Harper’s Weekly – June 21, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | June 21, 1862

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Simon Cameron to Abraham Lincoln, June 26, 1862 (The new Minister to Russia sends greeting to the President and requests a furlough.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/simon-cameron-to-abraham-lincoln-june_31.html

Major-General George B. McClellan to Edwin M. Stanton, June 26, 1862 – 9 p.m. (“Victory of to-day complete and against great odds. I almost begin to think we are invincible.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/major-general-george-b-mcclellan-to_4.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, June 26 1862 (“There is a report that the great ‘Stonewall’ Jackson with his army has left Gordonsville and is coming to Richmond, to turn our right flank.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_6.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 26, 1862 (Jones describes the opening of the offensive as seen and heard from inside Richmond.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-26.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: June 26, 1862 (The 53rd North Carolina in the Richmond area, but doesn’t see any action for the next few days.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/09/diary-of-private-louis-leon-june-26-1862.html

Charlotte Cross Wigfall to Louise Wigfall, Thursday, June 26, 1862 (“Strange to say, however, there seems to be an impression in town, that there has been no fighting to-day”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/charlotte-cross-wigfall-to-louise_23.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s post:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #37
Lincoln dispatch to McClellan, #38
“Lee,” #39
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #40
George Templeton Strong, #41
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #42

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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

Continued from June 26 (reply #37).

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Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from May 31 (reply #4).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4067504/posts#4

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued June 26 (reply #39).

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Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

[Homer_J_Simpson]

With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865, edited by Michael Burlingame

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Major-General George B. McClellan to Flag-Officer Louis M. Goldsborough, June 27, 1862 (McClellan wants gunboats up the Chickahominy to cover his flank.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/major-general-george-b-mcclellan-to_5.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Friday, June 27, 1862 (“General Pope appointed to “the Army of Virginia” — being the combined forces of Fremont, Shields, Banks, and McDowell, now in the Valley of Virginia.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_23.html

John M. Forbes to Senator Charles Sumner, June 27, 1862 (“I do not see how the Senate can sit with a member who acknowledges such operations, unless a majority of the senators are rotten.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/john-m-forbes-to-senator-charles-sumner_8.html

John M. Forbes to Congressman Charles B. Sedgwick, June 27, 1862 (“What is the present market price of a senator?”)

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

General Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, June 27, 1862 (“I grieve to state that our loss in officers and men is great. We sleep on the field, and shall renew the contest in the morning.”)

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

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 27, 1862 (“But the battle rages loud and long, and the troops of Jackson’s corps, like the march of Fate, still upon McClellan’s right flank and rear.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-27.html

Charlotte Cross Wigfall to Louise Wigfall, Friday Night, June 27, 1862 (“All the accounts we have yet received, altho’ meagre, yet agree that we are in hot pursuit and the enemy trying to get away.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/charlotte-cross-wigfall-to-louise_24.html

Diary of Mary Brockenbrough Newton: Friday, June 27, 1862 (“The roar of cannon and musketry has been incessant to-day; now as I sit in the yard it is terrific. I doubt not that a general engagement is going on.”)

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

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: June 27, 1862 (McGuire is close to the action.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-june-27-1862.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: June 27, 1862 (“We are between the two armies, and here we must remain patiently awaiting the result.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-sarah-morgan-june-27-1862.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

West Point Atlas map and “Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #44
“Team of Rivals,” #45
“Lee,” #46
John G. Nicolay, #47
George Templeton Strong, #48
Mary B. Chesnut, #49
Links to 10 items at Civil War Notebook, #50

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Gaine’s Mill – 2:30 p.m.

Battle Maps of the Civil War: The Eastern Theater, American Battlefield Trust

[Rebelbase]

Gaines Mill is where my great x something confederate soldier uncle was killed.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Battle Maps of the Civil War: The Eastern Theater, American Battlefield Trust

[Homer_J_Simpson]

So you’ve got skin in the game. I wish I knew more about my forbearer’s participation in the Civil War. The ones I know a little about migrated, from generation to generation, from Pennsylvania throughout the mid-west. So my kin were most likely on the Union side.

[M Kehoe]

Hi Professor.

“Powhite Creek.”

I wonder who’s side the Indians were on?

5.56mm

[Homer_J_Simpson]

I wonder who’s side the Indians were on?

Sorry, I don't follow. What Indians?

[M Kehoe]

The Mattaponi, Pamunkey, and others like the Chickahominy.

Mostly of the Algonquin tribes.

Powhite were Indians in the area (Charles City towards end of peninsula).

5.56mm

[Homer_J_Simpson]

I don’t recall reading about Indians involved in the eastern theater. More out west, especially in the Trans-Mississippi.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Battle Maps of the Civil War: The Eastern Theater, American Battlefield Trust