Harper’s Weekly – January 18, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | January 18, 1862

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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/4028482/posts

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Port Royal Ferry – 1-2
The Week and the Prospect – 1-2
The Lounger – 2-4
Scene in the Parlor of Mr. Barnwell’s House at Beaufort, South Carolina – 3
Humors of the Day – 4-5
Domestic Intelligence – 5
Foreign News – 5
Miss Slidell on the Ram-Page – 5
General Burnside’s Expedition – 6-8
Armies of the Union – 6-7
Building Huts for the Army on the Potomac – 9
The City of Richmond, Va. – 9, 11, 13
The War in Virginia-A Reconnoissance in a Laurel-Brake – 10
Applying for Passes at the Office of the Provost Marshal at St. Louis – 12
Bun’s Happy New Year – 14-16
A Strange Story, by Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, Ch. LXII-LXVII – 16, 20-22
The Skating Season-1862 – 17
Skirmish in Western Virginia – 18
The Union Prisoners at Richmond, Virginia – 19
The City’s Last Struggle with Its Ex-Rulers – 22

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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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Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood to W. C. Sipple, Esq., January 18, 1862 (Rebel sympathizers from Missouri are seeking refuge in Fremont County, Iowa.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/governor-samuel-j-kirkwood-to-w-c.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Saturday, January 18, 1862 (“All important movements everywhere stopped by the rain and mud”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_8.html

General Robert E. Lee to Mary Custis Lee, January 18, 1862 (“While at Fernandina I went over to Cumberland Island and I had the gratification of visiting my father’s grave.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/10/general-robert-e-lee-to-mary-custis-lee_22.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: January 18, 1862 (“The hopes of attacking Columbus have vanished. We await orders to return to Fort Holt.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 18, 1862 (“Gen. L P. Walker, the first Secretary of War, is assigned to duty in the Southwest under Gen. Bragg.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-january_60.html

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Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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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

The following is from the January 25 Harper’s Weekly. I don’t know if Nicolay got a sneak preview or they are released a week in advance of the cover date.

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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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Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Sunday Morning, January 19, 1862 (“Great war news expected. Burnside’s expedition sailed; near Cairo, a great movement forward; Green River, ditto.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_10.html

Captain William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, January 19, 1862 (“Necessarily in the army a great amount of temporary injustice is done, but in the long run merit will rise.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/08/captain-william-thompson-lusk-to_12.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: January 19, 1862 (“Of all the lonely, God-forsaken looking places I ever saw this Hatteras island takes the premium.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-january_72.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: January 19, 1862 (“This morning we receive orders to pack up and move back to Fort Holt. We cross the creek on an old flat-boat bridge.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/06/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_99.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 19, 1862 (“There has been a storm on the coast, sinking some of the enemy’s ships. Col. Allen, of New Jersey, was lost.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-january_65.html

General Robert E. Lee to Colonel G. W. Custis Lee, January 19, 1862 (“No civilized nation within my knowledge has ever carried on war as the U. S. Govt, has against us.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/11/general-robert-e-lee-to-colonel-g-w.html

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Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #5
John G. Nicolay, #6
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #7
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #8

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Continued from January 13 (reply #15).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4028482/posts#15

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from January 13 (reply #16).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4028482/posts#16

David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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

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Gideon Welles to John M. Forbes, January 20, 1862 (The Navy Secretary authorizes Forbes to charter a new vessel and send it after the CS Sumter.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/gideon-welles-to-john-m-forbes-january.html

Brigadier-General Don Carlos Buell’s General Orders No. 4a, January 20, 1862 (Thank you, Col. Garfield.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/brigadier-general-don-carlos-buells.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Monday, January 20, 1862 (“Avery’s story of the Navajos running off goats and sheep and his killing an Indian will do to tell Birch.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_12.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Wright Wills: January 20, 1862 (Wills’ unit made a grueling march towards Columbus, which left him feeling invigorated. He was promoted to 1st Lt.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/3rd-sergeant-charles-wright-wills_9.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 20, 1862 (The Confederate Treasury Secretary offers to pay bond interest in specie.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-january_66.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: January 20, 1862 (A long description of a journey to Westwood VA and a mother’s efforts to see her wounded son.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-january-20.html

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Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #10
“Lincoln,” #11
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #12
George Templeton Strong, #13
Mary B. Chesnut, #14
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #15

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Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Tuesday, January 21, 1862 (Hayes dreamed of his wife, and his new son he has never seen.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_13.html

Major Wilder Dwight: January 21, 1862 (“We have telegraphic news to-day of a ‘Great battle and victory over Zollicoffer in Kentucky.’”

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/major-wilder-dwight-january-21-1862.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: January 21, 1862 (“Albert Tucker of company B died this morning, and his body was taken ashore and buried on the beach this afternoon.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-january_1.html

John M. Forbes to William Henry Aspinwall, January 21, 1862 (One captain of industry to another, on banking policy.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/john-m-forbes-to-william-henry.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 21, 1862 (“Many believe that Burnside will get Norfolk. I think differently, but I may be mistaken.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-january_71.html

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The war in Kentucky has now seen nine engagements, including George Thomas' victory at Mill Springs, January 19.
Of those, the Union won four, Confederates three and two were inconclusive.

Kentucky 1861-'62 Engagements

Date	Engagement	Military Units	Losses	Victor
Sep 19	Barbourville, KY	Union KY Home Guard (Black ~300) & Confederate Dept 2 (Zollicoffer ~800)	Union 15-total (1-killed); Confederates 7-total (7-killed)	CSA
Oct 21	Camp Wildcat, KY (near Cumberland Gap)	Union IN & KY Infantry, KY Cavalry (Schoepf ~7,000) & Confederate TN Infantry (Zollicoffer ~5,700)	Union 25-total (5-killed), Confederates 53-total (11-killed)	USA
Nov 8-9	Big Sandy-ivy Mountain, KY	Union: Dept of Ohio (Nelson ~5.500) & Confederate 5th Kentucky (Williams, ~1,010)	Union 62-total (12-killed), Confederates 235-total (41-killed)	USA
Nov 20	Skirmish at Brownsville, KY	Union Dept of Cumberland (~115) & Confederate Cavalry (Morgan ~200)	Union 14-total (6-killed), Confederates 1-total (1-killed)	CSA
Dec 17	Rowlett's Station, KY	Union 32nd Indiana (Willich ~500) & Confederate 8th Texas Cavalry, 1sT Ark. (Terry ~1,350)	Union 46-total (13-killed), Confederates 91-total (33-killed, including Terry)	inconclusive (outnumbered Union forces held the field)
Dec 28	Sacremento, KY	Union cavalry (Murray ~500) & Confederate Cavalry (Forrest ~250)	Union 23-total (10-killed), Confederates 5-total (2-killed)	CSA
Jan 10	Middle Creek, KY	Union KY&OH Inf (Garfield 2,100) & Confederate KY Inf & VA Art+Cav (Marshall 2,500)	Union 27 total, Confederates ~65 total	USA
Jan 11	Lucas Bend, Columbus, KY	Union gunboats Essex, St. Louis (Foote, Porter) & Confederate Gunboats Jackson, Ivy, Polk, N.O. (Holland, Rogers)	Union none, Confederates unknown	Inconclusive
Jan 19	Mill Springs, KY	Union KY, IN, OH, Mn, TN Inf, Cav & ART (Thomas ~4,400) & Confederate MS, TN, KY, AL Inf, Cav & Arty (Crittenden, Zollicoffer ~5,900)	Union 246-total (39 killed), Confederates 529-total (125 killed incl Zollicoffer)	USA

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

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