Harper’s Weekly – July 13, 1861

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | July 13, 1861

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People sure have a capacity for self deception. Why on earth would Mr. Chestnut’s manservant prefer freedom to slavery when he so well treated by Mars John??? Why, indeed.

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Continued from July 16 (reply #26)

Bruce Catton, The Coming Fury

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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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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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Brigadier General Irvin McDowell: General Orders No. 18, July 18, 1861 (“It is with the deepest mortification the general commanding finds it necessary to reiterate his orders for the preservation of the property of the inhabitants of the district occupied by the troops under his command.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/brigadier-general-irvin-mcdowell.html

Major Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, July 18, 1861 (The indications are that we shall soon move. In what direction and under whose command, we do not know.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis_25.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 18, 1861 (The War Dept. is busy staffing up the officer corps.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-18.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: July 18, 1861 (McGuire is at Winchester, chagrined at the death of Gen. Garnett, tending to sick and convalescing Confederate soldiers.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-july-18-1861.html

Wilder Dwight to Elizabeth White Dwight, Saturday, July 18, 1861 (The 2nd Mass. Inf. Is at Charlestown, Virginia.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/wilder-dwight-to-elizabeth-white-dwight.html

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Today’s posts:

“The Coming Fury,” reply #42
George B. McClellan, #43
John G. Nicolay, #44
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #45

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

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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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Wilder Dwight: July 19, 1861 (The 2nd Mass. Inf. Is at Harper’s Ferry with Gen. Patterson, waiting to see what happens to McDowell’s force at Manassas.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/wilder-dwight-july-19-1861.html

Lieutenant William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, July 19, 1861 (Lusk’s regiment is at Centerville. He was involved in a minor skirmish and witnessed federal troops looting.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/william-thompson-lusk-to-elizabeth_31.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 19, 1861 (“We had fighting yesterday in earnest, at Bull Run! Several brigades were engaged, and the enemy were repulsed with the loss of several hundred left dead and wounded on the field.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-19.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: July 19, 1861 (“This day is perhaps the most anxious of my life. It is believed that a battle is going on at or near Manassas.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-july-19-1861.html

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Today’s posts:

George B. McClellan, reply #47
William Tecumseh Sherman, #48
George Templeton Strong, #49
Mary B. Chesnut, #50
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #51