Harper’s Weekly – May 10, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | May 10, 1862

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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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Major General Ulysses S. Grant to Congressman Elihu B. Washburne, May 14, 1862 (Grant sounds discouraged in a letter to his patron.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/10/brigadier-general-ulysses-s-grant-to_1977.html

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to Amedée Couturie, May 14, 1862 (“Having prostituted your flag to a base purpose, you could not hope to have it respected, so debased.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/major-general-benjamin-f-butler-to-am.html

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to William N. Mercer & Jean M. Lapeyre, May 14, 1862 (“I come to retake, repossess, and occupy all and singular the property of the United States of whatever name and nature.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/major-general-benjamin-f-butler-to.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, May 14, 1862 (Meade discusses some acquaintances among the Confederates across the river in Fredericksburg.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/12/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_20.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Wednesday, May 14, 1862 (“Rumors of defeat of General Milroy up northeast by Stonewall Jackson. Don’t believe it. If true, it is not very important, if the taking of Norfolk holds out.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_25.html

Captain William F. Bartlett to Lieutenant-Colonel Francis W. Palfrey, May 14, 1862 (Bartlett fears his wound will keep him from being present when the war ends.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/captain-william-f-bartlett-to.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Fessenden Morse, May 14, 1862 (Some officers in the 2nd Massachusetts want to be transferred. Not enough action in the Shenandoah Valley.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/1st-lieutenant-charles-fessenden-morse_23.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: May 14, 1862 (“These people have a great notion of burning their property on our approach. I really cannot understand it. They ought to know that it is of no use to us, and in the end will be a sore loss to them”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/10/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-may-14.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Wednesday, May 14, 1862 (“Late in the evening we hear heavy cannonading on our right. It is Hurlbut shelling a swamp, to clear it of lurking rebels.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/02/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_4.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 14, 1862 (“Our army has fallen back to within four miles of Richmond. Much anxiety is felt for the fate of the city.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-14.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: May 14, 1862 (“The anxiety of all classes for the safety of Richmond is now intense, though a strong faith in the goodness of God and the valour of our troops keeps us calm and hopeful.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-may-14-1862.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: May 14, 1862 (“I don’t believe in Secession, but I do in Liberty. I want the South to conquer, dictate its own terms, and go back to the Union”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-sarah-morgan-may-14-1862.html

[M Kehoe]

Hi Professor.

“Diary of Sarah Morgan: May 14, 1862 (“I don’t believe in Secession, but I do in Liberty. I want the South to conquer, dictate its own terms, and go back to the Union”)”

Interesting diary entry. Very naive.

What does liberty mean to Sara?

Slavery could not continue in a Christian nation.

Maybe phased out, but I doubt it.

5.56mm

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from May 7 (reply #30).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4059920/posts#30

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued May 8 (reply #37).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4059920/posts#37

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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

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Abraham Lincoln to Major General George B. McClellan, May 15, 1862 (“I am still unwilling to take all our force off the direct line between Richmond and here.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/abraham-lincoln-to-major-general-george_3.html

George S. Denison to Salmon P. Chase, May 15, 1862 (A traveler through the south sends Sec. Chase two letters describing the situation there as he saw it.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/08/george-s-denison-to-salmon-p-chase-may.html

George S. Denison to Salmon P. Chase, May 15, 1862

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/08/george-s-denison-to-salmon-p-chase-may_23.html

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler: General Orders, No. 28, May 15, 1862 (“it is ordered that hereafter when any female shall by word, gesture, or movement insult or show contempt for any officer or soldier of the United States she shall be regarded and held liable to be treated as a woman of the town plying her avocation.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/01/general-orders-no-28.html

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, May 15, 1862 (“We are close to Corinth. A great and decisive battle must soon be fought.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/colonel-thomas-kilby-smith-to-elizabeth_27.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Thursday, May 15, 1862 (“We send out two or three companies and a howitzer or six-pounder to bang away, wasting ammunition.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_26.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, May 15, 1862 (“General Cox commands the army, about five thousand strong, in this vicinity.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_27.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Wright Wills: May 15, 1862 (“What under the sun our Halleck is waiting for we can’t guess.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/1st-lieutenant-charles-wright-wills-may_3.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Thursday, May 15, 1862 (“Brisk skirmishing is going on this evening between the rebel pickets and our bridge builders.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/02/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_16.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: May 15, 1862 (“This evening we hear the report that Jackson is retreating – the Federal force having been reinforced with fresh troops.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-may-15.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: May 15, 1862 (An officer and the father of McGuire’s nephew, a Union P.O.W., see President & Mrs. Davis to ask that that the man be exchanged ASAP.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-may-15-1862.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 15, 1862 (“Joyful tidings! the gun-boats have been repulsed! A heavy shot from one of our batteries ranged through the Galena from stem to stern, making frightful slaughter, and disabling the ship; and the whole fleet turned about and steamed down the river!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-15.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #24
“Lee,” #25
Johnny Green, #26
George Templeton Strong, #27
Links to 12 items at Civil War Notebook, #28

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from May 11 (reply #6).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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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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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 Benjamin F. Butler: General Orders, No. 29, May 16, 1862 (Confederate notes not legal tender.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/major-general-benjamin-f-butler-general.html

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to Edwin M. Stanton, May 16, 1862 (On General Order #29 – two items.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/brigadier-general-benjamin-f-butler-to_31.html

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to Edwin M. Stanton, May 16, 1862

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/major-general-benjamin-f-butler-to_18.html

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to the Mayor and Gentlemen of the City Council of New Orleans, May 16, 1862 (Smack down to the City Council.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/major-general-benjamin-f-butler-to_33.html

George Coppell to Major-General Benjamin F. Butler, May 16, 1862 (On the arrest of Samuel Nelson.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/george-coppell-to-major-general.html

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to George Coppell, May 16, 1862 (“Your communication in relation to Samuel Nelson is received. Whenever Samuel Nelson desires a trial he can have it.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/major-general-benjamin-f-butler-to_29.html

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to Count Mejan, May 16, 1862 (“Your communication, covering those from sundry persons claiming to have been injured in their property by the disorderly acts of United States soldiers, has been received.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/major-general-benjamin-f-butler-to_85.html

Amedée Couturie to Major-General Benjamin F. Butler, May 16, 1862 (The Netherlands consul still not happy with Gen. Butler.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/amedee-couturie-to-major-general.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: May 16, 1862 (Skirmishing in South Carolina.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/10/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-may-16.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Friday, May 16, 1862 (A draft animal becomes a meal. How this will affect movement of siege guns is not revealed.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/02/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_25.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 16, 1862 (“McClellan is intrenching — that is, at least, significant of a respite, and of apprehension of attack.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-16.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

“Grant,” reply #30
John G. Nicolay, #31
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #32
Links to 11 items at Civil War Notebook, #33