Harper’s Weekly – March 15, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | March 15, 1862

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Continued from March 17 (reply #14).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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

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Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General Don Carlos Buell, March 18, 1862 (“Move your forces by land to the Tennessee as rapidly as possible.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/major-general-henry-w-halleck-to-major_6.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, March 18, 1862 (An insider’s view of Gen. McClellan.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/12/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_2.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Tuesday Morning, March 18, 1862 (The story retold of a Union man prisoner of the rebels who made a daring and violent escape.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_13.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Wright Wills: March 18, 1862 (Fighting at New Madrid described. An earthquake along the fault line is remembered.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/near-point-pleasant-mo.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Tuesday, March 18, 1862 (The 7th Illinois on a steamer at Pittsburg Landing, along with about 100 other steamers.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/08/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_25.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 18, 1862 (“A Mr. MacCubbin, of Maryland, has been appointed by Gen. Winder the Chief of Police. He is wholly illiterate, like the rest of the policemen under his command.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-18.html

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

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

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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 George B. McClellan to Edwin M. Stanton, March 19, 1862 (McClellan submits his plan for the Peninsula campaign.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/major-general-george-b-mcclellan-to_24.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: March 19, 1862 (“Captain Haven returned last night after an extensive scout; burned seven empty houses — occupants gone bushwhacking. Burned none with women in them.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_14.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Wednesday, March 19, 1862 (“The troops are landing to-day at Pittsburg Landing. The Seventh is still compelled to remain crowded and jammed upon the Fairchild.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/08/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_80.html

Charles Eliot Norton to George William Curtis, March 19, 1862 (A critique of McClellan’s address to his troops.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/charles-eliot-norton-to-george-william_16.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 19, 1862 (Provost-Marshal vs. Chief of Police.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-19.html

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Today’s posts:

George Templeton Strong, reply #24
Letter from Lincoln, #25
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #26
Mary B. Chesnut, #27
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #28

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Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger

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

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Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood to Brigadier-General Schuyler Hamilton, March 20, 1862 (Regarding the 2nd Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment – 2 items.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/governor-samuel-j-kirkwood-to-brigadier_22.html

Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, March 20, 1862

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/governor-samuel-j-kirkwood-to-major_24.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Thursday, March 20, 1862 (“Fremont at the head of our department, the Mountain District, western Virginia and east Tennessee. Good!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_16.html

Major Wilder Dwight: March 20, 1862 (“We have had our seed-time and our harvest season, but no fruit.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/major-wilder-dwight-march-20-1862.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Wright Wills: March 20, 1862 (“The Rebel battery across the .river has been trying to shell us this morning.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/1st-lieutenant-charles-wright-wills_19.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Thursday, March 20, 1862 (“The troops are still landing. It seems that this point is to be Grant’s base.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/08/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_33.html

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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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Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, March 21, 1862 (Grant’s assessment of the situation around the Tennessee River)

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

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, March 21, 1862 (The 54th Ohio is at Pittsburg Landing

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/colonel-thomas-kilby-smith-to-elizabeth_10.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Friday, March 21, 1862 (“He (McClellan) ought not to have allowed them to steal away from him, but if he now crushes them he redeems it all and becomes the Nation’s idol.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford.html

Major Wilder Dwight: Monday, March 24, 1862 (“Jackson and Ashby are clever men. We are slow-w-w!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/major-wilder-dwight-monday-march-24-1862.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: March 21, 1862 (Day has a visit and a long, frank talk with a Newbern doctor.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/09/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-march-21.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Friday, March 21, 1862 (“This morning, after having patiently waited their time, the Seventh is marched from the Fairchild and camped in the woods back from the landing.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/08/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_23.html

Major-General Thomas J. Jackson to Colonel Samuel Bassett French, March 21, 1862 (Jackson plans to give noncombatant jobs to conscientious objectors.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-thomas-j-jackson-to_12.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 21, 1862 (Not much chivalry shown by the secret police in Richmond.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-21.html

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Forgot to ping the list to these links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook.