Harper’s Weekly – August 30, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | August 30, 1862

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

As cited above (reply #15).

“Well, John, we are whipped again, I am afraid.”

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/diary-of-john-hay-august-30-september-1.html

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

Continued from August 31 (reply #13a).

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from August 31 (reply #14).

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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Continued from August 31 (reply #13b).

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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

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Diary of Salmon P. Chase: Monday, September 1, 1862 (Setback in the plan to fire McClellan – Chase and Welles.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-salmon-p-chase-monday.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, September 1,1862

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-september.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: September 1, 1862 (“No firing today until about 5:30 or 6 o’clock when there was a grand uproar until after dark near the old place”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/diary-of-lieutant-colonel-rutherford-b_27.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes: September 1, 1862 (“I look for battles almost daily until the enemy is driven back or gives up his present purpose of carrying the war into our territory. I feel hopeful about the result.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/lieutant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes: September 1, 1862 – Evening (“The place of the firing indicates that our forces still hold the same ground or nearly the same as before.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/lieutant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to_23.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes: September 1, 1862 (“We are in the midst of the great acts. The roar of the battles of the 30th and 31st was perfectly distinct here.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/lieutant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to_30.html

Captain Charles Fessenden Morse, September 1, 1862 (“I can’t learn anything about what has taken place the last few days; I only know we have been fighting severely.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/captain-charles-fessenden-morse.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 1, 1862 (“When Lee says “signal victory,” we know exactly what it means, and we breathe freely.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september_19.html

Major-General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, September 1, 1862 (“We were engaged with the enemy at and near Manassas Junction Tuesday and Wednesday, and again near the battle-field of Manassas on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday; in all of which God gave us the victory.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-general-thomas-j-jackson-to-mary_24.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: September 1, 1862 (“Wortheim and myself went to Halfway Station, to get a box that was sent to us from home, but it did not come.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/11/diary-of-private-louis-leon-september-1.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Monday, September 1, 1862 (“I am content to let the time fly, though, as every day brings us nearer Peace — or something else.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-sarah-morgan-monday-september.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

American Battlefield Trust map and “Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #22
“Lee,” #23
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #24
More “Terrible Swift Sword, #25
John Jackman, #26
Lincoln on Divine Will, #27
Links to 11 items at Civil War Notebook, #28

[BroJoeK]

As of this moment, if you add up engagements won & lost, the war is basically tied.

There’s nothing inevitable about Union victory as of “today”.

[Hebrews 11:6]

Lincoln’s meditations bespeak immense spiritual maturity. They are timeless.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from September 1 (reply #22).

Continued from September 1 (reply #25).

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from September 1 (reply #23).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Continued from August 31 (reply #15).

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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Diary of Salmon P. Chase: Tuesday, September 2, 1862 (Cabinet members on today’s meeting – 2 items.”

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-salmon-p-chase-tuesday.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, September 2, 1862

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

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, September 2, 1862 (“All safe and well at this moment. Private letters are forbidden, so ought not to give you any news.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_15.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Tuesday, September 2, 1862 (“The great army is retreating, coming back. It passes before us and in our rear. We are to cover the retreat if they are pursued.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/05/diary-of-lieutant-colonel-rutherford-b.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes: September 2, 1862 – Morning (“A stormy night but no surprise. A bright cold morning, good for the poor fellows who are wounded.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/lieutant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to_29.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 2, 1862 (“Winchester is evacuated! The enemy fled, and left enough ordnance stores for a campaign! It was one of their principal depots.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september_75.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: September 2, 1862 (“The papers to-day give glorious news of a victory to our arms on the plains of Manassas, on the 28th, 29th, and 30th.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #32
“Lee,” #33
“Team of Rivals,” #34
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #35
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #36

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from September 2 (reply #32).

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from September 2 (reply #34).

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

[Homer_J_Simpson]

All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes