his father.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/robert-gould-shaw-to-francis-g-shaw.html

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Today’s host of posts:

“The Coming Fury,” reply #58
“Team of Rivals,” #59
“Lincoln,” #60
“Lee,” #61
John G. NIcolay, #62
John Hay, #63
George Templeton Strong, #64
George B. McClellan, #65
Six items from Civil War Notebook, #66

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Continued from April 18 (reply #59).

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from April 18 (reply #61).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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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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Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger

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

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Simon Cameron to Governor Richard Yates, April 19, 1861 (War Secretary orders IL governor to position troops to defend Cairo, where the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers converge. Second link is Governor Yates response.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/simon-cameron-to-governor-richard-yates.html

Governor Richard Yates to General Swift, April 19, 1861

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/governor-richard-yates-to-general-swift.html

Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, April 19, 1861 (Hayes might join the army, but not yet.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis-birchard.html

Major Ladd to Major Adams Ames, April 19, 1861 (The next 5 links concern Benjamin Butler, Massachusetts troops and the trouble in Baltimore.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/major-ladd-to-major-adams-ames-april-19.html

H. Adams Ames to Brigadier-General Benjamin F. Butler, April 19, 1861

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/h-adams-ames-to-brigadier-general.html

Governor John A. Andrew to Brigadier-General Benjamin F. Butler, April 19, 1861, 7 p.m.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/governor-john-andrew-to-brigadier.html

Brigadier-General Benjamin F. Butler to Governor John A. Andrew, April 19, 1861, 11:45 p.m.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/brigadier-general-benjamin-f-butler-to.html

Samuel M. Felton to Captain M. Galloway, April 19, 1861

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/s-m-felton-to-captain-m-galloway-april.html

Diary of William Howard Russell: April 19, 1861 (Russell on the Charleston marketplace – buzzards, rats, dogs, smells, visits Gen. Beauregard and Gov. Pickens.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-william-howard-russell-april_9.html

Jefferson Davis’ Proclamation Appointing Alexander H. Stephens As Special Commissioner to Virginia, April 19, 1861

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/03/jefferson-davis-proclamation-appointing.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 19, 1861 (Jones tells his family to get out of Philadelphia and go to Virginia. He is disappointed that the seat of war will be Virginia instead of Pennsylvania.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-19.html

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Today’s posts:

“Team of Rivals,” reply #68
“Lee,” #69
Lincoln’s proclamation of blockade, #70
John G. Nicolay, #71
John Hay, #72
George Templeton Strong, #73
Links to 11 items from Civil War Notebook, #74