Harper’s Weekly – June 21, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | June 21, 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/4070960/posts

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The Army of the Mississippi – 1-2, 7, 10, 13
Reopening of the Mississippi – 3
The Mexican Question – 3
The Lounger – 3-5
Humors of the Day – 5
Domestic Intelligence – 5
Foreign News – 5-6
Before Richmond – 6
A Dangerous Novelty in Memphis – 6
The Army of the Potomac – 8-9, 11, 13-17
A Poor Brother of Saint Cross – 12-13
Our Flotilla in the James River – 14
Go, My Boy, Where Duty Calls You – 14
Across the Chickahominy – 15
No Name, by Wilkie Collins, Between the Scenes, Ch. I-VIII – 18-20
Inhuman Treatment of Rebel Commissioners in Europe – 20

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Continued from June 10 (reply #20).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4069219/posts#20

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from June 6 (reply #43).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4067504/posts#43

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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Abraham Lincoln to Major General George B. McClellan, June 21, 1862 (“I would be very glad to talk with you, but you cannot leave your camp and I cannot well leave here.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/09/abraham-lincoln-to-major-general-george.html

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Mrs. Eliza Walter Smith & Helen Smith, June 21, 1862 (“The United States no longer exist, between the North and the South is a great gulf fixed, and the hearts of the people will never bridge it.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/colonel-thomas-kilby-smith-to-mrs-eliza.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: June 21, 1862 (“Rather agreeable social evenings with the officers at my quarters, the band enlivening us with its good music.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_19.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard June 21, 1862 (“We have been here and hereabouts almost a month. Our line of defense extends twenty to thirty miles from New River southwesterly along a mountain range.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_20.html

John M. Forbes to Senator Charles Sumner, June 21, 1862 (“We now have, for the first and perhaps only time, the power to emancipate, under the emergency of war, without infringing upon the Constitution.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/john-m-forbes-to-senator-charles-sumner.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 21, 1862 (“Gen. Beauregard has been relieved of his command, “on sick leave.” But I know his army is to be commanded permanently by Gen. Bragg.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-20_12.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: June 21, 1862 (The 53rd North Carolina Infantry is at Petersburg, VA.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/09/diary-of-private-louis-leon-june-21-1862.html

Diary of Mary Brockenbrough Newton: June 21, 1862 (“Yesterday we heard firing all day — heavy guns in the morning, and musketry during the day, and heavy guns again in the evening.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-mary-brockenbrough-newton-june_28.html

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Today’s posts:

“Grant,” reply #3
Grant’s memoirs, #4
John Jackman, #5
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #6

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

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

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Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, June 22, 1862 (“I yesterday rode over to headquarters and saw McClellan. While with him [William B.] Franklin and [William F.] Baldy Smith came in, and I had a very pleasant visit.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_4.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Sunday, June 22, 1862 (“these delays of McClellan are very wearisome.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_21.html

John L. Motley to Mary Lothrop Motley, June 22, 1862 (“The copy of your little note from the President touched me very much. I have the most profound respect for him, which increases every day.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/john-l-motley-to-mary-lothrop-motley.html

General Robert E. Lee. To Charlotte Wickham Lee, June 22, 1862 (Fitzhugh Lee was along on Gen. Stuart’s famous recon ride around the AoP.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/11/general-robert-e-lee-to-charlotte_20.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: June 22, 1862 (“Nothing new.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/09/diary-of-private-louis-leon-june-22-1862.html

Diary of Mary Brockenbrough Newton: June 22, 1862 (“the firing we heard on Friday was from our guns shelling the enemy, to drive them lower down the Chickahominy.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-mary-brockenbrough-newton-june_29.html

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Today’s posts:

Elisha Hunt Rhodes, reply #8
John Jackman, #9
George Templeton Strong, #10
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #11

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Continued June 15 (reply #9).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4070960/posts#9

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Continued from June 21 (reply #4).

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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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

Beethoven 7th Symphony, 2nd movement => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgHxmAsINDk

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John M. Forbes to Parke Godwin, June 23, 1862 (Forbes is a great organizer of resources, but may be out of his depth on military matter.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/john-m-forbes-to-parke-goodwin-june-23.html

Diary of Laura M. Towne: Monday, June 23, 1862 (“The regiment is General Hunter’s great pride. They looked splendidly, and the great mass of blackness, animated with a soul and armed so keenly, was very impressive.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/12/diary-of-laura-m-towne-monday-june-23.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 23, 1862 (Jones’ view of the status of certain Confederate generals.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-23.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: June 23, 1862 (“Moved our camp two miles up the road toward Richmond. It is a very bad camp—low ground and muddy. But there is a factory here, and plenty of girls to make up for the damp ground.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/09/diary-of-private-louis-leon-june-23-1862.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lee,” reply #13
Grant’s memoirs, #14
John G. Nicolay, #15
George Templeton Strong, #16
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #17

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Continued June 23 (reply #13).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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