Harper’s Weekly – March 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/4044739/posts

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Memphis, Tennessee – 1, 12
The Mississippi – 1
The British and Their Press – 1-2
The Port Royal Fact – 2
The Fight at Fort Donelson – 2-3, 6, 9
The Lounger – 3-4
Humors of the Day – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4-5
Foreign News – 5
Bowling Green, Kentucky – 7, 9
The Late General Lander – 8
Captain Mendill – 8-9
In the Savannah River – 9-10, 13
A Submarine Torpedo – 10
The Inauguration at Richmond – 10
General Map of Virginia, Showing the Field of Operations of the Army of the Potomac – 11
The Major’s Mittens – 14-15
Two Nights in the Catacombs – 15-16
The Burnside Expedition – 16, 18
No Name, by Wilkie Collins, Ch. I-II – 19-22

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Continued from March 10 (reply #20.)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4044739/posts#20

James Harrison Wilson, The Life of General John A. Rawlins

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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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Henry J. Raymond to Abraham Lincoln, March 15, 1862 (NY Times editor supports Lincoln’s compensated emancipation plan.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/henry-j-raymond-to-abraham-lincoln.html

Senator James W. Grimes to Captain Samuel F. Du Pont, March 15, 1862 (Thanks for the rifle. F.O. Foote plans to attack at New-Madrid today.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/senator-james-w-grimes-to-captain.html

Diary of Major General Ethan Allen Hitchcock, March 15, 1862 (Sec. Stanton wants Hitchcock to serve in a high-ranking position in the army.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/diary-of-major-general-ethan-allen.html

Major-General Don Carlos Buell to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, March 15, 1862 (Buell will support the attack at Island No 10/New-Madrid, but wants to march there instead of going by river boat.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/major-general-don-carlos-buell-to-major.html

Major Wilder Dwight: March 15, 1862 (The 2nd Massachusetts has finally reached Winchester – 2 items.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/major-wilder-dwight-march-15-1862.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Fessenden Morse, March 15, 1862

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/1st-lieutenant-charles-fessenden-morse_14.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: March 15, 1862 (After the battle at Newbern.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/08/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-march-15.html

General Joseph E. Johnston to Brigadier General William H. C. Whiting, March 15, 1862 – 10:40 a.m. (Johnston describes his defensive plan behind the Rappahannock.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/general-joseph-e-johnston-to-brigadier.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: Saturday Night, March 15, 1862 (“Spent to-day at the hospital. Heard of the shelling of Newbern, N. C., and of its fall. My heart sickens at every acquisition of the Federals.”)

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

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: March 15, 1862 (“Our army has fallen back to the Rappahannock, thus giving up the splendid Valley and Piedmont country to the enemy.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-march-15-1862.html

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Today’s posts:

John Rawlins, reply #3
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #4
Mary B. Chesnut, #5
Links to 10 items at Civil War Notebook, #6

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The language was very flamboyant back then wasn’t it. I wonder what they would have thought of Biden and Harris mumbling like two imbeciles when giving a speech

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Continued from March 14 (reply #47).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4044739/posts#47

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

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Continued from March 13 (reply #39).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4044739/posts#39

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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

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Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, March 16, 1862 (F.O. Foote wants the gunboat Carondelet sent up the Tennessee River.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-major_2.html

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, March 16, 1862 (“my instructions not to advance so as to bring on an engagement must be strictly obeyed”)

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

Brigadier-General John Sedgwick to his Sister, March16, 1862 (Gen. Sedgwick at Harper’s Ferry.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/brigadier-general-john-sedgwick-to-his_29.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, March 16, 1862 (“Since the rumored abandonment of Manassas, we have been notified to be in constant read[i]ness to move.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/12/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Sunday Morning, March 16, 1862 (The 23rd Ohio may be attacked or may go on the move. Who knows?)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_28.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: March 16, 1862 (“It would seem that this people have sometime been a God-fearing people, but since Jeff. Davis inaugurated a new regime, every man has done that which seemed good in his own sight. Hence we are here on this little excursion.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/08/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-march-16.html

John L. Motley to Anna Lothrop Motley, March 16, 1862 (“Slavery has trampled upon the Constitution, aimed its murderous blows against the very heart of our nation, turned a prosperous and happy land into a hell”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/john-l-motley-to-anna-lothrop-motley.html

John L. Motley to Mary Lothrop Motley, March 16, 1862 (Motley to his daughter on life in Vienna.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/john-l-motley-to-mary-lothrop-motley.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 16, 1862 (“I omitted to note in its place the gallant feat of Commodore Buchanan with the iron monster Merrimac in Hampton Roads.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-16.html

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Today’s posts:

“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” reply #9
Grant,” #10
George Templeton Strong, #11
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, #12

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Continued from March 16 (reply #10).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from March 13 (reply #40).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4044739/posts#40

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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

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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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Major-General Charles F. Smith, March 17, 1862 (Smith defends Gen. Grant.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/major-general-charles-f-smith-march-17.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, March 17, 1862 (Miserable conditions at Alexandria.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/12/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Monday Morning, March 17, 1862 (An old soldier in VA won’t go against his home country. As his country is going with the Union, then so will he.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: March 17, 1862 (Casualty report for Battle of Newbern.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/08/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-march-17.html

Major-General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, March 17, 1862 (The withdrawal from Winchester.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-thomas-j-jackson-to-mary_6.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 17, 1862 (“Col. Porter has resigned his provost marshalship, and is again succeeded by Capt. Godwin, a Virginian, and I like him very well, for he is truly Southern in his instincts.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-17.html

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Today’s posts:

“Grant,” reply #14
Grant’s memoirs, #15
“Jefferson Davis, American,” #16
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #17
Mary B. Chesnut, #18
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #19