Harper’s Weekly – June 21, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | June 21, 1862

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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 George B. McClellan to Edwin M. Stanton, June 24, 1862 – 3:15 p.m. (“The enemy are making a desperate resistance to the advance of our picket lines.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/major-general-george-b-mcclellan-to.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, June 24, 1862 (“This morning all seems quiet, though late last night it was the impression of the superior officers on our side that we should be attacked.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_5.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Fessenden Morse, June 24, 1862 (Lt Morse has good words for the 3rd Wisconsin and their CO Col. Thomas Ruger.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/1st-lieutenant-charles-fessenden-morse_8.html

Diary of Laura M. Towne: Tuesday, June 24, 1862 (Towne writes about Gen. Hunter.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/12/diary-of-laura-m-towne-tuesday-june-24.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 24, 1862 (Jones predicts Confederate victory in the fight before Richmond, in part because of Lee’s counter-intelligence measures.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-24.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: June 24, 1862 (“We had a drill to-day, and went to town to see some friends.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/09/diary-of-private-louis-leon-june-24-1862.html

Diary of Mary Brockenbrough Newton: June 24, 1862 (“Yankee scouts are very busy around us to-day. They watch this river, and are evidently fearing a flank movement upon them.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-mary-brockenbrough-newton-june_30.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: June 24, 1862 (“Mr. P. came home from the farm tonight, saying that everybody out there had heard distinct cannonading during the day.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-june.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lee,” reply #19
Lincoln remarks, #20
George Templeton Strong, #21
Mary B. Chesnut, #22
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #23

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Continued from June 19 (reply #22).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4070960/posts#22

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Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from May 31 (reply #5).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4067504/posts#5

David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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Continued from May 10 (reply #3).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4061989/posts#3

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

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Continued June 24 (reply #19).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Continued from June 21 (reply #3).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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James Lee McDonough, William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life

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

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Governor John A. Andrew to Count Adam Gurowski, June 25, 1862 (“There is one Truth, but many possible roads to it. And minds as well as legs have their limitations.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/12/governor-john-andrew-to-count-adam.html

Major General George B. McClellan to Edwin M. Stanton, June 25, 1862 – 6:15 p.m. (“I regret my great inferiority in numbers, but feel that I am in no way responsible for it, as I have not failed to represent repeatedly the necessity of re-enforcements”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/major-general-george-b-mcclellan-to_2874.html

Major General George B. McClellan to Edwin M. Stanton, June 25, 1862 – 10:40 p.m. (“The information I received on this side tends to confirm impression that Jackson will soon attack our right and rear.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/major-general-george-b-mcclellan-to_3.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Wednesday, June 25, 1862 (“Dined with General [Jacob] Cox. He has a plan of operations for the Government forces which I like”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_22.html

Captain William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, June 25, 1862 (“[Gen. Henry W.] Benham has been sent home under arrest. The last thing he did on leaving Hilton Head was to lie. He doubtless has not discontinued the practice since.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/captain-william-thompson-lusk-to_31.html

Diary of Josephine Shaw Lowell: June 25, 1862 (“Today New York was in a fever and stocks went down, down, down, because Lincoln and General Pope went up to West Point by special train last night to see General Scott”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/diary-of-josephine-shaw-lowell-june-25.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 25, 1862 (“The people of Louisiana are protesting strongly against permitting Gen. [Mansfield] Lovell to remain in command in that State, since the fall of New Orleans”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-25.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: June 25, 1862 (“Reported fighting near Richmond.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/09/diary-of-private-louis-leon-june-25-1862.html

Charlotte Cross Wigfall to Louise Wigfall, June 25, 1862 (“Jackson and his forces are to make the attack on the rear, and I trust it has all been so planned that McClellan will find himself glad enough to take the road away from, instead of on to Richmond.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/charlotte-cross-wigfall-to-louise_65.html

Diary of Mary Brockenbrough Newton: June 25, 1862 (“I got by chance a Philadelphia paper of the 20th. Very little bragging, but an earnest appeal to their men to be united”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-mary-brockenbrough-newton-june.html

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Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #25
“Lincoln,” #26
“Jefferson Davis, American,” #27
“Lee,” #28
“Grant,” #29
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #30
John Jackman, #31
George Templeton Strong, #32
Mary B. Chesnut, #33
Links to 10 items at Civil War Notebook, #34

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The "Grant" excerpt at reply #29 is a repost from June 21. Here is the correct 6/25 post.

Continued from June 21 (reply #3).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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The West Point Atlas of War: The Civil War, Chief Editor, Brigadier General Vincent J. Esposito

Continued from June 25 (reply #25).

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Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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

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Continued June 25 (reply #28).

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Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes