Harper’s Weekly – December 7, 1861

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | December 7, 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/4016873/posts

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Fort Warren, Boston – 1-2
The Rebels in Flight – 1
The Slavery Question – 1, 3
The Lounger – 3-4
Humors of the Day – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4-5
Foreign News – 5
The Battle of Belmont – 6, 14
The Fight at the South-west Pass – 7, 9, 14
Our Army on Hilton Head – 8, 14
Camp Nevin, Kentucky – 10, 14
The Battle at Santa Rosa – 11, 16-17
The Great Review – 11, 14
Out on Picket – 12
The Withered Daisy – 12-14
General Butler’s New Expedition – 14-15
The Picket-Guard – 21
A Strange Story, by sir E. Bulwer Lytton, Ch. XLI-XLII – 18-20

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

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Senator James W. Grimes to Elizabeth S. Nealley Grimes, December 7, 1861 (“You will see by the proceedings of Congress that I am likely to have more business to do than anybody else; for all the labor of the two committees, of the District of Columbia and of the Navy, falls upon me.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/senator-james-w-grimes-to-elizabeth-s_15.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Saturday, December 7, 1861 (“People come twenty-five miles to take the oath. How much is due to a returning sense of loyalty and how much to the want of coffee and salt, is more than I know.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_22.html

Major Wilder Dwight: December 7, 1861 (Description of the march to Frederick.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/major-wilder-dwight-december-7-1861.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: December 7, 1861 (A Virginia unionist, W. H. B. Custis, is attempted to flee to the north and was arrested.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-december_30.html

[M Kehoe]

This post is missing the one event that changed the world...

When the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor.

I’ll report to the principal...

5.56mm

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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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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, December 8, 1861 (Meade’s brigade forages at the farm of a secessionist. The troops must be prevented from destroying the property.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/10/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_22.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, Sunday, December 8, 1861 (“Roads improving; telegraph wire here, and will be in working order tomorrow or day after.’)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_25.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Sunday, December 8, 1861 (Inspection, drills, preparing against possible cavalry attack.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_23.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Fessenden Morse, December 8, 1861 (Another account of the chilly march to Frederick.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/1st-lieutenant-charles-fessenden-morse.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: December 8, 1861 (On discussing the arrest of Mr. Custis by Gen. Winder.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-december_31.html

Lieutenant-Colonel John T. L. Preston to Margaret Junkin Preston, December 8, 1861 (A cemetery visit with Gen. Jackson, and “General Richard Garnett has been assigned as brigadier of the Stonewall Brigade.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/lieutenant-colonel-john-t-l-preston-to_13.html

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Today’s posts:

John Hay, reply #7
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #8
Mary Chesnut, #9
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #10

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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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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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Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, December 9, 1861 (Gen. Meade is worried the Trent affair could have dire consequences.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/10/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_23.html

Major Wilder Dwight: December 9, 1861 (Fight the war to preserve the union, and the end of slavery will follow.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/major-wilder-dwight-december-9-1861.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: December 9, 1861 (Gen. Winder has been ordered to release Mr. Custis.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-december_1.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: December 9, 1861 (“Jackson’s Brigade still near, which gives these warm-hearted people a good opportunity of working for them, and supplying their wants.”)

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

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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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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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Brigadier-General Isaac I. Stevens to Brigadier-General Thomas W. Sherman, December 10, 1861 (Gen. Stevens’ men captured a ferry.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/brigadier-general-isaac-i-stevens-to.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Tuesday, December 10, 1861 (Hayes drank some wine, has a headache, wishes his wife was with him.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_26.html

Captain William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, December 10, 1861 (The ups and downs of occupation duty in South Carolina.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/captain-william-thompson-lusk-to.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: December 10, 1861 (The agricultural economy in Maryland.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/12/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-december.html

John M. Forbes to Nassau W. Senior, December 10, 1861 (Foreign relations of the U.S., Great Britain, and France.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/john-m-forbes-to-nassau-w-senior_14.html

John L. Motley to Mary L. Motley, December 10, 1861 (Motley to his daughter on the course of the Trent affair.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/john-l-motley-to-mary-l-motley-december_12.html

[M Kehoe]

“Hayes drank some wine, has a headache, wishes his wife was with him.”

Mr. President, oops my apologies LTC, but if I had wine and a headache, I was more than likely in the “wrong” bed that night.

Hmmm...

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Continued from November 15 (reply #43).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4011123/posts#43

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

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Continued November 15 (reply #42).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4011123/posts#42

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell