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Harper’s Weekly – May 4, 1861
Harper's Weekly archives ^ | May 4, 1861

Posted on 05/04/2021 5:36:54 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: civilwar
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

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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

21 posted on 05/07/2021 5:29:40 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

22 posted on 05/07/2021 5:30:19 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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The Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan: Selected Correspondence 1860-1865, edited by Stephen W. Spears

23 posted on 05/07/2021 5:31:11 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 7, 1861 (“Col. R. E. Lee, lately of the United States army, has been appointed major-general, and commander-in-chief of the army in Virginia. He is the son of “Light Horse Harry” of the Revolution. The North can boast no such historic names as we, in its army.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-7-1861.html

Diary of William Howard Russell: May [7]*, 1861 (Russell visits Confederate executive building. Meets with Pres. Davis, War Sec. Porter, A.G. Benjamin. Attends evening reception at Davis home.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-william-howard-russell-may-7.html


24 posted on 05/07/2021 5:32:18 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...

Today’s posts:

“Team of Rivals,” reply #19
John Nicolay, #20
John Hay, #21
George Templeton Strong, #22
George B. McClellan, #23
Links to 2 items from Civil War Notebook, #24. (Russell’s entry today is a good one.)


25 posted on 05/07/2021 5:36:23 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson
Continued from May 6 (reply #13).

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Bruce Catton, The Coming Fury

26 posted on 05/08/2021 7:24:14 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

27 posted on 05/08/2021 7:25:03 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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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

28 posted on 05/08/2021 7:25:41 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

29 posted on 05/08/2021 7:26:33 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Gideon Welles to Gustavus V. Fox, May 8, 1861 (“You are appointed Chief Clerk of the Navy Department, and I shall be glad to have you enter upon the duties as soon as you conveniently can.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/08/gideon-welles-to-gustavus-v-fox-may-8.html

William T. Sherman to Simon Cameron, May 8, 1861 (Sherman wants to volunteer as a 3-year man, but not as a soldier)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/william-t-sherman-to-simon-cameron-may.html

Adjutant General’s Office of the State of New York, General Orders No. 33, May 8, 1861 (John Dix appointed Major General of New York volunteers.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/adjutant-generals-office-of-state-of.html

Rutherford B. Hayes to Guy M. Bryan, May 8, 1861 (Long letter to an old friend in Texas about the war and the dilemmas posed.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/rutherford-b-hayes-to-guy-m-bryan-may-8.html

Grenville M. Dodge to Colonel Robert Means, May 8, 1861 (On military organization is western Iowa.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/grenville-m-dodge-to-colonel-robert.html

Colonel Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, May 8, 1861 (Jackson to his wife. I believe his is at Harper’s Ferry.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/colonel-thomas-j-jackson-to-mary-anna_28.html

Major General Robert E. Lee to Mary Custis Lee, May 8, 1861 (“When I reflect upon the calamity pending over the country my own sorrows sink into insignificance.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/10/major-general-robert-e-lee-to-mary_5.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 8, 1861 (On proceedings of the Virginia convention.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-8-1861.html

Diary of William Howard Russell: May 8, 1861 (Another lengthy gem from the London Times correspondent. “I am convinced that the South can only be forced back by such a conquest as that which laid Poland prostrate at the feet of Russia.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-william-howard-russell-may-8.html


30 posted on 05/08/2021 7:28:12 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...

Today’s posts:

“The Coming Fury,” reply #26
Letter from Lincoln to Chase, #27
John Hay, #28
George Templeton Strong, #29
9 items from Civil War Notebook, #30


31 posted on 05/08/2021 7:31:29 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Continued from May 8 (reply #26).

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Bruce Catton, The Coming Fury

32 posted on 05/09/2021 6:39:57 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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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

33 posted on 05/09/2021 6:40:44 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Mary Chesnut’s Diary, Edited by Isabella D. Martin and Myrta Lockett Avary

34 posted on 05/09/2021 6:41:24 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

35 posted on 05/09/2021 6:42:11 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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The Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan: Selected Correspondence 1860-1865, edited by Stephen W. Spears

36 posted on 05/09/2021 6:43:04 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Brevet Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott to Brigadier-General Benjamin F. Butler, May 9, 1861 (Gen. Scott appoints Gen. Butler commander of Annapolis and orders him to maintain rail contact from there to Washington.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/12/brevet-lieutenant-general-winfield.html

Brigadier-General Benjamin F. Butler to Governor John A. Andrew, May 9, 1861 (Butler reports to the Governor of Massachusetts on his actions in Maryland.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/brigadier-general-benjamin-f-butler-to.html

Diary of William Howard Russell: May 9, 1861 (Russell responds to a May 1 NY Times editorial about himself – linked below, then boards a steamer on the Alabama River for Selma and Mobile. Russell pens a priceless description of the first leg of the journey.)

https://www.nytimes.com/1861/05/01/archives/mr-russells-first-letter-to-the-london-times.html?searchResultPosition=1

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-william-howard-russell-may-8.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 9, 1861 (Jones tells how different Virginia newspapers are covering secession.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-9-1861.html


37 posted on 05/09/2021 6:44:04 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...

Today’s posts:

“The Coming Fury,” reply #32
John Hay, #33
Mary B. Chesnut, #34
George Templeton Strong, #35
George B. McClellan, #36
Links to 4 items from Civil War Notebook, plus a link to 1 May 1861 NYT editorial related to William H. Russell diary entry from CWNB, #37


38 posted on 05/09/2021 6:48:30 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Continued from May 9 (reply #32).

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Bruce Catton, The Coming Fury

39 posted on 05/10/2021 5:31:00 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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Continued from May 7 (reply #19).

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Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

40 posted on 05/10/2021 5:31:55 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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