Harper’s Weekly – March 8, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | March 8, 1862

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Continued March 4 (reply #15).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4042616/posts#15

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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

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Gustavus V. Fox to Major General George B. McClellan, March 13, 1862 (“The Monitor may, and I think will, destroy the Merrimac in the next fight, but this is hope, not certainty.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/gustavus-v-fox-to-major-general-george.html

Edwin M. Stanton to Major General George B. McClellan, March 13, 1862 (“Nothing you can ask of me or this Department will be spared to aid you in every particular.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/edwin-m-stanton-to-major-general-george_5.html

Major General George B. McClellan to Edwin M. Stanton, March 13, 1862 (“The council of commanders of army corps have unanimously agreed upon a plan of operations.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/major-general-george-b-mcclellan-to_3311.html

Edwin M. Stanton to Major General George B. McClellan, March 13, 1862 (“Whatever plan has been agreed upon, proceed at once to execute, without losing an hour for any approval.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/edwin-m-stanton-to-major-general-george_23.html

Gen. Halleck’s GENERAL ORDERS No. 1.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/06/general-orders-no-1.html

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, March 13, 1862 (“You cannot be relieved from your command. There is no good reason for it.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/major-general-henry-w-halleck-to-major_2.html

United States Articles of War: Article 102

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/06/united-states-articles-of-war-article.html

Major-General Charles F. Smith to Senator James W. Grimes, March 13, 1862 (Smith tells Sen. Grimes about the conduct of the Iowa regiments at Donelson.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/major-general-charles-f-smith-to.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Henrietta Meade, March 13, 1862 (Gen. Meade to his daughter.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/11/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_29.html

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, March 13, 1862 (Col. Smith expects to be in a battle soon.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/colonel-thomas-kilby-smith-to-elizabeth_9.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Thursday, March 13, 1862 (“General McClellan no longer acts as Commander-in-Chief. Three great divisions created. General McClellan commands the Potomac, General Halleck the Mississippi, and General Fremont the Mountains (supposed to be our case).”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes: March 13, 1862 (“For the first time in months we are all together; health good; ranks very full. Oh! it was a beautiful sight”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes.html

Major Wilder Dwight: March 13, 1862 (The 2nd Massachusetts Regiment is camped near Winchester.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/major-wilder-dwight-march-13-1862.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: March 13, 1862 (The Battle of Newbern.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/documents-letters-speeches-1862.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 13, 1862 (Jones is signing the passports.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-13.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: March 13, 1862 (“Our hearts are overwhelmed to-day with our private grief. Our connection, Gen. James Mcintosh, has fallen in battle. It was at Pea Ridge, Arkansas, on the 7th, while making a dashing cavalry charge.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-march-13-1862.html

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Today’s posts: “Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #36
Lincoln speech, #37
“Jefferson Davis, American,” #38
“Grant,” #39
Grant’s memoirs, #40
“Lee,” #41
Mary Chesnut, #42
Links to 16 items at Civil War Notebook, #43

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Continued from March 13 (reply #38).

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

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

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Continued from March 12 (reply #33).

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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Gen. McClellan’s Address to His Soldiers

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2011/09/gen-mcclellans-address-to-his-soldiers.html

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General Don Carlos Buell, March 14, 1862 (Halleck wants Buell to support the attack on Island No. 10.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/major-general-henry-w-halleck-to-major_15.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, March 14, 1862 (“All we know is that we are going somewhere pretty soon, and that we are on the eve of decided and critical events.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/11/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_30.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Friday, March 14, 1862 (A cavalry patrol was ambushed – 2 items.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_13.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to [Brigadier-General Jacob D. Cox (?)], March 14, 1862

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_15.html

Flag Officer Samuel F. Dupont to Gustavus V. Fox, March 14, 1862 (A report from St. Augustine, FL.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/02/flag-officer-samuel-f-dupont-to.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Wright Wills: March 14, 1862 (Fighting around New Madrid.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/1st-lieutenant-charles-wright-wills_17.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 14, 1862 (“The Provost Marshal, Col. Porter, has had new passports printed, to which his own name is to be appended. I am requested to sign it for him, and to instruct the clerks generally.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-14.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: March 14, 1862 (“Our beloved Bishop [William] Meade is dead!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-march-14-1862.html

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Today’s posts:

“Jefferson Davis, American,” reply #45
Lincoln letter to Sen. McDougall, #46
“ William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” reply #47
Mary Chesnut, #48
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, #49