Harper’s Weekly – July 26, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | July 26, 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/4079493/posts

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The “Virginia” No. 2 – 1, 3
M’Clellan – 1
Ways and Means – 1-2
The Lounger – 2-4
General Butterfield – 2, 9
Brigiadier-General Truman Seymour – 2, 9
Humors of the Day – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4-5
A Good Way for Fathers of Families to Aid Recruiting – 5
Foreign News – 5
The Army of the Potomac – 6-11, 16
The Bombardment of Vicksburg – 10, 15
By the Seaside – 12
My Uncle’s Cashier – 12-14
Parting Forever – 14
Chaperons – 14
No Name, by Wilkie Collins, Between the Scenes, Ch I-XIII – 17-19
Virtuous Indignation of John Bull at the Horrors of the War for the Union – 20

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Mary Lincoln’s letter quoted in the 4th paragraph below was written on this date.

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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

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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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Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a Confederate Soldier, Edited by A.D. Kirwan

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

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Brigadier-General John Sedgwick to Brigadier-General Seth Williams, July 26, 1862 (Recommendations for promotions and other rewards for meritorious conduct.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/brigadier-general-john-sedgwick-to_20.html

Diary of Salmon P. Chase: Saturday, July 26, 1862 (The Treasury Secretary on the day’s business. Mostly unrelated to the Treasury Dept.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/diary-of-salmon-p-chase-saturday-july.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: July 26, 1862 (The story of the rescue of the Caldwell family.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_4.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 26, 1862 (“There is a pause in the depreciation of C. S. securities.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-26.html

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Today’s posts:

“Team of Rivals,” reply #3
Lincoln letter to Reverdy Johnson, #4
John Jackman, #5
Johnny Green, #6
George Templeton Strong, #7
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #8

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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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Diary of Salmon P. Chase: Sunday, July 27, 1862 (“From the War Department I went to the President’s, to whom I spoke of the resignation of Morgan and of substituting Garfield which seemed to please him.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/diary-of-salmon-p-chase-sunday-july-27.html

Captain Charles Russell Lowell to Anna Jackson Lowell, July 27, 1862 (More on the death of his younger brother.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/captain-charles-russell-lowell-to-anna_21.html

1st Lieutenant Charles Wright Wills: Sunday, July 27, 1862 (“People here [Alabama] hate General Mitchell’s whole command as they do the d-—1, and many of them more.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/1st-lieutenant-charles-wright-wills_26.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 27, 1862 (“Gen. Lovell, it is said, will be tried by a court-martial. The same has been said of Generals Magruder and Huger. But I doubt it.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-27.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: July 27, 1862 (“On the flat car that we were on, a captain of the navy with us had his leg cut off by a sheet of iron flying off the flat.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/10/diary-of-private-louis-leon-july-27-1862.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: July 27, 1862 (“I have my bird back! As I waked this morning, I heard a well-known chirp in the streets, and called to mother I knew it was Jimmy. Sure enough it is my bird.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/diary-of-sarah-morgan-july-27-1862.html

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

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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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Col. Thomas Kilby Smith to Mrs. Eliza Walter Smith, July 28, 1862 (On thievery in camp.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/col-thomas-kilby-smith-to-mrs-eliza.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Monday, July 28, 1862 (“If volunteering has to be hired(?) and forced, we had better resort to drafting. That is the true course! Draft!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_5.html

Captain William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, July 28, 1862 (“Halleck was here day before yesterday. I was greatly disappointed in his appearance. Small and farmer-like, he gives a rude shock to one’s preconceived notions of a great soldier.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/09/captain-william-thompson-lusk-to_10.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: July 28, 1862 (“[W]e strike tents, and move into the camp lately occupied by the Sixth Division. During our camp here the regiment is on picket every other day. We find the locality very unhealthy.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/05/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose-july.html

John M. Forbes to William Curtis Noyes, July 28, 1862 (Forbes wants a publishing committee set up to support the war effort.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/john-m-forbes-to-william-curtis-noyes.html

Major-General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, July 28, 1862 (“I am just overburdened with work, and I hope you will not think hard at receiving only very short letters from your loving husband.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-general-thomas-j-jackson-to-mary_19.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 28, 1862 (“The Examining Board of Surgeons, established by the Secretary of War, has been abolished by order of Gen. Lee.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-28.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: July 28, 1862 (A McGuire family slave has gone north for freedom. Judith is worried that he will be unable to support himself.)

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

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

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C.S.S. Alabama was launched today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Alabama

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Senator James W. Grimes to Salmon P. Chase, July 29, 1862 (“The people [of Iowa] are far in advance of the Administration and of Congress in their desire for a vigorous prosecution of the war.

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

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Tuesday, July 29, 1862 (Hayes’ promotion to regimental command is on hold.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_6.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, July 29, 1862 (Many local residents have relatives who are POWs in Ohio’s Camp Chase.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_7.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 29, 1862 (“Pope’s army, greatly reinforced, are committing shocking devastations in Culpepper and Orange Counties.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-29.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: July 29, 1862 (“we can’t look forward, for what horrors may come upon us before our independence is achieved it makes my heart ache to dwell upon.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-june-29-1862.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: July 29, 1862 (Description of the sick, wounded and dying Union soldiers piling up at Baton Rouge.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/diary-of-sarah-morgan-july-29-1862.html

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Today’s posts:

John G. Nicolay, reply #16
Mary B. Chesnut, #17
CSS Alabama launched, #18
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #19