Harper’s Weekly – July 12, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | July 12, 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/4076156/posts

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A Hint to General Butler – 1
Reappearance of John Bull as Pecksniff – 1
Foreign Intervention Again – 1-2
The Lounger – 2-4
Major-General L. Wallace – 2, 8-9
Brigadier-General George F. Shepley – 2, 8
The Battle of St. Charles, Arkansas – 3, 9-10
Humors of the Day – 4-5
Domestic Intelligence – 5
Foreign News – 5
The Army of the Potomac – 6-7, 9-10, 12
The Old Church at Hampton, Virginia – 8
Major-General Pope – 10, 18
Escape of Contrabands – 10, 17
Correspondence: Southern Unionism – 10
After – 10-11
“An Unclaimed Body” – 11
Strategy – 13-14
Wounded – 14
Flirts – 14-15
Major-General Butler – 16
No Name, by Wilkie Collins, Ch. IX, Scene 3, Ch III – 16-20
The Madman’s Marsh: A Tale Founded on Fact – 20-21
The Ladies of New Orleans before General Butler’s Proclamation – 21
After General Butler’s Proclamation – 21

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David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

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

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Continued from July 10 (reply #34).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4076156/posts#34

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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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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Brigadier-General John Sedgwick to his Sister, July 12, 1862 (“General McClellan paid me and my division a high compliment in presenting us to the President.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/brigadier-general-john-sedgwick-to-his_19.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Saturday July 12, 1862 (“Received orders today to move to Green Meadows tomorrow.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/02/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_17.html

Captain William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, July 12, 1862 (Lusk is on his way north after several months in South Carolina.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/09/captain-william-thompson-lusk-to_7.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Fessenden Morse, July 12, 1862 (The 2nd Massachusetts is at Warrenton, VA, east of the Shenandoah Valley.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/1st-lieutenant-charles-fessenden-morse_10.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 12, 1862 (“Mr. Child has been appointed agent to effect exchanges of paroled men. He is also acting as judge advocate.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-12.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: [July] 12, 1862 (“Brother writes that rumors of the capture of Baton Rouge by our troops have made him very uneasy about us; and he wishes us to go down to New Orleans if possible. I wish we could.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-sarah-morgan-july-12-1862.html

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Today’s Posts:

“Frederick Douglas: Prophet of Freedom,” reply #3
Lincoln message to border state representatives, #4
“Lee,” #5
George Templeton Strong, #6
Mary Chesnut, #7
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #8

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First picture: General Lewis Wallace - he’s the guy who wrote “Ben Hur”. Too bad he couldn’t stick around to collect movie royalties.

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Continued, with a section omitted, from July 10 (reply #33).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4076156/posts#33

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Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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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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Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from July 11 (reply #38).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4076156/posts#38

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 July 9 (reply #27)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4076156/posts#27

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Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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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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Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Sunday July 13, 1862 (“We are east of Camp Jones and about three miles from the mouth of Bluestone River and New River”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/02/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_18.html

Diary of Josephine Shaw Lowell: July 13, 1862 (“I feel as blue as blue can be tonight. Everybody seems down and altogether it’s doleful.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/diary-of-josephine-shaw-lowell-july-13.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 13, 1862 (“We have some of Gen. Pope’s proclamations and orders. He is simply a braggart, and will meet a braggart’s fate.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-13.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Sunday, July 13, 1862 (Exterminating mosquitos and lambasting English writers.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-sarah-morgan-sunday-july-13.html

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Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #11
John G. Nicolay, #12
“Team of Rivals,” #13
“Lincoln,” #14
Lincoln letter to McClellan, #15
Nathan Bedford Forrest, #16
John Jackman, #17
Mary Chesnut, #18
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #19