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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/4059920/posts

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Mitchell – 1
General O.M. Mitchell – 1-2
Democracy on Trial – 1-2
The Lounger – 2-4
Our Army before Yorktown – 3, 9, 13
Humors of the Day – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 5
Foreign News – 5
New Orleans – 6-8, 18
The Mississippi River from Its Mouth to Cario, Showing New Orleans, Memphis, Fort Wright, Island Number Ten, Columbus, etc. – 10
My Lady’s Farewell – 11
Out of the House of Bondage – 11-13
Commodore Foote at Fort Wright – 14, 17-18
General Quincy A. Gilmore – 15
No Name, by Wilkie Collins, Ch. XIII (cont.)-XIV – 15-17
A Promise Fulfilled – 19

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Continued from May 6 (reply #25).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4059920/posts#25

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

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

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Senator John Sherman to Major General William T. Sherman, May 10, 1862 (“You will see from Harlan’s remarks there is much feeling against Grant and I try to defend him, but with little success.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/11/senator-john-sherman-to-major-general.html

Major General George B. McClellan to Edwin M. Stanton, May 10, 1862 – 5 a.m. (“If I am not re-enforced, it is probable that I will be obliged to fight nearly double my numbers, strongly intrenched.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/major-general-george-b-mcclellan-to_1.html

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler: General Orders No. 24, May 10, 1862 (“Acting Brig. Gen. George F. Shepley, Colonel Twelfth Maine Volunteers, is hereby appointed military commandant of New Orleans.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/brigadier-general-benjamin-f-butler_31.html

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to Brigadier General John W. Phelps, May 10, 1862 (The New Orleans levee needs maintenance.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/major-general-benjamin-f-butler-to_29.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, May 10, 1862 (“Of course you have exulted over McClellan’s successful dislodgment of the enemy at Yorktown and his brilliant pursuit of and defeat of them at Williamsburg.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/12/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_19.html

Senator James W. Grimes to Elizabeth S. Nealley Grimes, May 10, 1862 (“This morning I drew up and passed through the Senate a bill for the benefit of Robert Small[s], giving him and his associates one-half of the value of the steamer Planter”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/senator-james-w-grimes-to-elizabeth-s_2.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: May 10, 1862 – 4 p.m. (The 23rd Ohio is driven back by an attack.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_11.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Saturday, May 10, 1862 (“It is rumored that the rebels will come out from Corinth to-day.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/02/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_53.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 10, 1862 (“The President’s family have departed for Raleigh, and the families of most of the cabinet to their respective homes, or other places of refuge.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-10.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: May 10, 1862 (“Thursday, the day of the battle at Buffalo Gap [W of Staunton, where Jackson pursued Fremont’s force], cannonading was distinctly heard here; our servants noticed it and spoke of it during the day.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-may-10.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: May 10, 1862 (“The American flag was flying from every peak. Much as I once loved that flag, I hate it now!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-sarah-morgan-may-10-1862.html

Amedée Couturie to Major-General Benjamin F. Butler, May 10, 1862 — 9 p.m. (Netherlands Consul to Gen. Butler – 2 items.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/amedee-couturie-to-major-general_29.html

Amedée Couturie: Statement Of Facts, May 10, 1862

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/amedee-couturie-statement-of-facts.html

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Continued from April 30 (reply #16).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4057985/posts#16

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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

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Salmon P. Chase to Janette Ralston Chase, May 11, 1862 (The Treasury Secretary gives his daughter a long account of his adventure at Norfolk with President Lincoln.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/salmon-p-chase-to-janette-ralston-chase.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, May 11, 1862 (Gen. Grant asks to be relieved of duty if his position is not better defined.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/09/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-major.html

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to George Coppell, May 11, 1862 (Butler explains his actions in holding British citizens to the British Consul at New Orleans.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/major-general-benjamin-f-butler-to_28.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Sunday, May 11, 1862 (“Our masterly retreat of yesterday lost the Twenty-third one killed, Hoyt C. Tenney, Company B, and three missing — prisoners and mostly drunk; perhaps eight or ten wounded, generally slightly.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_15.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Colonel Eliakim P. Scammon: Sunday, May 11, 1862 (Hayes’ report to his C.O. on the battle of May 10.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_16.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, May 11, 1862 (A more colorful account to Mrs. Hayes of the battle of May 10.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_17.html

Captain William F. Bartlett to Lieutenant-Colonel Francis W. Palfrey, Sunday Morning, May 11, 1862 (The convalescing Bartlett writes to his former C.O.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/captain-william-f-bartlett-to.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Wright Wills: May 11, 1862 (“Corinth is a tremendously strong place, very difficult to approach, and holding a force that our officers think much superior to our own.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/1st-lieutenant-charles-wright-wills-may_2.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: May 11, 1862 (Kicking back on a turpentine plantation.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/10/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-may-11.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Sunday, May 11, 1862 (“The army is anxious to close in upon Corinth. It is reported that the rebel army is evacuating; how true, we cannot tell.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/02/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_96.html

Edmund J. Forstall to Major-General Benjamin F. Butler, May 11, 1862 (Banking business for the Netherlands Consul in New Orleans.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/edmund-j-forstall-to-major-general.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 11, 1862 (“The Baltimore detectives are the lords of the ascendant.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-11.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: May 11, 1862 (Morgan is dismayed by her lack of contempt for a group of decently behaved Yankee officers.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-sarah-morgan-may-11-1862.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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Mary Chesnut’s Civil War, edited by C. Vann Woodward

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Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, May 12, 1862 (Halleck’s reply to Grant’s letter of yesterday.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/09/major-general-henry-w-halleck-to-major.html

Major General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, May 12, 1862 (“I think Mr. Lincoln is a pure minded, honest and good man. I have all faith in him. . . .”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/11/major-general-william-t-sherman-to_12.html

Cte. Mejan, Le Consul de France et al to Major-General Benjamin F. Butler, May 12, 1862 (“(The French Consul in New Orleans protests an action of the U.S. Army against the Netherlands consul.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/cte-mejan-le-consul-de-france-et-al-to.html

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to Cte. Mejan, Le Consul de France et al, May 12, 1862 (Butler replies that he had cause to take action against the Netherlands consulate.)

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

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, May 12, 1862 (“Since writing the foregoing, we have got information which leads me to think it was probably well we were not reinforced.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_18.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Monday, May 12, 1862 (“Rumors of the defeat of Milroy and of overwhelming forces threatening us.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_22.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Brigadier-General Catharinus P. Buckingham, May 12, 1862 (The 23 Ohio Company Commanders nominate Rev. Russell G. French to be commissioned regimental chaplain.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_23.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Monday, May 12, 1862 (“Pope still keeps thundering against the rebel defenses. Heavy details are made from the different companies to-day to help build roads through the swamps.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/02/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_24.html

Major General Thomas J. Jackson to the Soldiers of the Army of the Valley and Northwest, May 12, 1862

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-thomas-j-jackson-to_29.html

Major-General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, May 12, 1862 (“I have followed the enemy to this place, which is about three miles from Franklin. The enemy has been reinforced, and apparently designs making a stand beyond Franklin.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-thomas-j-jackson-to-mary_17.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 12, 1862 (All the tobacco in Richmond is to be burned if it appears about to fall into Union hands.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-12.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: May 12, 1862 (“Two hours ago we heard of the destruction of the “Virginia” by our own people. It is a dreadful shock to the community. We can only hope that it was wisely done. Poor Norfolk must be given up. I can write no more to-day.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-may-12-1862.html

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Continued from April 11 (reply #71).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4052415/posts?q=1&;page=51#71

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

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

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Major-General Benjamin F. Butler: General Orders, No. 27, May 13, 1862 (Forbids New Orleans churches from observing day of fasting and prayer ordered by Jefferson Davis.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/major-general-benjamin-f-butler-general_30.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Tuesday, May 13, 1862 (“Our camp, on a hill overlooking New River in front and East River in the rear”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_24.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Tuesday, May 13, 1862 (“In the evening we move our camp two miles forward, crossing the Mississippi line.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/02/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_15.html

William N. Mercer & Jean M. Lapeyre to Major-General Benjamin F. Butler, May 13, 1862 (The French consul wants their gold back. Or something like that.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/william-n-mercer-jean-m-lapeyre-to.html

George Coppell to Major-General Benjamin F. Butler, May 13, 1862 (Further discussion regarding the British Guard.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/george-coppell-to-major-general_29.html

Amedée Couturie:Statement of Facts: May 13, 1862 — 11 a.m. (Regarding treasure formerly in the vault of the Netherlands consulate.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/amedee-couturie-may-13-1862-11-am.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 13, 1862 (Tobacco and spies.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-13.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: May 13, 1862 (“General Jackson is doing so gloriously in the Valley that we must not let the fate of the “Virginia” depress us too much.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-may-13-1862.html

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Continued from March 14 (reply #14).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4044739/posts#45

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

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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

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Continued from May 7 (reply #30).

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

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword