Harper’s Weekly – May 18, 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/3958133/posts

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The “Lady Davis” Two Guns, Captain Enger, Ship of War of the Southern Confederacy – 1
Rhode Island Artillery Landing from the Steamer “Bienville” at Washington Arsenal, on April 25 – 2
Volunteered – 3
Mr. Jefferson Davis’s “Message” – 3
The Lounger – 3-4
Robbery of the National Apple Orchard – 4
Humors of the Day – 4-5
Domestic Intelligence – 5
Foreign News – 5
Colonel Ellsworth’s New York Fire Zouaves – 6, 9
Colonel William Wilson and His Staff (Wilson’s Fighting Brigade) – 7, 9
The Battery on Park Promenade at Charleston, South Carolina, During the Bombardment of Fort Sumter – 8
Our Charleston Pictures – 9
Desecration of the Statue of Washington at Richmond, Virginia – 9
The Rifled Cannon Which Did So Much Execution on Fort Sumter, Charleston, South Carolina – 10
Reinforcement of Fort Pickens by Company A, First Artillery, on Saturday Morning, April 13 – 11-13, 17
The Apartment on the Berth Deck of the “Brooklyn” in Which Our Artist Resides – 12
Methods of Conveying Cotton in India to the Ports of Shipment – 14, 18
The Virginian of 1776 and the Virginian of 1861 – 15
The Seventh Regiment, N.Y. State Militia Halting for a Rest on the March to Annapolis Junction – 16, 20
Quarters of Companies A and D, Second Ohio Infantry, at Camp Dennison, near Lancaster, Pennsylvania – 17
Headquarters of Colonel A. M’Cook, of the First Ohio Infantry, at Camp Dennison, near Lancaster, Pennsylvania – 17
Hoisting the Stars and Stripes at Baltimore – 17-18
The Long Bridge over the Potomac – 18-20
Barracks on the Treasury Grounds – 20
Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, Ch XXXIX – 21-22
The Census – 23
Severe – 24

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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

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

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Diary of William Howard Russell: May 18, 1861 (Dinner with Judge Campbell, late of the USSC, discussing Dred Scott and slavery. Also: “no where is the influence of women greater than in America.”

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-william-howard-russell-may-18.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 18, 1861 (“To-day I had another interview with the President. He advised me to see the Secretary of the Treasury without delay; but the Treasury would not answer so well for my Diary.” That’s it. That’s the entry.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-18.html

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

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

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Diary of Rutherford B. Hayes, May, 19, 1861 (“We find a good deal of difficulty in getting new companies or regiments accepted for the war, but we shall persevere.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/diary-of-rutherford-b-hayes-may-19-1861.html

Private Daniel L. Ambrose: May 19, 1861 (“On the nineteenth of May, private Harvey, of Company A, died—the first death in the regiment. The first soldier in the first regiment to offer his life for the flag and freedom.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/12/private-daniel-l-ambrose-may-19-1861.html

Diary of William Howard Russell: May 19, 1861 (Russell visits an immigrant German merchant of Montgomery, and describes the flora on the grounds of that man’s property.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-william-howard-russell-may-19.html

Lieutenant-Colonel John T. L. Preston to Margaret Junkin Preston, May 19, 1861 (Officer on Col. Jackson’s staff has been reconnoitering positions around Harper’s Ferry.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/lieutenant-colonel-john-t-l-preston-to_10.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 19, 1861 (Jones gets a job working for Secretary of War Leroy Porter.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-19.html

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This period almost feel like the "phony war" during WWII just before the German blitzkrieg into the Low Countries and France.

Both sides are woefully unprepared for a major war and the South is moving its Capital. Eventually, they'll get to the bloodletting.

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I staying about 10 days ahead on my news post prep. I’m starting to see the place name Manassas Gap start to show up frequently. Maybe something will develop there.

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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

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

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Governor John A. Andrew to John M. Forbes, May 20, 1861 (Send chocolate to the troops.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/governor-john-andrew-to-john-m-forbes.html

Diary of Caroline Cowles Richards: May 20, 1861 (“Every one learns war poems now-a-days.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/09/diary-of-caroline-cowles-richards-may.html

Diary of William Howard Russell: May 20, 1861 (Mobile to New Orleans by steamer. Secessionist spirit strong in NOLA.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/diary-of-william-howard-russell-may-20.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 20, 1861 (Jones describes his new boss, Secretary of War Leroy Walker. “I predict for him a short career.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-20.html

North Carolina’s Ordinance of Secession

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Today’s posts:

Lincoln letter to Governor of New York, reply #11
Mary B. Chesnut, #12
George Templeton Strong, #13
George B. McClellan, #14
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #15

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I left off the link to the last item.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2011/10/north-carolinas-ordinance-of-secession.html

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Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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

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Charles Russell Lowell to John M. Forbes, May 21, 1861 (Lowell wants to be replaced as an agent for Massachusetts in Washington so he can get into a fighting unit.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/charles-russell-lowell-to-john-m-forbes_18.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 21, 1861 (Jones is impressed by Confederate “Minister of Justice” - Attorney General Judah Benjamin.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-21.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: May 21, 1861 (McGuire hopes that Richmond is not attacked directly. She applauds secession.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-may-21-1861.html