Harper’s Weekly – August 23, 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/4086028/posts

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Silentia – 1
The Murder of General Robert L. M’Cook – 1, 18
The Battle of Cedar Mountain – 1, 3
War Meeting at Washington – 2, 16
The Case of the British Provinces – 3
The Lounger – 3-4
Humors of the Day – 4-5
Domestic Intelligence – 5
Foreign News – 5
The Army of the Potomac – 6-7, 9-10, 17
Map of the Country Surrounding Richmond, Virginia, Showing the Railroads, Principal Roads, Water-Courses, etc – 8
Rachel Greenough’s Book – 9
Our New Iron-Clads – 10-12
No Name, by Wilkie Collins, The Fourth Scene, Ch V – 13-15
“Parvuli” – 15
The Loss of the “Golden Gate” – 16, 19
Steinway’s Pianos – 19
A Corporal’s Story – 20
I Wouldn’t – Would You? – 20-21
The Forged Check – 21-22
The Draft-An Exempt-Abundant Disqualification – 22

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Continued from August 22 (reply #37).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4086028/posts#37

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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Major-General John Sedgwick to Governor William Sprague, August 23, 1862 (Sedgwick recommends his Chief of Artillery for a promotion.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/major-general-john-sedgwick-to-governor.html

Elizabeth Adams Lusk to Captain William Thompson Lusk, August 23, 1862 (“Startling and conflicting rumors from the army in Virginia render us very uneasy to-day. I will not dwell upon them, but wait patiently until a reliable statement comes to us.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/elizabeth-adams-lusk-to-captain-william.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: August 23, 1862 (“Members of Congress are coming to my office every day, getting passports for their constituents.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-august-23.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: August 23, 1862 (“Went uptown to see my brother, Morris, of the 44th Georgia Regiment; but his regiment had already gone to Gordonsville, so I returned to camp.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/11/diary-of-private-louis-leon-august-23.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: August 23, 1862 (“Willy Preston has been in a battle (Cedar Run), and we hear behaved with remarkable gallantry”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-august_14.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: August 23, 1862 (“Blessed is the Confederate soldier who has even toothache, when there are women near!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-sarah-morgan-august-23-1862.html

See Sedgwick letter above: He served on the western frontier and was recognized for his performance at the Second Battle of Pyramid Lake near Pyramid Lake, Nevada in June 1860.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Henry_Tompkins

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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 Gideon Welles: Sunday, August 24, 1862 (“Have a dispatch from General Burnside at Falmouth, calling earnestly for five or six gunboats in the Potomac at Acquia Creek.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-gideon-welles-sunday-august-24.html

Senator John Sherman to Major General William T. Sherman, August 24, 1862 (“You can form no conception at the change of opinion here as to the Negro Question.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/11/senator-john-sherman-to-major-general_17.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, August 24, 1862 (“I presume the enemy will not let us be quiet here. They have a large force in front of us, and are evidently determined to break through Pope and drive us out of Virginia, when they will follow into Maryland and perhaps Pennsylvania.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_13.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: August 24, 1862 (“In both Houses of Congress they are thundering away at Gen. Winder’s Provost Marshal and his Plug Ugly alien policemen.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-august-24.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Sunday, August 24, 1862 (Morgan has an entertaining dinner conversation with a Confederate officer staying with them.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-sarah-morgan-sunday-august-24.html

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Three excerpts from Bruce Catton today.

Lincoln’s Reply to Mr. Greeley

Continued from August 20 (reply #23).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4086028/posts#23

Gen. Lee Makes His Move Continued from August 19 (reply #15).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4086028/posts#15

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”To Risk Everything”

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Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from August 23 (reply #3).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, August 25, 1862 (“McClellan’s tardy policy has been unfortunate for himself and the country. It has strengthened the combination against him.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-august-25.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, August 25, 1862 (The 23rd Ohio is in Washington.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_5.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, August 25, 1862 (“Our men are in the cars expecting to cross to the scene of war (Warrenton) every moment.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_6.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Monday, August 25, 1862 (The 7th Illinois moves from a camp near Corinth to another camp near Corinth.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/05/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_98.html

Major-General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, August 25, 1862 (“The enemy has taken a position, or rather several positions, on the Fauquier side of the Rappahannock.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-general-thomas-j-jackson-to-mary_23.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: August 25, 1862 (“Mr. Russell has reported a bill which would give us martial law in such a modified form as to extract its venom.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-august-25.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: August 25, 1862 – about 12 at night. (The Morgan house in Baton Rouge has been ravaged.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-sarah-morgan-august-25-1862.html

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Continued from August 25 (2nd excerpt at reply #9).

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from August 25 (reply #10).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Major General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, August 26, 1862 (Gen. Sherman on malingerers.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/11/major-general-william-t-sherman-to_18.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Monday, August 25 & Tuesday August 26, 1862 (“Altogether Washington was a happiness to the Twenty-third.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford.html

Captain William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, August 26, 1862 (“I am content to serve my country in my present position, and have all the responsibility I desire on my shoulders.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/captain-william-thompson-lusk-to.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: August 26, 1862 (Ambrose suspects some people in the 7th Illinois are trading for goods with rebel spies, with fatal results.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/05/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_14.html

John L. Motley to Mary Lothrop Motley, August 26, 1862 (Accounts of the early August battles in Virginia have gotten to Vienna.)

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

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: August 26, 1862 (“Fredericksburg has been evacuated by the enemy! It is said the Jews rushed in and bought boots for $7.00, which they now demand $25.00 for, and so with various other articles of merchandise.”)

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

General Robert E. Lee. To Charlotte Wickham Lee, August 26, 1862 (It was Fitzhugh Lee’s regiment that captured Gen. Pope’s coat and papers last week.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/11/general-robert-e-lee-to-charlotte_27.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: August 26, 1862 (“Up to date did not get half enough to eat.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/11/diary-of-private-louis-leon-august-26.html

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Continued from August 26 (reply #12).

Continued from August 25 (reply #9, 3rd excerpt).

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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

Continued from August 26 (reply #13).

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

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

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John Hay to John G. Nicolay, August 27, 1862 (“Where is your scalp?”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/john-hay-to-john-g-nicolay-august-29.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday [sic], August 27, 1862 (On replacing a chaplain who may or may not have been lost in a ship sinking.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday-sic.html

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General George B. McClellan, August 27, 1862 (“I have no time for details. You will therefore, as ranking general in the field, direct as you deem best”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/major-general-henry-w-halleck-to-major_11.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: August 27, 1862 (“Huzza for Gen. Stuart! He has made another circumvention of the enemy, getting completely in Pope’s rear, and destroying many millions worth of stores, etc.”)

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

Diary of Private Louis Leon: August 27, 1862 (“Three of our companies got Enfield rifles to-day.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/11/diary-of-private-louis-leon-august-27.html