Harper’s Weekly – May 4, 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/3954149/posts

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The War – 1-3
The Lounger – 3-4
Humors of the Day – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4-5
Foreign News – 5
Awful Apparition? – 5
Map of Part of Maryland and Virginia, Showing the Probable Theatre of the War – 6
The Great Meeting in Union Square, New York, to Support the Government, April 20, 1861 – 7
Effie Gordon – 8
Dangerous – 8-9
Our War Illustrations – 9-11
Harper’s Ferry, Virginia – 10
Moving – 11
The Music for the Times – 11
The Boston Regiments Embarking for Washington in the Jersey City Cars – 12
The Seventh Regiment Marching Down Broadway to Embark for the War – 13
Departure of Transport Steamers from New York for Washington with Volunteers, Sunday, April 21, 1861 – 14
King Olaf – 14
The “R.R. Cuyler” Sailing from New York with the Seventy-First Regiment New York State Militia on Board, April 21, 1861 – 15
First Blood – The Sixth Massachusetts Regiment Fighting Their Way Through Baltimore, April 19, 1861 – 16
Stevens’s Bomb-Proof Floating Battery – 17, 19
The Heroes of Fort Sumter – 18
Recruits Drilling in Squads on Governor’s Island, New York – 19
Parade of United States Troops on Governor’s Island before Embarkation – 20
Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, Ch XXXVII – 21-23

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Continued from April 22 (reply #26).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3952202/posts#26

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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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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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

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Today’s posts:

“Grant,” reply #3
John Hay, #4
George Templeton Strong, #5
Links to 4 items from Civil War Notebook, #6

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Continued from April 27 (reply #3).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3954149/posts#3

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Bruce Catton, The Coming Fury

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David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

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From Hay’s entry yesterday: “Genl. Scott gave orders to Genl. Butler to occupy the Relay House as soon as practicable and Butler instantly replied that he would hold divine service there tomorrow (Sunday)”

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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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

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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

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Continued from May 5 (reply #8).

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Bruce Catton, The Coming Fury

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Continued May 1 (reply #32).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3954149/posts#32

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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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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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

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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

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Continued from April 30 (reply #23).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3954149/posts#23

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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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