Harper’s Weekly – September 7, 1861

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | September 7, 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/3990589/posts

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On Guard – 1
A Political Catechism for Children – 1
Have We an Army? – 1, 3
A Female Rebel in Baltimore-An Everyday Scene – 2, 16
The Lounger – 3-4
Humors of the Day – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4-5
Foreign News – 5
An Affectionate Testimonial to the Pennsylvania Fourth, and to Varian’s (N.Y.) Field Battery – 5
Preparing Merchant Vessels for the Blockade – 6, 16
Brig.-General Franz Siegel – 7
The Rebel General Ben McCulloch – 7, 16
Bar of the Spottswood House, Richmond, Virginia – 8
Recruiting in the Park – 9
Map of the Seat of War in the West – 10
Fort Lafayette, in New York Harbor, where Political Prisoners are Confined – 11, 16
Market-Place at Winchester, Rendezvous of the Rebel Militia of the Valley of the Shenandoah – 12
The “Hotel” at Centerville, Virginia – 13
Ruins of the Bridge across the Potomac at Berlin – 13
Among the Arabs – 13-16
The Loudon Heights across the Potomac, opposite the Position Lately Occupied by General Banks – 14
The “Conestoga” and “Lexington,” United States Gun-Boats on the Mississippi – 15
Prince Napoleon and His Wife – 16, 18
“The Right Spirit” – 16
The Second Fire Zouaves of New York – 17
A Strange Story, by sir E. Bulwer Lytton, Ch. XIII-XV – 19-21

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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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I failed to ping the list for Gen. McClellan’s letter in the previous reply.

Major Wilder Dwight to Elizabeth White Dwight, September 7, 1861 (“To-day our army is crippled by the ideas of equality and independence which have colored the whole life of our people.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/major-wilder-dwight-to-elizabeth-white.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 7, 1861 (“The Jews are at work. Having no nationality, all wars are harvests for them. It has been so from the day of their dispersion.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september_29.html

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Wow... propaganda kicked in fast and heavy in 1861!

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This stood out to me:

“Fort Lafayette, in New York Harbor, where Political Prisoners are Confined – 11, 16”

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I guess today there is a similar facility in Washington.

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Lincoln walked to McClellan’s office to ask for a pardon for Scott on this date.

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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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 August 31 (reply #5).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3990589/posts#5

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Diary of Major Rutherford B. Hayes: Sunday, September 8, 1861 (“As officer of the day, I rode all day — up Birch, crossing it forty times and going fifty to sixty miles.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/diary-of-major-rutherford-b-hayes_23.html

Major-General John C. Fremont to Abraham Lincoln, September 8, 1861 (Gen. Fremont respectfully declines to follow the President’s suggestions regarding his recent proclamation.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/major-general-john-c-fremont-to-abraham.html

Diary of Josephine Shaw Lowell: September 8, 1861 (It turns out Josephine Shaw won’t marry Charles Russell Lowell until 1863, so she is still Miss Shaw.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/diary-of-josephine-shaw-lowell_17.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 8, 1861 (“Major Tyler has been appointed acting Chief of the Bureau of War.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september_14.html

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Today’s posts:

“Team of Rivals,” reply #8
John G. Nicolay, #9
George B. McClellan, #10
“Lee,” #11
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #12

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Continued from September 8 (reply #8). Francis “Fanny” Seward’s recorded her digs on Mary Lincoln in her diary on this date.

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

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

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Diary of Major Rutherford B. Hayes: Monday, September 9, 1861 (“Marched over Powell Mountain and camped eight miles from Summersville. Enemy near us; a battle to come soon.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/diary-of-major-rutherford-b-hayes_25.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 9, 1861 (“Matters in statu quo, and Major Tyler still acting chief of the bureau.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september_71.html

Captain Charles Russell Lowell to Anna Jackson Lowell, September 9, 1861 (Capt. Lowell is at Bladensburg, MD, northeast of Washington.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/captain-charles-russell-lowell-to-anna_12.html

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Today’s posts:
“Team of Rivals,” reply #14
Lincoln letter to David Hunter, #15
Mary B. Chesnut, #16
Links to 3 items at Civil War Notebook, #17

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Continued from September 1 (reply #10).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3990589/posts#10

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from July 24 (reply #74).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3977607/posts?q=1&;page=74#74

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David Herbert Donald, Lincoln