Harper’s Weekly – June 29, 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/3969917/posts

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Thirteen and Thirty-Four – 1
A Test Question for Mr. Lincoln – 1
The Lounger – 1, 3-4
The War-Making Havelocks for the Volunteers – 2
Humors of the Day – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4-5
Foreign News – 5
Contraband of War – 5
Camp Slifer – 6
March of Troops from Chambersburgh – 6, 10
Leesburg Bridge, on the Potomac, below Harper’s Ferry, Lately Held by the Virginians – 7
Rebel Troops Arriving at and Departing from Martinsburg, Virginia – 8
Whipping Post on the Premises of Mr. West, at Newport News, Va. – 9
Rebel Army at Harper’s Ferry – 9
The Privateer “Savannah” – 9, 11, 22
Fortress Monroe Illustrations – 10
Camp of the Vermont Regiment, Newport News, with Stockade and Embankment – 11
Rifle Pit for Sentinels – 11, 21
Camp of First Regiment New York Volunteers, Colonel Allen, near Fortress Monroe – 12
The Battle of Great Bethel– 13
Charge of Duryee’s Zouaves (Fifth Regiment New York Volunteers) at the Battle of Great Bethel – 14
Moat and Seaward Face of Fortress Monroe – 15
Our Army at Cairo – 15, 17-19
Landing of the Scott Life-Guard at Newport News, at 7 A.M. on June 7 – 16
Our Army of the Potomac – 20
The Late Lieut. Greble, U.S.A. – 21
Our Army at Fortress Monroe – 21-22
Gun Bent Double by a Cannon-Ball – 22
Lyrical Lines – 22
Great Expectations, by Charles Dickens, Ch L-LI – 22-24
John Bull Between Two Stools – 25
Horrid Girl – 25

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Continued from May 24 (reply #36).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3960175/posts#36

David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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

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

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Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 29, 1861 (“I cannot support my family here, on the salary I receive from the government; and so they leave me in a few days to accept the tendered hospitality of Dr. Custis, of Newbern, N. C, my wife’s cousin.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-29.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

“Lincoln,” reply #3
George B. McClellan, #4
George Templeton Strong, #5
Mary B. Chesnut, #6
Link to John Beauchamp Jones diary entry at Civil War Notebook, #7

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

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Continued from May 11 (reply #4)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3958133/posts#4

James Lee McDonough, William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life

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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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Major Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, June 30, 1861 (Maj. Hayes describes the monthly inspection at Camp Chase. He fears the enlisted men may not appreciate their CO’s humor.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb_18.html

Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Sunday, June 30, 1861 (“Divine service at the grove to-day by Chaplain Davis; largely attended by the regiment.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/12/private-daniel-l-ambrose-sunday-june-30.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 30, 1861 (“My family engaged packing trunks. They leave immediately.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-30.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

John G. Nicolay, reply #9
George B. McClellan, #10
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #11
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #12
Links to 3 items at Civil War Notebook, #13

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Today’s posts:

John G. Nicolay, reply #9
George B. McClellan, #10
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #11
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #12
Links to 3 items at Civil War Notebook, #13

[colorado tanker]

Well that’s a first! I never knew a soldier who thought the mess hall food was good!

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I never got any plum pudding or gingerbread in the mess hall.

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

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Major-General John A. Dix: July 1, 1861 (“General McClellan’s condition is very critical. He is surrounded by overwhelming numbers. He has been fighting five days.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/12/major-general-john-dix-july-1-1861.html

Captain Charles Russell Lowell to Anna Jackson Lowell, July 1, 1861 (“Got my orders this morning all right — have taken the oath of allegiance, and signified my acceptance of the appointment, —so I am now fairly in the U. S. Army.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/captain-charles-russell-lowell-to-anna.html

Diary of William Francis Bartlett: Monday, July 1, 1861 (Bartlett may become Adjutant of the 20th Maine.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-william-francis-bartlett_16.html

John Lothrop Motley to Mary Benjamin Motley, July 1, 1861 (“When [England] learns that the United States government is invincible, and that this insurrection is to be quelled, as it will be within a year, she will cease to talk of Northern and Southern States, and will find out that the great Republic is still existing one and indivisible.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/john-lothrop-motley-to-mary-benjamin_3.html

Diary of William Howard Russell: June 27 - July 1, 1861 (Essential reading. Russell on his visit to Niagara falls and the position the U.S. finds itself in.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/04/diary-of-william-howard-russell-june-27.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 1, 1861 (Secretary of War Walker does not appreciate Jones’s recent effort to speak up for the War Department. Jones resolves not to do that any more.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-1.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: July 1, 1861 (“A rumour of a skirmish, in which the Messrs. Ashby were engaged, and that Richard Ashby was severely wounded. I trust it may not be true.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-july-1-1861.html

[Pikachu_Dad]

How demoralized !

“ Major-General John A. Dix: July 1, 1861
[FORT MONROE, VA., July 1, 1861.]

General McClellan’s condition is very critical. He is surrounded by overwhelming numbers. He has been fighting five days. I am sending him re-enforcements, but they are for the most part exhausted men. I hope for the best. I have private despatches from him. Yesterday he was attacked at all points, but he held the enemy in check. May God be with us!”