Harper’s Weekly – November 2, 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/4006832/posts

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The “Merrimac,” – 1, 15
The Great Naval Expedition – 2, 12
Our Foreign Relations – 2-3
The Prison at Richmond, Va. – 2, 21-22
The Closing of the Potomac – 3
The Lounger – 3-4
Humors of the Day – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4-5
Foreign News – 5
The Rebel Batteries in the Chesapeake – 6, 15
The Late General Baker – 7
The Late Colonel Smith – 7
Uniform of Colonel Geary’s Artillery (General Banks’s Division) – 8, 21
The Army of the Potomac-Scene in Camp after Evening Parade – 9
The Army of the Potomac-The Picket Guard – 10
How Our Troops are Fed– 11, 16
Camp of General Hunter’s and General Asboth’s Divisions (General Fremont’s Army), at Tipton Missouri – 13
Vayle Ventnor, Private – 14-15
Rebel Batteries on the Potomac – 15, 18
A “Smash” for Jeff – 16
War Scenes At and About Washington – 17
A Rebel Infernal Machine – 18-19
A Strange Story, by sir E. Bulwer Lytton, Ch. XXXI-XXXII – 19-21
Lines on Death – 21
Mr. Bull in his Big Ship “NEUTRALITY” Floundering about in the Sea of Commercial Distress – 22

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Continued from September 11 (reply #24).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3992560/posts#24

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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

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Diary of Josephine Shaw Lowell: November 2, 1861 (Miss Shaw on the retirement of Gen. Scott & the superseding of Gen. Fremont.)

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

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, November 2, 1861 (Hayes promoted to Lt. Col.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: November 2, 1861 (Traveling south, the 25th Massachusetts likes Philadelphia better than NYC.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/06/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-november.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 2, 1861 (Jones explains the quarrel between Sec. Benjamin and Gen. Beauregard.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_53.html

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Today’s posts:

“Team of Rivals,” reply #3
George B. McClellan, #4
George Templeton Strong, #5
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #6

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"The Great Naval Expedition – 2, 12"

Astonishing details of the Union attack on Port Royal, SC, published before it began!

It begins "today", November 3, with Confederate forces outnumbered about four-to-one.

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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 Civil War, edited by C. Vann Woodward

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Charles Sumner to Rudolf Schleiden, November 3, 1861 (Sen. Sumner is OK with letting the war be for preservation of the union, since abolition will naturally follow.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/09/charles-sumner-to-rudolf-schleiden.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Sunday, November 3, 1861 (Hayes discusses the possible outcome of the war with a WV secessionist who visited the camp under flag of truce.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford.html

Major Wilder Dwight: Sunday Evening, November 3, 1861 (The 2nd Massachusetts has their camp wrecked by wind and rain.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/major-wilder-dwight-sunday-evening.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: November 3, 1861 (Still moving south, the 25th Massachusetts spends the night in Baltimore.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/07/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-november_12.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 3, 1861 (“I have an official order, directed by [Secretary Benjamin] to the effect that no more alien enemies are to have passports.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_58.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: November 3, 1861 (“An immense Federal fleet left Hampton Roads a few days ago. The mighty rushing of the winds was music to our ears. We thought of the Spanish Armada, thanked God and took courage.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-wednesday_12.html

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Continued from October 29 (reply #14).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4006832/posts#14

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued October 31 (reply #24).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4006832/posts#24

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Continued from October 30 (reply #19).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4006832/posts#19

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

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Continued from August 29 (reply #38)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3988267/posts#38

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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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 Civil War, edited by C. Vann Woodward

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Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Monday, November 4, 1861 (Thinking of his son Birchard’s birthday, Lt. Col. Hayes also has military concerns.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_24.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, November 4, 1861

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_27.html

Lucy Webb Hayes to Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes, November 4, 1861 (Mrs. Hayes not happy about Fremont’s removal.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/lucy-webb-hayes-to-lieutenant-colonel.html

Major Wilder Dwight: Monday Evening, November 4, 1861 (Fever & measles in the 2nd Massachusetts camp.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/major-wilder-dwight-monday-evening.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: November 4, 1861 (Baltimore to Annapolis by steamer.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/07/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-november.html

John M. Forbes to Governor John A. Andrew, November 4, 1861 (Transportation magnate asks governor for a commission for his son.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/john-m-forbes-to-governor-john-andrew.html

Lines On The Death Of Colonel Edward Baker (by William Wallace “Willie” Lincoln.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/lines-on-death-of-colonel-edward-baker.html

Major-General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, November 4, 1861 (“I am assigned to the command of the military district of the Northern frontier, between the Blue Ridge and the Alleghany Mountains”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/major-general-thomas-j-jackson-to-mary_8.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 4, 1861 (The situation with enemy aliens discomfits Jones.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_7.html

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Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #12
“Lee,” #13
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #14
Nathan Bedford Forrest, #15
George Templeton Strong, #16
Mary B. Chesnut, #17
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, #18

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Continued from November 1 (reply #34).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4006832/posts#34

Jean Edward Smith, Grant