Harper’s Weekly – August 17, 1861

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Free Republic University, Department of History presents U.S. History, 1861-1865: 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: May 2025.
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/3983729/posts

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The Work of the Extra Session – 1, 3
The Wounded Zouave in the Hospital at Washington-The Hospital for the Wounded at Washington – 2-3, 13
The Lounger – 3-4
Brig.-Gen. M’Dowell, U.S.A. – 4
Brig.-Gen. Mansfield, U.S.A. – 4
Flag-Officer Stringham, Commanding the Atlantic Blockading Squadron – 4-5
Col. Francis P. Blair, Jun. – 5
A New Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers Passing Faneuil Hall, Boston, on Their Way to the War – 6
Rescue of Colonel Smith’s Command at Monroe, Missouri, by Governor Wood of Illinois – 7, 13
Return of a Foraging Party to Philippi, Virginia – 8-9
A Fire Zouave Relating His Experience of the Battle of Bull Run in the Street at Washington – 9
Recapture of the Schooner “Enchantress” by the Gun-Boat “Albatross” – 10, 13
Uniforms of the Confederate Army – 11
A Volunteer Regiment on Parade at the Camp at Elmira, New York – 12
Our Secret Drawer – 13
The Rebel Flag at Harper’s Ferry – 13
Bayoneting Our Wounded – 13, 17
On Her Death-Bed – 14-15
The Cavalier’s Escape – 14-15
Prince Napoleon’s Yacht – 14
Stampede of Slaves from Hampton to Fortress Monroe – 16, 20
A Strange Story, by sir E. Bulwer Lytton, Ch. III-VI – 18-20
Ballads of the War – 20
Mr. John Bull in His Famous Old Part of Peckaniff – 21
The Seceshers’ Target – 22

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Continued from August 3 (reply #3).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3981637/posts#3

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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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 17, 1861 (“The battalion is in marching order since four o’clock. Day, bright and clear. It is half past six, and no advance yet.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/wilder-dwight-to-elizabeth-white-dwight_1.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Charles Fessenden Morse, Saturday, August 17, 1861 (Four companies from the 2nd Mass. seize 780 barrels of flour at Harper’s Ferry.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-charles_8.html

Diary of Josephine Shaw Lowell: August 17, 1861 (“Discontent with the Administration is growing fast, and if they don’t do something, there are many people who will be disgusted with war and ask for peace.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/diary-of-josephine-shaw-lowell-august_12.html

Diary of Major Rutherford B. Hayes: Saturday, August 17, 1861 (“If any of my men kill prisoners, I’ll kill them.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/diary-of-major-rutherford-b-hayes_24.html

Major Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, August 17, 1861 (“Some bands of Rebels are so strong that we are really in doubt whether they are guerrillas or parts of Wise’s army coming in to drive us out.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/major-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis_25.html

Major Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, August 17, 1861 (“We have rumors of invading forces from eastern Virginia strong enough to drive us out, but we know nothing definite about them.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/major-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sophia.html

Major Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, August 17, 1861 (“He had a little brush with some guerrillas in the mountains twenty-five miles from here and had three men wounded. This is the first blood of our regiment shed in fight.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/major-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb_93.html

Lieutenant William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, August 17, 1861 (First-hand account of the mutiny of the 79th NY regiment.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/lieutenant-william-thompson-lusk-to_13.html

Brigadier General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, August 17, 1861 (Sorry, esposita. No furlough for me.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/brigadier-general-thomas-j-jackson-to_23.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: August 17, 1861 (“The President has issued a proclamation, in pursuance of the act of Congress passed on the 8th instant, commanding all alien enemies to leave in forty days.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-august-17.html

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Today’s posts:

“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” reply #3
Sherman’s letter, #4
Mary B. Chesnut, #5
Links to 10 items at Civil War Notebook, #6

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Reading Sherman’s evaluation of the volunteers he had to deal with one couldn’t help wondering what he would have thought of the debacle in Afghanistan we’re currently witnessing.

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He might have sounded more like McClellan’s opinion of the Lincoln administration posted yesterday.

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Continued from July 21 (reply #48, part 2).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3977607/posts#48

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

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

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Major Wilder Dwight: August 18, 1861 (Is this any way to run a war? Plus, more on the flour seized in Harper’s Ferry.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/major-wilder-dwight-august-18-1861.html

Major Wilder Dwight: August 18, 1861 (It seems the Confederates also desire Harper’s Ferry.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/major-wilder-dwight-august-18-1861_16.html

Major Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, August 18, 1861 (Maj. Hayes’s regiment might be heading for a battle. Two items.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/major-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb_27.html

Diary of Major Rutherford B. Hayes: Sunday, August 18, 1861

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/diary-of-major-rutherford-b-hayes_28.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Charles Fessenden Morse, Sunday, August 18, 1861 (Another account of the fighting around Harper’s Ferry.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-charles_14.html

Martin F. Conway to George L. Stearns, August 18, 1861 (In Kansas, more fighting threatens.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/12/martin-f-conway-to-george-l-stearns.html

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Today’s posts:

“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” reply #10
George B. McClellan, #11
Mary Chesnut, #12
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #13

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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 August 10 (reply #7).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3983729/posts#7

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from August 17 (reply #X).

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

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JJohn Hay to James Alexander Hamilton, August 19, 1861 (Hay is sorry he didn’t get to join Mr. Hamilton, twice.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/john-hay-to-james-alexander-hamilton.html

John Hay to Mrs. Frances Campbell Eames, August 19, 1861

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/john-hay-to-mrs-frances-campbell-eames.html

Diary of Major Rutherford B. Hayes: Monday, August 19, 1861 (“At 12 M. got orders to quietly strike tents and with three days’ rations and the minimum amount of baggage move to Buckhannon.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/diary-of-major-rutherford-b-hayes_29.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Charles Fessenden Morse, Monday, August 19, 1861 (“In the afternoon, we were ordered to the ferry with our company to keep guard for twenty-four hours.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-charles_15.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: August 19, 1861 (Jones plots to have Judah Benjamin replace Leroy Walker as War Secretary.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-august-19.html