Harper’s Weekly – June 22, 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/3967980/posts

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William H. Russell, LLD – 1-2
How to Keep England Straight – 3
Our Foreign Ministers - 3
More Southern Pictures – 3
The Lounger – 3-4
Humors of the Day – 4-5
Designs for a New Coin for the C.S.A – 5
Domestic Intelligence – 5
Foreign News – 5, 7
Remember Buena Vista – 6-7
Boss Winans – 7, 9
“Maid of the Mist” Shooting the Niagara Rapids – 7
Senator Douglas Lying in State – 7-8
English Views of “The Poor Enslaved African” – 9
Our Cairo Sketches – 10-12
Tenth Regiment New York Volunteers (National Zouaves), Colonel M’Chesney Commanding at Their Late Quarters at Sandy Hook – 13, 20
On the Road between Washington & Alexandria – 14
The Vigilance Committee at Memphis, Tennessee, Robbing Our Special Artist of His Sketches – 15, 20
Divine Service at Camp Dennison, Ohio – 16
General Bragg’s Encampment – 17
Our Fortress Monroe Pictures – 17, 19
A Faithful Wife– 17, 21
The Navy-Yard at Pensacola, as Seen from Fort Pickens – 18
Bombardment of Acquia Creek – 20
The “Sumter” – 21, 22
Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, Ch XLVIII-XLIX – 21-24
The American Eagle Surprises Jeff Davis in His Attempt to Rob Her Nest – 25

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All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

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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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Major Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, June 22, 1861 (“I shall want towels, sheets, and three table-cloths, one and one-half dozen napkins, two comforts. Don’t buy them, or any of them, but if you have them to spare, I will take them.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb_15.html

Diary of William Howard Russell: June 22, 1861 (A continuation of his detailed description of life at Camp Defiance, Cairo.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/09/diary-of-william-howard-russell-june-22.html

Colonel Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, June 22, 1861 (“By order of General Johnston I have destroyed a large number of locomotives and cars on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/brigadier-general-thomas-j-jackson-to_9.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 22, 1861 (President Davis visited the War Dept. last Sunday in search of a particular letter.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-22.html

James Chesnut Jr. to Mary Boykin Chesnut, June 22, 1861 (“I find the opinion prevails throughout the army that there is great imbecility and shameful neglect in the War Department.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/james-chesnut-jr-to-mary-boykin-chesnut_19.html

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Today’s posts:

Elisha Hunt Rhodes, reply #3
George Templeton Strong, #4
George B. McClellan, #5
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #6

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All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

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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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Senator James W. Grimes to Elizabeth S. Nealley Grimes, June 23, 1861 (Senator Grimes of Iowa is not enjoying his time in New Hampshire.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/senator-james-w-grimes-to-elizabeth-s_28.html

John Lothrop Motley to Mary Benjamin Motley, June 23, 1861 (Read this here letter. Motley’s impressions of Lincoln, Chase, Seward, etc. are instructive)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/john-lothrop-motley-to-mary-benjamin_12.html

Diary of William Howard Russell: June 23, 1861 (Mr. Russell can be condescending about his American cousins, but well worth reading all the same.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/01/diary-of-william-howard-russell-june-23.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 23, 1861 (War Secretary Walker can’t find a suitable house in Richmond.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-23.html

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Today’s posts:

Elisha Hunt Rhodes, reply #8
George Templeton Strong, #9
George B. McClellan, #10
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #11

[BroJoeK]

"Diary of William Howard Russell: June 23, 1861 (Mr. Russell can be condescending about his American cousins, but well worth reading all the same.)"

I've been hoping to see the original where WH Russell quoted then Texas Senator Louis Wigfall:

"We are a peculiar people.
We are an agricultural people; we are a primitive but a civilized people...."

Did I miss it already?

[Homer_J_Simpson]

It looks familiar. I will search for it when I get a chance. Not today, probably. We are about to leave the motel for Crater Lake.

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That was May 8, so you probably missed it.

There's a free ebook on Google Play

It looks like it might be a pretty good read.

[M Kehoe]

Bttt.

5.56mm

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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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All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

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

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George L. Stearns to Mary Hall Stearns, June 24, 1861 (Stearns talks contraband with Gen. Butler.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/11/george-l-stearns-to-mary-hall-stearns_20.html

Diary of William Howard Russell: June 24, 1861 (The train ride from Cairo to Chicago.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/02/diary-of-william-howard-russell-june-24.html

Colonel Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, June 24, 1861 (Col. Jackson is in the Shenandoah Valley)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/brigadier-general-thomas-j-jackson-to_10.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 24, 1861 (Jones is feeling the pinch of the wartime economy.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-24.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: June 24, 1861 (“Measles prevailing [at Manassas], and near Winchester, among the troops.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-june-24-1861.html