Harper’s Weekly – October 19, 1861

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | October 19, 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/4002855/posts

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Colonel Mulligan – 1-3
Lieutenant Russell, U.S.N., who Burned the “Judith” at Pensacola – 1
Died, On the Battlefield – 2
The War in Missouri – 3, 10, 15
War as a Schoolmaster – 3
The Lounger – 3-4
Humors of the Day – 4-5
Domestic Intelligence – 5
Foreign News – 5
Cannonading on the Outposts of the army of the Potomac – 6, 21
An Alabama Regiment Marching through Capitol Square, Richmond, on Their Way to Join the Rebel Forces under Beauregard – 7
War Map of Kentucky – 8, 21
Map of the Seat of War in Missouri – 9
The United States Treasury-Exterior and Interior – 11, 21
Red, White, and Blue – 12-13
Old Secesh Crossing the Potomac– 13
Lebanon Junction, 29 Miles from Louisville, Kentucky, on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, Present Head-Quarters of General Sherman’s Brigade of Union Troops – 14
The Capture of the Transport “Fanny” – 16
The Holocaust – 16
The War in Kentucky – 17, 21
The Iron-Clad War-Steamer Now Building at Mystic, Connecticut – 18-19
A Strange Story, by sir E. Bulwer Lytton, Ch. XXVIII-XXIX – 19-21
Got the Right Weapon at Last – 22
Putting Out the Last Peace Pipe – 22

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Major Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, October 19, 1861 (“Lincoln is, perhaps, not all that we could wish, but he is honest, patriotic, cool-headed, and safe.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/major-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb_28.html

Major Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, October 19, 1861 (“We know the enemy we have been after is heartily sick of this whole business, and only needs a good excuse to give it up.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/major-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: October 19, 1861 (“To-day Colonel [John Pope] Cook arrives on the steamer J. H. Dickey, and assumes command of the post.”)
Samuel Clemens served aboard the J.H. Dickey for a couple months in 1858. She will encounter disaster late next year. http://www.twainquotes.com/Steamboats/CubPilot.html

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/03/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_10.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 19, 1861 (“Col. Ashby with 600 men routed a force of 1000 Yankees, the other day, near Harper’s Ferry.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-october_30.html

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Continued October 5 (reply #3).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4000763/posts#3

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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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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Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 20, 1861 (Loose lips during a party at Gen. Dix home revealed Union plans that arouse the Confederate War Dept.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-october.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: Sunday Night, October 20, 1861 (A young acquaintance of Mrs. Maguire died of typhoid fever in a western Virginia army camp.)

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

[central_va]

Isn't odd how Rhodes's book is titled "All for the Union".

Why didn't he call it "All for Ending Slavery"? I wonder why?

[Homer_J_Simpson]

I follow civilwarbreakfastclub.com on Twitter and Facebook. It is hosted by a couple Civil War geeks who produce some good podcasts. For tomorrow I recommend their podcast on the Battle of Ball’s Bluff (21 Oct 1861), an engagement of little tactical importance but with long lasting implications that affected the way the war was managed in the north. Recorded on November 6 of last year – HJS.

https://www.civilwarbreakfastclub.com/podcast/episode/3b7be756/civil-war-breakfast-club-episode-12-battle-of-balls-bluff

Today’s posts:

“Lee,” reply #5
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #6
Mary B. Chesnut, #7
Links to 2 items at Civil War Notebook, #8

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Continued from August 16 (reply #35).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3983729/posts#35

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from July 27 (reply #3).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3979583/posts#3

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Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from September 10 (reply #20).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3992560/posts#20

David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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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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All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

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Major-General John A. Dix to Colonel Randolph B. Marcy, October 21, 1861 (The general explains to the Colonel how to maintain discipline among the troops.)

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

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, October 21, 1861 (“I do not know the meaning, except that something is being done on some other part of the line and we are wanted to support the movement.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/10/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_8.html

Major Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, October 21, 1861 (“The truth is, the suffering is great in all armies in the field in bad weather. It can’t be prevented.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/major-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb.html

Major Wilder Dwight: Monday Morning, October 21, 1861 (“Every visit I make to Washington makes me feel hopeless. Nothing is done. Not half enough doing.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/major-wilder-dwight-monday-morning.html

Major Wilder Dwight: October 21, 1861 – 7 p.m. (“Then — came the news that Stone was crossing the river at Edward’s Ferry.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/major-wilder-dwight-october-21-1861-7-pm.html

Lieutenant William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, October 21, 1861 (“And now we are embarked on the ‘Vanderbilt,’ bound, this much we know, for ‘Dixie.’”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/lieutenant-william-thompson-lusk-to_23.html

Diary of Reverend James Freeman Clarke: October 21, 1861 (“Battle of Edwards’ Ferry [Ball’s Bluff]. Took telegram to Dr. Holmes about his son.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/diary-of-reverend-james-freeman-clarke_90.html

Major-General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, October 21, 1861 (“For several days your esposo has been here [Centreville], and has an extra nice room, the parlor of a Mr. Grigsby, who has promised that he will also let me have another room for my chamber, and then I can use the parlor for my office.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/major-general-thomas-j-jackson-to-mary_1756.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 21, 1861 (“The enemy’s papers represent that we have some 80,000 men in Kentucky. The Secretary of War knows very well that we have not 30,000 there, and that we are not likely to have more.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-october_2.html

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Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #11
“Team of Rivals,” #12
“Lincoln,” #13
George B. McClellan, #14
John G. Nicolay, #15
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #16
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, #17

[BroJoeK]

"Why didn't he call it "All for Ending Slavery"?
I wonder why?

For the obvious reason that preserving the Union was priority #1.
Destroying slavery soon became a necessary means to that end.
A first step in that direction was the 1861 Confiscation Act (Contraband of War).

But arguably, Lincoln did not become a full-blown abolitionist until mid-1862 (Emancipation Proclamation).

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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