Harper’s Weekly – February 8, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | February 8, 1862

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Continued from February 8 (reply #3).

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from February 11 (reply #16).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from February 10 (reply #11).

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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Continued from January 14 (reply #28).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4028482/posts#28

David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

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

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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a Confederate Soldier, Edited by A.D. Kirwan

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Brigadier-General George W. Cullum to Brigadier-General Ulysses S. Grant, February 12, 1862 (Gen. Cullum is sending reinforcements to Grant from Cairo.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/brigadier-general-george-w-cullum-to.html

Major Wilder Dwight: February 12, 1862 (Wilder is missing out on the action.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/major-wilder-dwight-february-12-1862.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: February 12, 1862 (Slaves of paroled Confederate prisoners given the choice to go with their masters or stay with the Yankees.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-february_66.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Wednesday Morning, February 12, 1862 (“We move on briskly, and go into camp two miles from Fort Donelson.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_62.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: Richmond, Virginia, Tuesday, February 12, 1862 (McGuire laments the loss of Roanoke Island and men she knew who fell there.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/01/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-richmond_5.html

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Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #21
“Grant,” #22
Grant’s memoirs, #23
George B. McClellan, #24
Frederick Douglass, #25
George Templeton Strong, #26
John S. Jackman, #27
Johnny Green, #28
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #29

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The West Point Atlas of War: The Civil War, Chief Editor: Brigadier General Vincent J. Esposito

Continued from February 12 (reply #22).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from February 12 (reply #23).

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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

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Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Brigadier-General Don Carlos Buell, February 13, 1862 (“Why not come down and take the immediate command of the Cumberland column yourself? If so, I will transfer Sherman and Grant to the Tennessee column.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/major-general-henry-w-halleck-to_23.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Fessenden Morse, February 13, 1862 (“General Banks received a telegram from General McClellan saying that he, the latter, wanted five hundred men from Banks’ division to go out to join the gun-boat expedition down the Mississippi”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/1st-lieutenant-charles-fessenden-morse_16.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Thursday, February 13, 1862 (“While marching over a hill and down towards a ravine, the Seventh encounters a masked battery. It is our first encounter-our initiation. But oh, how fierce!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_89.html

John M. Forbes to Senator William P. Fessenden, February 13, 1862 (Forbes considers the Senate Treasury Note bill to be “our financial Bull Run,” “quackery”.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/john-m-forbes-to-senator-william-p.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: Richmond, Virginia, Wednesday, February 13, 1862 (“Donelson is holding out bravely. I shudder to think of the loss of life.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/01/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-richmond_7.html

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Today’s posts:

Map of Henry and Donelson campaign and “Grant,” reply #31
Grant’s memoirs, #32
Mary B. Chesnut, #33
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #34

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The West Point Atlas of War: The Civil War, Chief Editor: Brigadier General Vincent J. Esposito

Continued from February 12 (reply #21).

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from February 13 (reply #31).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from February 13 (reply #32).

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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Continued from December 28, 1861 (reply #3)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4024829/posts#3

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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The Civil War Papers of George B. McClellan: Selected Correspondence 1860-1865, edited by Stephen W. Spears