Posted on 05/04/2021 5:36:54 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
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
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Link to previous Harper’s Weekly thread
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3954149/posts
Continued from April 22 (reply #26).
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3952202/posts#26
Jean Edward Smith, Grant
Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger
Gustavus V. Fox to Virginia Woodbury Fox, May 4, 1861 (Lincoln offered Fox a ship but Montgomery Blair thinks a better job for him would be in the Navy Department. So that will probably happen.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/08/gustavus-v-fox-to-virginia-woodbury-fox_15.html
Diary of William Howard Russell: May 4, 1861 (Macon GA to Montgomery AL. Accommodations in Montgomery are less than ideal. Russell dislikes tobacco chewing, shared hotel beds, Alabama cuisine.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/diary-of-william-howard-russell-may-4.html
Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 4, 1861 (In Virginia, Wm. H. B. Custis, Esq., believes his slaves will lose 90% of their value.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-4-1861.html
Diary of Judith W. McGuire: May 4, 1861 (First installment from “Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-may-4-1861.html
Today’s posts:
“Grant,” reply #3
John Hay, #4
George Templeton Strong, #5
Links to 4 items from Civil War Notebook, #6
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3954149/posts#3
Bruce Catton, The Coming Fury
Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger
Congressman Galusha A. Grow to Simon Cameron, May 5, 1861 (Representative Grow of PA says the people of the north want action.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/congressman-galusha-grow-to-simon.html
Diary of William Howard Russell: May 5, 1861 (More on the sorry conditions in Montgomery and the nature of southern slavery. Russell meets some Confederate politicians as he gets down to business.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/diary-of-william-howard-russell-may-4_31.html
General Robert E. Lee to a Young Lady in the North, May 5, 1861
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/07/general-robert-e-lee-to-young-lady-in.html
Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 5, 1861 (“In the mighty winnowing we must go through, the wheat will be separated from the chaff. And many a true man who this day stands forth as a private, will end as a general.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-5-1861.html
Mary Custis Lee to Lieutenant General Winfield Scott, May 5, 1861 (Mrs. Lee sends her regrets.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/10/mary-custis-lee-to-lieutenant-general.html
Today’s posts:
“The Coming Fury,” reply #8
“Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom,” #9
John Hay, #10
Links to 5 items from Civil War Notebook, #10
Continued May 1 (reply #32).
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3954149/posts#32
Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell
Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger
Dispatch of Simon Cameron, May 6, 1861 (War Sec. to Union Governors: Three-years troops needed. No more 90 day men.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/dispatch-of-simon-cameron-may-6-1861.html
Governor Andrew G. Curtin to Simon Cameron, May 6, 1861
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/governor-andrew-g-curtin-to-simon.html
Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 6, 1861 (A Yankee caught agitating negroes was merely rebuked. Not a good example.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-6-1861.html
Arkansas’ Ordinance of Secession
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2011/10/arkansas-ordinance-of-secession.html
Ulysses S. Grant to Jesse Root Grant, May 6, 1861 (Grant predicts a short war and the Union force being raised may even be used to put down a slave revolt.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/09/ulysses-s-grant-to-jesse-root-grant-may_3.html
Circular of Caleb Baldwin, May 6, 1861 (Western counties of Iowa requested to raise at least one company each for defensive purposes.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/circular-of-caleb-baldwin-may-6-1861.html
Charles Russell Lowell to John M. Forbes, May 6, 1861 (Lowell wants to raise troops in Maryland.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/charles-russell-lowell-to-john-m-forbes_13.html
Diary of William Howard Russell: May 6, 1861 (Righteous anger in the Confederate congress and a slave auction.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-william-howard-russell-may-6.html
Today’s posts:
“The Coming Fury,” reply #13
“Lee,” #14
John Hay, #15
George Templeton Strong, #16
Links to 8 items from Civil War Notebook, #17
Continued from April 30 (reply #23).
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3954149/posts#23
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals
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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