Harper’s Weekly – April 20, 1861

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Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1855-1860: 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: Sometime in the future.
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/3950227/posts

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Hon. Charles F. Adams – 1-3
Fort M’Rae, Pensacola – 2
The Right of Secession – 2-3
The Mission of the Negro – 3
The Border States – 3
Better than Dollars – 3
The Lounger – 4-5
Humors of the Day – 5
Helping Him On – 5
Commander Dahlgren and the Dahlgren Gun – 6, 8
The Washington Navy-Yard, with Shad Fishers in the Foreground – 7-8
The United States Fleet off Fort Pickens – 8, 12
The Departure of the “Atlantic” and “Baltic” with Troops – 8, 17-18
Ye Knight, ye Squire, and ye Ladye: A Metrical Romance of the Middle Ages – 8-9
Domestic Intelligence – 9-10
Foreign News – 10-11
Before and After the Morrill Tariff – 11
A Charade – 12
Look After Brown – 13-14
A Parcel of Preachers – 14-16
The Beggar’s Soliloquy – 16
Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, Ch XXXIII-XXXIV – 19-21

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Continued from April 18 (reply #58).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3950227/posts?q=1&;page=51#58

Bruce Catton, The Coming Fury

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Continued from April 19 (reply #68).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3950227/posts?q=1&;page=51#68

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued April 19 (reply #69).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3950227/posts?q=1&;page=51#69

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

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

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Captain Morris Miller to the Commanding Officers of New York and Massachusetts Regiments, April 20, 1861 (There’s a hitch in getting MA and NY troops from Annapolis to Washington.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/captain-morris-miller-to-to-commding.html

Governor Thomas H. Hicks to Brigadier-General Benjamin F. Butler, April 20, 1861 (Same.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/governor-thomas-h-hicks-to-brigadier.html

Brigadier-General Benjamin F. Butler to Governor John A. Andrew, April 20, 1861 – 1½ A.M. (Getting MA artillery and troops from Boston to Annapolis.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/brigadier-general-benjamin-f-butler-to.html

Brigadier-General Benjamin F. Butler to Governor John A. Andrew, April 20, 1861 (Same.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/brigadier-general-benjamin-f-butler-to.html

Samuel M. Felton: April 20, 1861 (Same.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/samuel-m-felton-april-20-1861.html

Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, April 20, 1861 (Hayes has joined a volunteer home company to learn drill.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis-birchard_28.html

Senator John Sherman to William Dennison, Governor of Ohio, April 20, 1861 (Senator Sherman wants to help out on the staff of some general, consistent with his lack of military experience.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/senator-john-sherman-to-william.html

Proclamation of Governor Andrew G. Curtin, April 20, 1861 (PA is sending troops.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/proclamation-of-governor-andrew-g.html

Diary of William Howard Russell: April 20, 1861 (Russell visits Charleston bigwigs.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-william-howard-russell-april_15.html

Colonel Robert E. Lee to Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, April 20, 1861 (Lee tells Gen. Scott he has resigned.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/09/colonel-robert-e-lee-to-lieutenant.html

Robert E. Lee to Anne Lee Marshall, April 20, 1861 (Lee to his sister.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/09/robert-e-lee-to-anne-lee-marshall-april.html

Robert E. Lee to Sydney Smith Lee, April 20, 1861 (Lee to his brother.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/09/robert-e-lee-to-sydney-smith-lee-april.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 20, 1861 (On the violence in Baltimore.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-20.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

“The Coming Fury,” reply #3
“Team of Rivals,” #4
“Lee,” #5
Telegram from Lincoln to Maryland Governor and Baltimore Mayor, #6
John G. Nicolay, #7
John Hay, #8
Mary B. Chesnut, #9
George Templeton Strong, #10
13 items from Civil War Notebook, #11

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

“The Coming Fury,” reply #3
“Team of Rivals,” #4
“Lee,” #5
Telegram from Lincoln to Maryland Governor and Baltimore Mayor, #6
John G. Nicolay, #7
John Hay, #8
Mary B. Chesnut, #9
George Templeton Strong, #10
13 items from Civil War Notebook, #11

[BroJoeK]

I'm away just a few days and return to a huge pile of new reading!

A lot of gears are turning...

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Continued from April 15 (reply #37).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3950227/posts#37

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from April 20 (reply #5).

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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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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Company Aytch, or a Side Show of the Big Show: A Memoir of the Civil War, by Sam R. Watkins

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