Harper’s Weekly – July 13, 1861

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | July 13, 1861

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Captain Charles Russell Lowell to Anna Jackson Lowell, July 15, 1861 (Lowell seems to be on a recruiting drive in western PA and OH.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/captain-charles-russell-lowell-to-anna_31.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Fessenden Morse, July 15, 1861 (The 2nd Massachusetts Infantry is at Martinsburg in present-day eastern West Virginia.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/1st-lieutenant-charles-fessenden-morse_26.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 15, 1861 (Col. Bledsoe relieves Maj. Tyler as temporary War Secretary.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-15.html

Louise Wigfall to Francis H. Wigfall, July 15, 1861 (Mrs. Wigfall is in hostile Massachusetts, complaining about Yankee propaganda.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/louise-wigfall-to-francis-h-wigfall.html

[BroJoeK]

Here again is the list of Civil War battles, through July 17.
By my count we've seen 22 engagements resulting in around 2,000 total casualties.

Winners: Confederates won four engagements in Virginia, no losses, the Union won six in West Virginia, one loss, in Missouri Confederates won three, the Union two.

At Corrick's Ford, CSA Gen. Garnett was killed.
At Scary Creek, CSA Lt.Col. George S. Patton (the father) was wounded.

Date	Engagement	Military Units	Losses	Victor
April 12-14	Fort Sumter, SC	Confederate artillery (Beauregard), Union garrison (Anderson)	None	CSA
April 15	Evacuation of Fort Sumter, SC	Union garrison	Two Union soldiers killed, four wounded by accidental explosion	N.A.
April 19	Baltimore Riots, MD	MA 6th, PA 26th vs secessionist crowd	4 Union soldiers killed, 12 civilians killed, hundreds wounded	USA
May 10	St. Louis Riots, MO	Union forces vs secessionist crowd	4 Union soldiers killed, 3 prisoners, 28 civilians killed	USA
May 18-19	Sewell's Point, VA	Union naval squadron vs Confederate shore artillery	10 total	inconclusive
May 29- June 1	Aquila Creek, VA	Union naval squadron vs Confederate shore artillery	10 total	inconclusive
June 1	Fairfax Court House, VA	detachments from CSA & USA armies	8 on each side, 1 each killed	inconclusive
June 3	Philippi, WVA	Union Dept of Ohio (McClellan) -3,000, CSA infantry (Porterfield) -800	Union 4, CSA 26 (killed or wounded)	USA
June 10	Big Bethel, VA	Union (Butler) -3,500, CSA (Magruder) -1,400	Union 18-killed 53-wounded, CSA: 1-K 9-W	CSA
June 15	Hooe's Ferry (near Mathias Point) VA	Union schooner Christina Keen; CSA Farmer's Fork Grays	none -- Christina Keen captured and burned	CSA
June 17	Vienna, VA	Detachments from both Union & CSA armies	Union: 8 killed, 4 wounded; CSA: none reported	CSA
June 17	Boonville, MO	Union Western Dept (Lyon) -1,700 vs. MO State Guard (Marmaduke) ~1,500	Union: 5-killed, 7-wounded, MO Guard 5-k 17-w	USA
June 18	Camp Cole, MO	Union Home Guards (~500) vs. Confederate State Guards (~350)	Union: 35 killed, 60 wounded 25 captured CSA: 7-K, 25-W	CSA
June 27	Matthias' Point, VA	Union gunboats ~50 vs. Confed garrison ~500	Union: 1-killed, 4-wounded; CSA none	CSA
July 2	Hoke's Run, WVA	Union Army of the Shenandoah (2 brigades, Patterson) -8,000 vs. Confederate Army of the Shenandoah (1 brigade, Stonewall Jackson) - 4,000	Union: 3-killed, 70-total; CSA 9-killed, 23-total	USA
July 5	Carthage, MO	Union Department of the West (Sigel) -- 1,000 vs. Confederate Missouri State Guard (Jackson) -- 4,000	Union: 44-total; CSA 200-total	CSA
July 5	Neosho, MO	Union 3rd Missouri vs. Confederate cavalry	Union: 137-total; CSA zero total	CSA
July 8	Laurel Hill, WVA	Union Dept of Ohio vs. Confederate Army of the Northwest	Union: 8-total; CSA unknown	USA
July 11	Rich Mountain, WVA	Union Department of the Ohio (McClellan & Rosecrans) -7,000 vs. Confederate Army (Pegram & Garnett) -1,300	Union: 46-total; CSA 300-total	USA
July 12	Barboursville, WVA	Union 2nd Kentucky vs. Confederate rangers & locals	Union: 16-total; CSA 1-total	USA
July 13	Corrick's Ford, WVA	Union Department of the Ohio (McClellan & Rosecrans) -20,000 vs. Confederate Army (Garnett) -4,500	Union: 53-total; CSA 620-total CSA Gen. Garnett killed	USA
July 17	Scary Creek, WVA	Union Department of the Ohio (Cox) -1,000 vs. Confederate Army of the Kanawha (Wise & George S. Patton) -800	Union: 51-total; CSA 10-total including Patton wounded	CSA

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“McClellan, you magnificent bastard, I READ YOUR BOOK,” George S. Patton didn’t say at Scary Creek.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

My comment on the final item in #21 above should say “Miss Wigfall,” not Mrs. Daughter of Louis & Charlotte.

[colorado tanker]

of all detestable cases, Washington is the first

Some things never change!

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from July 4 (reply #32), after skipping one section.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3971894/posts#32

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Bruce Catton, The Coming Fury

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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 June 30 (reply #11)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3971894/posts#11

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

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Home Letters of General Sherman, edited by M.A. DeWolfe Howe, 1909

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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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Wilder Dwight to Elizabeth White Dwight, Saturday, July 16, 1861 (The 2nd Mass. Inf. Is at Bunker Hill, ready to march.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/wilder-dwight-to-elizabeth-white-dwight_25.html

Brigadier General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, July 16, 1861 (“. . Last evening the enemy encamped at Bunker Hill, about ten miles from us, and this morning we would have given them a warm reception had they advanced, but we have heard nothing respecting their movements to-day.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/brigadier-general-thomas-j-jackson-to_16.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 16, 1861 (“The Secretary was back again this evening. He could not procure comfortable quarters in the country. He seemed vexed, but from what cause, I did not learn.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-16.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s Posts:

“The Coming Fury,” reply #26
John G. Nicolay, #27
George B. McClellan, #28
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country,” #29
William T. Sherman to Mrs. Sherman, #30
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #31
Mary B. Chesnut, #32
Links to 3 items at Civil War Notebook, #33

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Continued July 14 (reply #10).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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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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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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Private Daniel L. Ambrose: July 17, 1861 (“the [17th Illinois] regiment is marched up the Ohio river as far as Mound City, where it is quartered in a large brick building, on the bank of the river.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/12/daniel-l-ambrose-july-17-1861.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 17, 1861 (“Gen. Garnett’s small command has been defeated by superior numbers . . . This will embolden the enemy to attack us at Manassas, where their suddenly acquired confidence will be snuffed out”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-17.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lee,” reply #35
George B. McClellan, #36
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #37
George Templeton Strong, #38
Links to 2 items at Civil War Notebook, #39