Harper’s Weekly – May 24, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | May 24, 1862

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Edwin M. Stanton to Governor David Tod, May 26, 1862 (“We want as many troops as you can raise in the State for the term of three years, or during the war, or for any other term, not less than three months, according as you can raise them quickest.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/09/edwin-m-stanton-to-governor-david-tod.html

Edwin M. Stanton to Governor Israel Washburn Jr., May 26, 1862 (“Send on the guards at the forts; replace them, if necessary, by militia.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/09/edwin-m-stanton-to-governor-israel.html

Adjutant-General Lorenzo Thomas to Governor Israel Washburn Jr., May 26, 1862 (“Enlist no more three-months’ men. Only three-years’ men are needed.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/09/adjutant-general-lorenzo-thomas-to.html

Major General George B. McClellan to Abraham Lincoln, May 26, 1862 – 7:30 p.m. (“I feel forced to take every possible precaution against disaster and to secure my flanks against the probably superior force in front of me.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/major-general-george-b-mcclellan-to_4.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Monday, May 26, 1862 (“General Banks has been driven back by the Rebel Jackson, probably to Harpers Ferry. This is a long move to the rear. If true, it indicates a pretty heavy disaster”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_17.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, May 26, 1862 (“We stand for the moment on the defensive, and are not likely to be disturbed.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_20.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Monday, May 26, 1862 (“Lieutenant Ring has returned from his sick leave of absence, received at Shiloh, and is now among his men.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/02/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_18.html

Major-General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, May 26, 1862 (“I do not remember having ever seen such rejoicing as was manifested by the people of Winchester as our army yesterday passed through the town in pursuit of the enemy.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-general-thomas-j-jackson-to-mary.html

Major-General Thomas J. Jackson’s General Orders No. 53, May 26, 1862 (Jackson thanks the men under his command.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-general-thomas-j-jacksons-general.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 26, 1862 (“We are now so strong that no one fears the result when the great battle takes place. McClellan has delayed too long, and he is doomed to defeat.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-26.html

Diary of Mary Brockenbrough Newton: Monday, May 26, 1862 (“A cry of “Yankees,” this morning, sent us to the windows; there we saw a regiment of Lancers, one of regulars, one of rifles, and another of zouaves, composed of the most dreadful-looking creatures I ever beheld”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-mary-brockenbrough-newton.html

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Today’s posts:

Lincoln message to Congress, reply #17
“Lee,” #18
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #19
John Jackman, #20
Links to 11 items at Civil War Notebook, #21

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Continued from May 22 (reply #31).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4063921/posts#31

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Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued May 26 (reply #18).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, May 27, 1862 (“McDowell left last night for Washington, where they appear to be paralyzed with fear at the audacity of the enemy falling on Banks with a superior force.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/12/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_23.html

Brigadier-General John Sedgwick to his Sister, May 17, 1862 (“General McClellan is acting with much prudence and caution.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/brigadier-general-john-sedgwick-to-his_6.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Tuesday, May 27, 1862 (“News today that General Halleck has taken Corinth and twenty thousand prisoners! Is it true? I hope so.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_21.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Wright Wills: May 27, 1862 (“I don’t know the number of patients, somewhere in thousands, all packed in tents as closely as they can lie, and with not one-tenth the care a sick horse would get at home.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/1st-lieutenant-charles-wright-wills-may_9.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Tuesday, May 27, 1862 (“This morning we can hear the beating of drums in the rebel camp. There is not a wide space between the two hostile armies.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/02/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_36.html

Diary of Josephine Shaw Lowell: May 27, 1862 (I guess Robert Shaw got the action he was craving.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/diary-of-josephine-shaw-lowell-may-27.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 27, 1862 (“More troops came in last night, and were marched to the camp at once, so that the Yankees will know nothing of it.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-27.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: May 27, 1862 (“General Jackson’s career going on gloriously.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-may-21-1862.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: May 27, 1862 (“Frank Preston [the second son of the family] had been ‘severely wounded’ [at Wincheser].”

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-may-27.html

Diary of Mary Brockenbrough Newton: May 27, 1862 (“The firing has now ceased, and the Yankees are constantly straggling in, claiming a great victory; but we have learned to believe nothing they say”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-mary-brockenbrough-newton-may_10.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: May 27, 1862 (Morgan and family are preparing to flee New Orleans.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-sarah-morgan-may-27-1862.html

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Looks one Wilder Dwight got captured.

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

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Continued from May 16 (reply #30).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4061989/posts#30

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from May 3 (reply #3).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4059920/posts#3

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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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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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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Congressman Samuel Hooper to Governor John A. Andrew, May 28, 1862 (“the order for the militia and three-months’ men was made by the President himself upon deliberate consultation with the Secretary of War and other members of his Cabinet and his military advisers”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/09/samuel-hooper-to-governor-john-andrew.html

Colonel George H. Gordon to Captain William D. Wilkins, May 28, 1862 (2nd Mass. Regiment C.O. report on battle at Winchester on 25 May.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/colonel-george-h-gordon-to-captain.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Wednesday, May 28, 1862 (“Many rumors indicate that the Rebels are leaving Richmond. The gathering of great forces opposite to General Banks, and to Fremont all look that way.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_22.html

Captain William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, May 28, 1862 (“The long dreamed of time has arrived, and the word “Onward to Charleston” has been spoken.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/captain-william-thompson-lusk-to_23.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Wright Wills: May 28, 1862 (“Many think that Halleck has commenced a regular siege.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/1st-lieutenant-charles-wright-wills-may_10.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: May 28, 1862 (“here in Dixie it is no drizzle, but comes down a perfect waterfall, sometimes for twelve hours together, accompanied with lightning and thunder of the grandest description.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/11/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-may-28.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Wednesday, May 28, 1862 (“We now have another strong line of defense. If Beauregard stands, we anticipate a general engagement soon.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/02/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_28.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: May 28, 1862 (“Frank’s arm (in the opinion of the surgeon who spoke to the writer) may probably have to be amputated.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-may-28.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: May 28, 1862 – After Dark (“Jackson has gained a great success, and the papers ring with eulogiums on “old Stonewall” as they delight to call him.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-may-28_28.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 28, 1862 (“Prisoners and deserters from the enemy say the Yankees get the Richmond papers, every day, almost as soon as we do.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-28.html

Diary of Mary Brockenbrough Newton: May 28, 1862 (“Now our mail is broken up, and we feel that we are indeed in the hands of the enemy.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-mary-brockenbrough-newton-may_12.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Wednesday, May 28, 1862 (After a shelling in Baton Rouge – not New Orleans, as I mistakenly said earlier – Morgan and family are refugees.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-sarah-morgan-wednesday-may-28.html

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Today’s posts:

Lincoln notes to McDowell and McClellan, reply #28
“Grant,” #29
Grant’s memoirs, #30
John Jackman, #31
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #32
George Templeton Strong, #33
Links to 12 items at Civil War Notebook, #34

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Continued from May 27 (reply #23).

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Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued May 27 (reply #24).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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

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1st Lieutenant Charles Fessenden Morse, May 29, 1862 (“I take the very first chance I have to let you know I am safe and well. I did not cross the Potomac until last night.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/1st-lieutenant-charles-fessenden-morse_25.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Fessenden Morse, May 29, 1862 (Detailed description of action in the Shenandoah Valley during the last week.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/1st-lieutenant-charles-fessenden-morse.html

Diary of Josephine Shaw Lowell: May 29, 1862 (“First letter from Rob since the battle. “Quite a fight” he calls it.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/diary-of-josephine-shaw-lowell-may-29.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 29, 1862 (“More troops are marching into the city, and Gen. Lee has them sent out in such manner and at such times as to elude the observations of even the spies.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-29.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: May 29, 1862 (“It is said that General Johnston, by an admirable series of manœuvres, is managing to retreat from Williamsburg”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-may-29-1862.html