Harper’s Weekly – November 9, 1861

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | November 9, 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

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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/4008968/posts

[Homer_J_Simpson]

The War Map, mentioned on page 1, actually must have occupied 8 pages of this issue, rather than four. The map did not make it to the microfilm, probably because of its unwieldy size, and what is found today is only 8 pages, or half the length of the usual Harper’s Weekly. My cut up and rearranged for scanning version is only 12 pages, rather than the typical 20-25 - HJS.

Captain Dupont, Commanding the Great Naval Expedition – 1
The Fight on Santa Rosa Island – 2-3
The Wounded Soldier – 3
Wanted-A Little Pluck – 2-3
Our War Map (Not included-HJS) – 3
The Lounger – 3-4
A Strange Story, by sir E. Bulwer Lytton, Ch. XXXIV-XXXV (Last week was XXXI and XXXII. Don’t know what happened to XXXIII – HJS) – 4-6
The Great Naval Expedition – 6, 9-10
The Attack on Our Squadron at the Mouth of the Mississippi – 6
Humors of the Day – 6-7
Domestic Intelligence – 7
Foreign News – 7
Presentation of Colors to General Viele’s Brigade – 8
The Sewing Machine – 12

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Continued from November 7 (reply #36).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4008968/posts#36

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from November 8 (reply #51).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4008968/posts?page=51#51

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

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Continued from November 7 (reply #38).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4008968/posts#38

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from November 8 (reply #53).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4008968/posts?page=51#53

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume 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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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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Commandant Samuel F. DuPont to Gustavus V. Fox, November 9, 1861 (Update on the invasion.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/12/commandant-samuel-f-dupont-to-gustavus_18.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, November 9, 1861 (The health problem in camp.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_4.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: November 9, 1861 (Another death at Camp Ewing.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_3.html

Captain William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, November 9, 1861 (Lusk write to his mother from Hilton Head, where he is with the invading force.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/captain-william-thompson-lusk-to_7.html

Captain Chauncey McKeever to Major-General John C. Frémont, November 9, 1861 (An officer on Fremont’s staff reports that Grant attacked Belmont without orders.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/03/captain-chauncey-mckeever-to-major.html

Major-General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, November 9, 1861 (Jackson describes the organizational structure of the Department of Northern Virginia.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/major-general-thomas-j-jackson-to-mary_10.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 9, 1861 (“We have news of a bloody battle in the West, at Belmont. Port Royal, on the coast of South Carolina, has been taken by the enemy’s fleet.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_2.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: November 9, 1861 (McGuire sees the news from the South Carolina invasion as largely favorable.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-november-9.html

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Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #3
“Jefferson Davis, American,” #4
“Grant,” #5
“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One,” #6
George B. McClellan, #7
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #8
George Templeton Strong, #9
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #10

[RWGinger]

These letters and diaries are amazing.
General Thomas Jackson to his wife very poignant.
The dude ratting out Grant is a wimp

[RWGinger]

These letters and diaries are amazing.
General Thomas Jackson to his wife very poignant.
The dude ratting out Grant is a wimp

[RWGinger]

These letters and diaries are amazing.
General Thomas Jackson to his wife very poignant.
The dude ratting out Grant is a wimp

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

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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 November 7 (reply #43).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4008968/posts#43

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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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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Senator James W. Grimes to Elizabeth S Nealley Grimes, November 10, 1861 (Grimes heard an important sermon. It was on abolition, but the speaker brought Jefferson Davis to mind.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/senator-james-w-grimes-to-elizabeth-s_5.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes, Sunday Morning, November 10, 1861 (Officer of the Day Hayes must inspect all the picket sites.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_6.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, November 10, 1861 (“Yes, Fremont’s removal hurts me as it does you. I hate it as much as I did the surrender of Sumter.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_7.html

Major Wilder Dwight: Sunday Evening, November 10, 1861 (“Tell father that he happened to send me just the book I wanted, — Halleck’s.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/major-wilder-dwight-sunday-evening_22.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 10, 1861 (“A gentleman from Urbana, on the Rappahannock, informs me that he witnessed the shelling of that village a few days ago.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_77.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: November 10, 1861 (“Jackson’s Brigade has been ordered to take charge of the Valley, and is coming to-day to Strasburg, and thence to Winchester.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-november-10.html