Harper’s Weekly – February 15, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | February 15, 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/4036464/posts

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Burnside at Work – 1
Foreign Intervention – 1, 3
The “Nashville” and “Tuscarora” at Southampton – 2, 16-17
Death of John Strother – 3
The Lounger – 3-4
Humors of the Day – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4-5
Foreign News – 5
The “Merrimac” Coming Out – 6
The Union Battery at Newport News – 7
The Burnside Expedition at Hatteras – 8, 12-13, 22-23
The Green Light – 9-11
A Strange Story, by Sir E. Bulwer Lytton, Ch. LXXV-LXXVI – 14-16
The Last of L.L.D. Russell the Prophet – 17
Fight at Occoquan, Va. – 18
An Instrument of Torture Among Slaveholders – 18-19
Weston’s Cross-Roads, Near Columbus, Occupied by Taylor’s Chicago Artillery – 19
The British Methods in War -20-21
Marches – 21
Mrs. D- and Captain L- – 21-22

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Continued from February 14 (reply #36).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4036464/posts#36

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from Continued from February 14 (reply #37).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4036464/posts#37

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Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from February 14 (reply #38).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4036464/posts#38

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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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Continued from February 14 (reply #39)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4036464/posts#39

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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

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

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Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, February 15, 1862 (“We received a very large mail from home today. The papers say that General Grant has taken Fort Henry, on the Tennessee river.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/12/diary-of-alexander-g-downing-saturday_8.html

Senator John Sherman to Brigadier General William T. Sherman, February 15, 1862 (“I was infinitely rejoiced to see in this morning’s paper the announcement that you were to command at Cairo.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/08/senator-john-sherman-to-brigadier.html

Brigadier-General Ulysses S. Grant to Brigadier-General George W. Cullum, February 15, 1862 (Grant requests transport, guns and ammo from Cairo.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/brigadier-general-ulysses-s-grant-to_18.html

Brigadier-General Ulysses S. Grant to Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote, February 15, 1862 (Grant would like the gunboats to make a demonstration before Ft. Donelson.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/brigadier-general-ulysses-s-grant-to_93.html

Flag Officer Andrew Hull Foote to Gideon Welles, February 15, 1862 (Foote reports his action at Donelson to the Navy Department.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/flag-officer-andrew-hull-foote-to.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Saturday, February 15, 1862 (The bloody assault at Ft. Donelson.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_72.html

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Today’s posts:

American Battlefield Trust map and “Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #3
“Grant,” #4
Grant’s Memoirs, #5
Nathan Bedford Forrest, #6
George B. McClellan, #7
John G. Nicolay, #8
Johnny Green, #9
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #10

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[Conan the Librarian]

One of those times that Grant was lucky that Floyd was an incompetent boob.

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Pillow, as well.

[Conan the Librarian]

Indeed.

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Continued from February 5 (reply #23.)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4034410/posts#23

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from Continued from February 15 (reply #4).

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Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from February 14 (reply #5).

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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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