Harper’s Weekly – March 8, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | March 8, 1862

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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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Flag Officer Samuel F. Dupont to Gustavus V. Fox, March 10, 1862 (Report on the situation in Florida.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/01/gustavus-v-fox-to-flag-officer-samuel-f_30.html

Colonel Grenville M. Dodge to Samuel J. Kirkwood, Governor of Iowa, March 10, 1862 (Report on Battle of Pea Ridge.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/08/colonel-grenville-m-dodge-to-samuel-j.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Monday, March 10, 1862 (“Captain Moore (R. B.), of Willoughby, has resigned. I yesterday invited him to quarter with me, his company (I) having gone to Raleigh.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-rutherford-b-hayes-monday.html

Major-General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, March 10, 1862 (“My darling, you made a timely retreat from here, for on Friday the Yankees came within five miles of this place. Ashby skirmished for some time with them”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-thomas-j-jackson-to-mary.html

Captain William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, March 10, 1862 (“I received a long, long letter from Sam Elliott.” I had no idea he was that old.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/10/captain-william-thompson-lusk-to.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 10, 1862 (“One of the friends of the Secretary of War came to me to-day, and proposed to have some new passports printed, with the likeness of Mr. Benjamin engraved on them.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-thomas-j-jackson-to-mary.html

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Today’s posts:

John Rawlins, reply #20
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #21
Mary Chesnut, #22
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #23

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I almost forgot John Nicolay -

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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3/11 reply #1: Continued from March 8 (reply #4).

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from Continued from March 9 (reply #15).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from February 24 (reply #19).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4040443/posts#19

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

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

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PRESIDENT’S WAR ORDER, No. 3

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/06/presidents-war-order-no-3.html

Diary of John Hay: After March 11, 1862 (Hay writes of recent important events.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-john-hay-after-march-11-1862.html

Diary of Edward Bates, Tuesday March 11, 1862 (A.G. Bates is not impressed by War. Sec. Stanton.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/diary-of-edward-bates-tuesday-march-11.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, March 11, 1862 (Meade’s division has heard about the Merrimac’s attack, but apparently not the rescue by the Monitor.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/11/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_28.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Tuesday, March 11, 1862 (Hayes has war news from Manassas and Pea Ridge.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-rutherford-b-hayes-tuesday.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: March 11, 1862 (The City of New York anchors at Hatteras Inlet, after running aground in Pamlico Sound.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/08/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-march-11.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 11, 1862 (“I have summed up the amounts of patriotic contributions received by the army in Virginia, and registered on my book, and they amount to $1,515,898.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-11.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: March 11, 1862 (Like Gen. Meade, McGuire has heard about the Merrimac’s attack but not the arrival of the Monitor.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-march-11-1862.html

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Today’s posts:

“Team of Rivals,” reply #26
“Grant,” #27
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #28
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #29
Mary B. Chesnut, #30
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #31

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Continued from March 11 (reply #28).

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

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

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Major General George B. McClellan to Abraham Lincoln, March 12, 1862 (No hard feelings about the demotion. It’s all good. Great, in fact.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/major-general-george-b-mcclellan-to_22.html

Major General George B. McClellan to Gustavus V. Fox, March 12, 1862 (“Can I rely on the Monitor to keep the Merrimac in check, so that I can make Fort Monroe a base of operations. Please answer at once.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/major-general-george-b-mcclellan-to_23.html

Dr. Joseph T. Webb to Lucy Webb Hayes, March 12, 1862 (The story of a Union man in Virginia who was taken prisoner by the rebels and escaped.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/dr-joseph-t-webb-to-lucy-webb-hayes.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Wednesday, March 12, 1862 (Hayes happily reunited with the 23rd Ohio Volunteers.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-rutherford-b-hayes-wednesday.html

Major Wilder Dwight: March 12, 1862 (The 2nd Massachusetts Volunteers are heading for Winchester.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/major-wilder-dwight-march-12-1862.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Wright Wills: March 12, 1862 (The forces of both sides are gathering near New Madrid.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/1st-lieutenant-charles-wright-wills_16.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: March 12, 1862 (50 Union ships sail for Newbern.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/08/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-march-12.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 12, 1862 (The passport office is gross.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-12.html

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Continued from March 9 (reply #11, first image).

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

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Continued from February 22 (reply #7).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4040443/posts#7

William J. Cooper, Jr., Jefferson Davis, American

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Continued from Continued from March 11 (reply #27).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from March 4 (reply #13).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4042616/posts#13

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One