Harper’s Weekly – February 15, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | February 15, 1862

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Company Aytch, or a Side Show of the Big Show: A Memoir of the Civil War, by Sam R. Watkins

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

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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 John Sedgwick to his Sister, February 18, 1862 (Sedgwick gets a command at Poolesville MD, north of D.C. on the Potomac.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/brigadier-general-john-sedgwick-to-his_27.html

Flag Officer Samuel F. Dupont to Gustavus V. Fox, February 18, 1862 (“Publish the letter about the Infernal Machines. I suppose that kind of obstruction is all right with the London Times—it does not keep the cotton in.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/flag-officer-samuel-f-dupont-to_1.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, February 18, 1862 (Hayes family moving to Fremont for the duration.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Tuesday, February 18, 1862 (Second day spent burying the Donelson dead.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/08/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_30.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: Richmond, Virginia, Tuesday Morning, February 18, 1862 (“rumours are afloat that Donelson has fallen. We are too unhappy about it to think of any thing else.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/01/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-richmond_8.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: Tuesday Evening, February 18, 1862 (“It is all true. Our brave men have yielded to overpowering numbers. God in his mercy help us!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-tuesday_27.html

Colonel James M. Tuttle to his father, James Tuttle, February 18, 1862 (Col. Tuttle led the 2nd Iowa at Ft. Donelson. “I was over the battle field to-day, and don’t see how any of us escaped alive.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/08/colonel-james-m-tuttle-to-his-father.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: February 18, 1862 (Paroling the prisoners in South Carolina.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-february_78.html

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Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #37
“Grant,” #38
Nathan Bedford Forrest, #39
George B. McClellan, #40
Sam Watkins, #41
John Nicolay, #42
George Templeton Strong, #43
Johnny Green, #44
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #45

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Continued from February 18 (reply #37).

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from February 16 (reply #18).

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

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Journal of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, February 19, 1862

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/journal-of-joint-committee-on-conduct.html

Colonel Jacob Lauman to His Brother, February 19, 1862 (Good details from Donelson.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/08/colonel-jacob-lauman-to-his-brother.html

Major Wilder Dwight: February 19, 1862 (“Raining like the recent Federal victories,
and dark and cloudy as the Rebel prospects”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/major-wilder-dwight-february-19-1862.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Wright Wills: February 19, 1862 (Lt. Wills wishes he had stayed in the 8th Illinois Infantry.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/1st-lieutenant-charles-wright-wills_13.html

Nathaniel B. Baker to Rush Clark, February 19, 1862 (“I have the honor to rejoice in the glory of Iowa, and the triumph of Union men.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/nathaniel-b-baker-to-rush-clark.html

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Wednesday, February 19, 1862 (“It is reported that our company [in 11th IA Inf.] will leave for California, Missouri, in three or four days and all are rejoicing that our stay here is about over.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/12/diary-of-alexander-g-downing-wednesday_12.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Wednesday, February 19, 1862 (Still at Ft. Donelson.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/08/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_60.html

Edward S. Philbrick: February 19, 1862 (“I am determined to see if something can’t be done to prove that the blacks will work for other motives than the lash.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/edward-s-philbrick-february-19-1862.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: Wednesday, February 19, 1862 (“We are now in our own comfortable little room on Grace Street, and have quite a home-like feeling.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-wednesday_28.html

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Today’s posts: “Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #47
Grant’s memoirs, #48
Mary Chesnut #49
Johnny Green, #50
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, #51

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Continued from February 16 (reply #16).

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from February 5 (reply #24).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4034410/posts#24

David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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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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Continued from February 19 (reply #47).

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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