Harper’s Weekly – October 12, 1861

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | October 12, 1861

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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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Major Wilder Dwight: October 16, 1861 (“I am just now going out to skirmish-drill with the bugle. It is a part of the military duty which I fully understand, and, accordingly, I like to perform it.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/pleasant-hill-october-16-1861.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 16, 1861 (“Gen. Winder came with a couple of his detectives (all from Baltimore) and arrested [Col. M.].”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-october_25.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: October 16, 1861 (“Our men, near Pensacola, have broken up the camp of “Billy Wilson’s Zouaves,” of which we have heard so much”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-october-16.html

[the OlLine Rebel]

Sounds like Seinfeld....

[BroJoeK]

On October 12 there was a naval engagement at Head of the Passes, near New Orleans, Confederate victory -- "Mosquito fleet" river-born fire rafts panicked Union blockading ships, some damaged in their flight, no casualties.

It was the war's 56th engagement, the first in Louisiana, increasing Confederate victories to 28 vs. 21 Union victories.

Louisiana 1861 Engagements

Date	Engagement	Military Units	Losses	Victor
Oct 12	Head of the Passes, Louisiana	Union Navy Blockading Squadron , (Pope 5-ships) & Confederate "Mosquito Fleet" (Hollins 10 boats & fire rafts)	none 4 ships damaged	CSA (Union surprised routed)

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from September 9 (reply #14).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3992560/posts#14

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger

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

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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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Diary of Major Rutherford B. Hayes: October 17, 1861 (Mrs. Hayes in not doing well but she can bear up because she is a good soldier’s wife.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-major-rutherford-b-hayes_14.html

Major Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, October 17, 1861 (“Our campaign here is ended, I think without doubt. We are strongly posted. No force would dare attack us.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/major-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb.html

Diary of Josephine Shaw Lowell: October 17, 1861 (Rob – Robert G Shaw? – has a bad cough but won’t ask for a furlough.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/diary-of-josephine-shaw-lowell-october_26.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 17, 1861 (“Hurlbut has been released from prison. Mr. Hunter has a letter (intercepted) from Raymond, editor of the New York Times, addressed to him since the battle of Manassas.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-october_26.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

“Team of Rivals,” reply #26
John Hay, #27
George B. McClellan, #28
John G. Nicolay, #29
Abraham Lincoln, #30
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #31
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #32

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from October 6 (reply #6).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4000763/posts#6

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger

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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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Mary Chesnut’s Civil War, edited by C. Vann Woodward

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Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, October 18, 1861 (“The object of our expedition is to advance some twelve or fifteen miles to the front, to reconnoitre the country, and also with the hope of cutting off some of their troops coming down from Leesburg.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/10/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_7.html

Major Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, October 18, 1861 (“The Rebellion will be crushed even at this rate by the time our three years are up.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/major-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb_17.html

Lieutenant William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, October 18, 1861 (“We have suddenly been summoned to Annapolis, and are now on board ship, bound I know not whither.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/lieutenant-william-thompson-lusk-to_15.html

John Lothrop Motley to Anna Lothrop Motley, October 18, 1861 (“The press is not the government, and the present English government has thus far given us no just cause of offense.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/john-lothrop-motley-to-anna-lothrop_24.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 18, 1861 (“The enemy have now over 660,000 in the field in various places, and seem to be preparing for a simultaneous advance.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-october_27.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #34
John Hay, #35
George B. McClellan, #36
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #37
Mary B. Chesnut, #38
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #39