Harper’s Weekly – June 28, 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/4072806/posts

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The War on the Mississippi – 1-2, 12, 14
Bunker Hill – June 17 – 2
Shall We Cut Off Our Noses? – 2-3
The Lounger – 3-4
Humors of the Day – 4-5
Domestic Intelligence – 5
Foreign News – 5
General Sumner – 6
General Heintzelman – 6
The Battle at Front Royal – 7-8, 14-15
Scene in Memphis, Tenn. – 7
Our Fleet in the James River – 9, 15
The Signal Corps – 10, 15
Map Showing the Extent of United States Territory Still Under Insurrectionary Control – 11
Love as a Clairvoyant – 13-14
Camp Punishments – 15-17
The Battle at Tranter’s Creek, North Carolina – 15, 18
No Name, by Wilkie Collins, Ch. IX, Scene 3, Ch I – 19-22
What Will Become of the Rebel Leaders? – 22

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Continued from June 27 (reply #44).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4072806/posts#44

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from June 25 (reply #26).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4072806/posts#26

David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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

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Continued from June 27 (reply #46).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4072806/posts#46

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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Major General George B. McClellan to Edwin M. Stanton, June 28, 1862 (“I again repeat that I am not responsible for this”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/major-general-george-b-mcclellan-to_7.html

Abraham Lincoln to Cadet Quintin Campbell, June 28, 1862 (Words of encouragement to a West Point cadet.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/abraham-lincoln-to-cadet-quintin.html

George S. Denison to Salmon P. Chase, June 28, 1862 (A Treasury official sends the Secretary intelligence from New Orleans.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/09/george-s-denison-to-salmon-p-chase-june.html

Congressman Charles B. Sedgwick to John M. Forbes, June 28, 1862 (The Congressman replies to Forbes.)

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

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: June 28, 1862 (“We have rumors of “tremendous fighting” before Richmond; that we have achieved a success, etc., etc. What suspense until the truth is known!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_24.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 28, 1862 (“Yesterday the President’s life was saved by Lee.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-28.html

Charlotte Cross Wigfall to Louise Wigfall, Saturday, June 28, 1862 (“So far our victory has been brilliant, but oh! at what sacrifice of life!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/charlotte-cross-wigfall-to-louise_27.html

Diary of Mary Brockenbrough Newton: June 28, 1862 (“We have just heard of our success, and that Jackson and Ewell have come from the Valley, and have flanked the enemy on the Chickahominy.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-mary-brockenbrough-newton-june_2.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: June 28, 1862 (McGuire names men she knows who have died in the fighting before Richmond.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-june-28-1862.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: June 28, 1862 (The shelling of Baton Rouge anticipated.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-sarah-morgan-june-28-1862.html

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Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #3
“Lincoln,” #4
Lincoln letters to McClellan and Seward, #5
“Lee,” #6
John Jackman, #7
Mary B. Chesnut, #8
Links to 10 items at Civil War Notebook, #9

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Continued from June 28 (reply #3).

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Shelby Foote, The Civil War Narrative, Volume One, Fort Sumter to Perryville

Continued June 28 (reply #6).

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

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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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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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Edwin M. Stanton to Major-General Benjamin F. Butler, June 29, 1862 (General instructions for Butler.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/edwin-m-stanton-to-major-general.html

Senator James W. Grimes to Commodore Samuel F. Du Pont, June 29, 1862 (Grimes is trying to get a naval bill, favorable to DuPont, through the Senate.)

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

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, June 29, 1862 (“The people to a man and woman are decidedly and unanimously “Secesh.” We have no friends here but the slaves. The war will be a ten years’ war at the least.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/colonel-thomas-kilby-smith-to-elizabeth_10.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Wright Wills: June 29, 1862 (“What the deuce this army is trying to do, I cannot guess.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/1st-lieutenant-charles-wright-wills_20.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Wright Wills: June 29, 1862, 11. p.m. (“There is talk among the officers that Buell with 60,000 men is en route for Atlanta, Ga., intending to occupy that city”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/1st-lieutenant-charles-wright-wills_51.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: June 29, 1862 (The 25th Massachusetts is right at home on a well-appointed plantation.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/12/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-june-29.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 29, 1862 (“The battle still rages. But the scene has shifted farther to the east. The enemy’s army is now entirely on this side of the Chickahominy. McClellan is doggedly retiring toward the James River.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-29.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: June 29, 1862 (“Arrived at Drewry’s Bluff this morning. Here we met our brigade, commanded by General Daniels [Junius Daniel]. The brigade has five regiments, all North Carolina troops, composed of the 43d, 53d, 32d, 45th and the 2d North Carolina battalions.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/09/diary-of-private-louis-leon-june-29-1862.html

James Chesnut Jr. to Mary Boykin Chesnut: June 29, 1862 (“For the last three days I have been a witness of the most stirring events of modern times.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/james-chesnut-jr-to-mary-boykin-chesnut.html

Charlotte Cross Wigfall to Louise Wigfall, Sunday, June 29, 1862 (“Another note from your dear father this morning. It was written last night, the other side of the Chickahominy at Headquarters.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/charlotte-cross-wigfall-to-louise_28.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Sunday, June 29, 1862 (“Last night, five citizens were arrested, on no charge at all, and carried down to Picayune Butler’s ship.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-sarah-morgan-sunday-june-29.html

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Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #11
“Lee,” with a map from Shelby Foote’s “Civil War Narrative”, #12
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #13
John G. Nicolay, #14
John Jackman, #15
Mary Chesnut, #16
Links to 11 items at Civil War Notebook, #17

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

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

Continued June 29 (reply #12).

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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