Harper’s Weekly – August 31, 1861

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | August 31, 1861

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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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Major Wilder Dwight: September 2, 1861 (Dwight occupied with supplies for the troops.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/major-wilder-dwight-september-2-1861.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 2, 1861 (“I voluntarily hunted up Capt. Lee’s report, and prepared an article for the press based on its statements.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september_8.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #17
Lincoln letter to Fremont, #18
John G. Nicolay, #19
“Jefferson Davis, American,” #20
George Templeton Strong, #21
Mary Chesnut, #22
Links to 2 items at Civil War Notebook, #23

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from September 2 (reply #20).

William J. Cooper, Jr., Jefferson Davis, American

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Continued from August 12 (reply #15).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3983729/posts#15

James Harrison Wilson, The Life of General John A. Rawlins

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

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General Robert E. Lee to Captain G. W. Custis Lee, September 3, 1861 (Gen. Lee tells his son of conditions in western Virginia.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/10/general-robert-e-lee-to-captain-g-w.html

Diary of Major Rutherford B. Hayes: Tuesday, September 3, 1861 (“Twelve miles from Walkersville to Bulltown. Found McCook and had a good time with him.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/diary-of-major-rutherford-b-hayes_14.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 3, 1861 (“My article on the defenses of North Carolina seems to have silenced the censures of the cavilers.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september_98.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

“Jefferson Davis, American,” reply #25
“The Life of General John A. Rawlins,” #26
George Templeton Strong, #27
Links to 3 items at Civil War Notebook, #28

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from August 27 (reply #29).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3988267/posts#29

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from August 30 (reply #49).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3988267/posts#49

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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Diary of Major Rutherford B. Hayes: Wednesday, September 4, 1861 (“Saw General Rosecrans and staff. Caught our guard without a salute. We go with him south today.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/diary-of-major-rutherford-b-hayes_15.html

Major Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, September 4, 1861 (Army mail service is quite efficient.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/major-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb_17.html

Major Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, September 4, 1861 (“My little horse came out well and sound again, the best in the regiment. The doctor’s gave out and was left.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/major-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis.html

Major Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, September 4, 1861 (“On Sunday we had church in camp, with a Presbyterian Congregation of Yankees who came here forty-five years ago.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/major-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sophia.html

Major Wilder Dwight: September 4, 1861 (A day in the army life.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/major-wilder-dwight-september-4-1861.html

Diary of Josephine Shaw Lowell: September 4, 1861 (“Fremont’s proclamation is of great importance as a sentence of death is passed among all men found armed against the United States and it frees all the negroes belonging to the Rebels.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/diary-of-josephine-shaw-lowell_15.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 4, 1861 (“J. R. Anderson, proprietor of the iron-works here, has been appointed brigadier-general by the President. He, too, was a West Pointer; but does not look like a military genius.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september_86.html

[Jim W N]

Any suggestions on a book about Grant? He seems like a very interesting guy and a pretty amazing general. Don’t know if he was such a good President.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

I’m partial to “Grant,” by Jean Edward Smith. I also have the Chernow bio, which is more recent and was well received by critics and public.

[Jim W N]

What do you like about “Grant,” by Jean Edward Smith?

[Homer_J_Simpson]

It is well written and in a succinct chronological manner that makes it easy to fit on a timeline for serialized posting here.

[colorado tanker]

I understand the locals pronounce it Kay-ro, Illinois.

[rdl6989]

His memoir.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/148121604X/ref=sspa_mw_detail_0?ie=UTF8&psc=1&pd_rd_i=148121604Xp13NParams

[Jim W N]

Thanks. I’m not sure if his memoirs are as good or accurate as “Grant,” by Jean Edward Smith. Sometimes I think an autobiography may not be as objective as a well-researched, documented, and written biography.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Adjutant-General Lorenzo Thomas’ General Orders No. 71, September 5, 1861

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/adjutant-general-lorenzo-thomas-general.html

Major-General John A. Dix to Major-General George B. McClellan, September 5, 1861 (Too many prisoners.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/major-general-john-dix-to-major-general.html

Major-General George G. McClellan to Major-General John A. Dix, September 5, 1861

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/major-general-george-g-mcclellan-to.html

Major Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, September 5, 1861 (“We are getting dogs too, some fine ones; almost all the captains have horses and a few mules have been “realized” — that’s the word — from Secessionists.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/major-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb_20.html

John Lothrop Motley to Anna Lothrop Motley, September 5, 1861 (“I do not think there is any present intention here of interfering with our blockade, or any wish, which is the same thing, of going to war in order to establish the Southern Confederacy and get their cotton crop.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/john-lothrop-motley-to-anna-lothrop.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 5, 1861 (“Full many ensanguined plains will greet the horrific vision before this time next year . . .”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september_27.html