Harper’s Weekly – November 2, 1861

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | November 2, 1861

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Continued from November 1 (reply #35).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4006832/posts#35

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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

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Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: November 5, 1861 (“Six hundred and fifty-seven present for duty; sixty-nine sick. Enemy firing again on McCook’s camp.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_28.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, November 5, 1861 (“McCook, in sight of us below, is camped in easy range, and they are peppering at him.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_30.html

Major Wilder Dwight: Monday Morning, November 25, 1861 (“Bright and cold. The snow, a thin coating, lay crisp and cold on the ground this morning. The air glistened; my fingers grow numb as I write about it. Our week commences.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/major-wilder-dwight-monday-morning.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: November 5, 1861 (“Went into camp on Taylor’s farm, about a mile west of the city, and Col. Upton has christened it Camp Hicks, in honor of Gov. Hicks, the present loyal governor of Maryland.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/08/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-november_1.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 5, 1861 (“To my amazement, a man came to me to-day for a passport to Norfolk, saying he had one from the Secretary to pass by flag of truce to Fortress Monroe”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_8.html

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Today’s posts:

“Grant,” reply #20
“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One,” #21
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #22
George Templeton Strong, #23
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #24

[Hebrews 11:6]

Homer, I cannot express strongly enough my admiration of, and thankfulness for, your strenuous and unremitting efforts in bringing us this series.

You are the best!

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You are the best!

Thank you, sir. As are you, in your field.

[Hebrews 11:6]

in your field

LOL--my "field" is covering a war of an altogether different kind.

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Continued from October 18 (reply #34).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4002855/posts#34

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Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from October 1 (reply #25).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3998719/posts#25

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

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Continued from November 5 (reply #20).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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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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Senator James W. Grimes to Elizabeth S Nealley Grimes, November 6, 1861 (Senate Republicans from the northwest are becoming riled.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/senator-james-w-grimes-to-elizabeth-s.html

Brigadier-General William T. Sherman to Brigadier-General Lorenzo Thomas, November 6, 1861 (Sherman’s 2nd letter to the adjutant general about the report Thomas issued that Sherman objects to.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/04/brigadier-general-william-t-sherman-to.html

Major Wilder Dwight: November 6, 1861 (“I claim for our General [Nathaniel Banks] the rare virtue of sincerity, — the fibre of all genuine character.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/major-wilder-dwight-november-6-1861.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Fessenden Morse, November 6, 1861 (“I should like to be a cavalry officer for several reasons. It is the highest grade of the service, and it is more dignified to have two or three horses and ride, than to go on foot”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/1st-lieutenant-charles-fessenden-morse_19.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: November 6, 1861 – Evening (“We receive[d] orders to hold ourselves in readiness to move at a moment’s notice, in light marching order.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/03/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_76.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 6, 1861 (“All accounts from the North indicate that great preparations are being made to crush us on the coast this winter. I see no corresponding preparations on our side.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_12.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: November 6, 1861 (Two of McGuire’s acquaintances plan to vote for the reelection of President Davis.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-november-6.html

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Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #29
“Jefferson Davis, American,” #30
“Grant,” #31
George Templeton Strong, #32
Mary B. Chesnut, #33
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #34

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Continued from November 4 (reply #12).

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Shelby Foote, The Civil War Narrative, Volume One, Fort Sumter to Perryville

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Continued from November 6 (reply #31).

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Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from November 5 (reply #21).

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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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