Harper’s Weekly – August 30, 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/4087632/posts

[Homer_J_Simpson]

General Corcoran – 1-2
The Army of the Potomac – 2
Our New Navy – 2-3
The Lounger – 3-4
Humors of the Day – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4
Foreign News – 4
The Guerrillas in the West – 5, 13
Stevenson, Alabama – 6, 18
Serving His Country – 7-9
The Late General Robert L. M’Cook – 9, 14
The Battle of Cedar Mountain – 10, 18
No Name, by Wilkie Collins, The Fourth Scene, Ch VI – 11-13
Written in Sand – 13
The Army of Virginia – 13-14, 16
The Rebel General Stonewall Jackson – 14
Baton Rouge – 15, 19
My Philip – 17-18
Scene, General Head-Quarters, Richmond – 20
Scene, Fifth Avenue – 20
Strange Effect of the Draft – 21

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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

Continued from August 29 (reply #29).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4087632/posts#29

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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

Continued from August 29 (reply #30).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4087632/posts#30

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Continued from August 29 (reply #31).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4087632/posts#31

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from August 21 (reply #31).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4086028/posts#31

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from August 14 (reply #34).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4084232/posts#34

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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

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Diary of Salmon P. Chase: Saturday, August 30, 1862 (Lincoln’s cabinet is campaigning against McClellan.)

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

Assistant Adjutant-General E. D. Townsend to Major-General George B. McClellan, August 30, 1862 (Army organization in Virginia.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/assistant-adjutant-general-e-d-townsend.html

Major-General George B. McClellan to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, August 30, 1862 – 2:10 p.m. (“I know nothing of the calibers of Pope’s artillery. All I can do is to direct my ordnance officer to lead up all the wagons sent to him.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/major-general-george-b-mcclellan-to_12.html

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General George B. McClellan, August 31, 1862 – 10.7 p.m. (“I beg of you to assist me in this crisis with your ability and experience. I am utterly tired out.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/major-general-henry-w-halleck-to-major_12.html

Major-General John Sedgwick to his Sister, August 30, 1862 (“Everything is in the utmost consternation, as much so as after Bull Run.”)

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

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Saturday, August 30, 1862 (“On Friday, fighting heard west and southwest of us — supposed to be at Manassas.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_11.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Saturday, August 30, 1862 (“It is believed that General Jackson is fighting Pope. The firing was heard yesterday a considerable part of the day.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_12.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, August 30, 1862 (“I am not sure, but I think the day for an important Rebel success in this region is past.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_13.html

Charles Eliot Norton to Meta Gaskell, August 30, 1862 (“we mean to do this for the sake of Liberty and of civilization, and in doing it the slavery of the black race in America will come to an end.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/charles-eliot-norton-to-meta-gaskell.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: August 30, 1862 (“our soldiers have fared sumptuously on the enemy’s provisions, and captured clothing enough for half the army.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-august-30.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: August 30, 1862 (“Our company went to work to-day throwing up breastworks.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/11/diary-of-private-louis-leon-august-30.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: August 30, 1862 (Judith McGuire has received the diary of her sister Mary B. Newton.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-august-30-1862.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: August 30, 1862 (“I never before lived in a house without a balcony, and have only now found out how inconvenient it is.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-sarah-morgan-august-30-1862.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” replies #3 and #6
“Lee,” #4
“Team of Rivals,” #5
U.S. Grant, #7
George Templeton Strong, #8
Links to 13 items at Civil War Notebook, #9

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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

[Conan the Librarian]

Interesting to see Gen. Lawton’s name so prominent. We once lived on a street named for him, and, his Great-whatever-Grand Son was the D.A. in Savannah during the “Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil”-William’s trial.

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Continued from August 30 (reply #3).

Continued from August 27 (reply #15b).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4087632/posts#15

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from August 30 (reply #4).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Continued from August 30 (reply #5).

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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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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Continued from August 28 (reply #24).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4087632/posts#24

David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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

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Major-General George B. McClellan to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, August 31, 1862 – 2:30 p.m. (“I have no control over the new regiments – do not know where they are, or anything about them”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/major-general-george-b-mcclellan-to_532.html

Diary of Salmon P. Chase: Sunday, August 31, 1862 (“Went to the Department and found that Genl. Pope had, in fact, been defeated partially, and had fallen back to Centreville.”)

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

Diary of Gideon Welles, Sunday, August 31, 1862 (Musings on the McClellan situation.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/diary-of-gideon-welles-sunday-august-31.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, August 31, 1862 (“We have been obliged to fall back from the old Bull Run battle-field, where we fought.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_14.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: August 31, 1862 (“This Sunday evening the reports from the battlefield are less favorable than the morning rumors.”)

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

John L. Motley to Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr., August 31, 1862 (“The courage and the determination of both sides being equal, the victory must be to the largest army and navy and the longest purse.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/john-l-motley-to-dr-oliver-wendell.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: August 31, 1862 (“Fighting every day at Manassas.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-august-31.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: August 31, 1862 (“Still digging dirt.” Private Leon is focused on the job at hand.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/11/diary-of-private-louis-leon-august-31.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword” (2 excerpts), reply #13
“Lee,” #14
“Team of Rivals, #15
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #16
“Lincoln,” #17
George Templeton Strong, #18
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #19