Harper’s Weekly – August 16, 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/4084232/posts

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The Bandit Morgan – 1
“Aunt Charlotte” – Our Old Cook – 1-2
The War in North Alabama – 2, 8, 14
In Earnest – 2-3
General Butler – 3
The Lounger – 3-4
Humors of the Day – 4-5
Domestic Intelligence – 5
Foreign News – 5
The Army of the Potomac – 6-7, 14, 16
Woman’s Call to the Men of ‘62 – 8
“Fortune Favors the Brave” – 8-10
Scenes on the Lower Mississippi – 11, 14
Miriam, the Wife of Brown – 12
Till Death – 12
No Name, by Wilkie Collins, The Fourth Scene, Ch IV – 12-14
The Conflict – 15
The Cruise of the Rebel Ship “Sumter” – 17-20
A Consistent Negrophobist – 21

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Continued from July 26 (reply #3). Lincoln told of Mary distributing fruit and flowers to hospital patients, as described in the 6th paragraph below, in a letter he wrote on this date.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4081057/posts#3

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Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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

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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 Gideon Welles: Saturday, August 16, 1862 (Halleck and Stanton need to keep the Navy Department better informed on army operations.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-august.html

Diary of Salmon P. Chase: Saturday, August 16, 1862. (“New regiments begin to arrive, but reason to hope more from new levies than old? None, that I see, except Genl. Halleck”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-salmon-p-chase-saturday-august.html

Major-General John A. Dix to Brigadier-General Joseph K. F. Mansfield, August 16, 1862 (“There is nothing in your position or mine which can excuse either of us for depriving any man of his liberty without a full and impartial examination.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/major-general-john-dix-to-brigadier_15.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, August 16, 1862 (Meade to command a brigade in Gen. John F. Reynolds’ division.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_9.html

Brigadier-General Lorenzo Thomas to Edwin M. Stanton, August 16, 1862 (“The army is in fine spirits and splendid fighting order, and only wish they may be attacked.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/brigadier-general-lorenzo-thomas-to.html

Elizabeth Adams Lusk to Captain William Thompson Lusk, August 16, 1862 (Capt. Lusk’s mother is disappointed he won’t get promoted to Lt. Col. In the 18th Connecticut Infantry Regiment.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/09/elizabeth-adams-lusk-to-captain-william.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: August 16, 1862 (“We have intelligence from the West of a simultaneous advance of several of our columns. This is the work of Lee.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-august-16.html

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Today’s posts:

“Team of Rivals,” reply #3
George Templeton Strong, #4
John Jackman, #5
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #6

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Looking at those amazing sketches we don’t appreciate the artists who drew them.
Most as nearly as good as photos.

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Continued from August 15 (reply #39).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4084232/posts#39

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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Diary of Gideon Welles: Sunday, August 17, 1862 (“A difficulty has existed from the beginning in the military, and I may say general, management of the War.” Interesting entry by Welles.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-gideon-welles-sunday-august-17.html

Major-General William T. Sherman to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, August 17, 1862 (Sit rep from 5th Division HQ, Memphis)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/04/major-general-william-t-sherman-to_23.html

Major Wilder Dwight: Sunday, August 17, 1862 (Long description of Battle of Cedar Mountain.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/major-wilder-dwight-sunday-august-17.html

William Cullen Bryant to Dr. Dewey, August 17, 1862 (Bryant knows how the war should be conducted – 2 items.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/08/william-cullen-bryant-to-dr-dewey.html

William Cullen Bryant to Reverend Horatio N. Powers, of Chicago, August 17, 1862

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/08/william-cullen-bryant-to-reverend.html

General Robert E. Lee to Col. G. W. Custis Lee, written between July 31 & August 17, 1862 (“I go to Gordonsville. My after movements depend on circumstances that I cannot foresee.”

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/11/general-robert-e-lee-to-col-g-w-custis_25.html

General Robert E. Lee, August 17, 1862 (“General Pope says he is very strong, and seems to feel so, for he is moving apparently up to the Rapidan.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/11/general-robert-e-lee-august-17-1862.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: August 17, 1862 (Jones thinks Missouri and Kentucky will throw out the Yankees.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-august-17.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: August 17, 1862 (“Wicked as it may seem, I would rather have all I own burned, than in the possession of the negroes.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-sarah-morgan-august-17-1862.html

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Continued from August 17 (reply #9).

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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Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, August 18, 1862 (“Had a letter from Fox at Portsmouth. Says there are traitors even there.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-august-18.html

Diary of Salmon P. Chase: Monday, August 18, 1862 (“I went to call on Colonels Corcoran and Wilcox, returned yesterday from their long captivity in Richmond.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-salmon-p-chase-monday-august.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, Evening, August 18, 1862 (“You will hereafter direct letters to me ‘General [Jacob D.] Cox’s Division, Army of Virginia.’”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_23.html

John L. Motley to Anna Lothrop Motley, August 18, 1862 (“There is no doubt, I believe, that Louis Napoleon passes most of his time in urging the English government to unite with him in interfering on behalf of the slave-dealing, negro-breeding Confederacy”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/08/john-l-motley-to-anna-lothrop-motley.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: August 18, 1862 (“The clans are gathering, and 20,000 more, half mounted on hardy horses, will soon be marching for the prairie country of the enemy.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-august-18.html

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Continued from August 15 (reply #38).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4084232/posts#38

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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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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The above, of course, is from 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