Harper’s Weekly – August 30, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | August 30, 1862

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Continued from June 25 (reply #27). Beauregard wrote, “I shall think but poorly of them & of human nature” (4th paragraph) in a letter on this date. He’s still mad.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4072806/posts#27

William J. Cooper, Jr., Jefferson Davis, American

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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: Wednesday, September 3, 1862 (“Pope came over and talked with the President, who assured him of his entire satisfaction with his conduct”)

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

Diary of Gideon Welles, Wednesday, September 3, 1862 (“The army has no head.”)

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

Major General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, September 3, 1862 (“So you or Congress may command “slaves shall be free,” but to make them free and see that they are not converted into thieves, idlers or worse is a difficult problem and will require much machinery to carry out.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/11/major-general-william-t-sherman-to_19.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, September 3, 1862 (“McClellan’s star is again in the ascendant, and Pope’s has faded away.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_16.html

Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood to the Legislature of Iowa, September 3, 1862 (The legislature should increase its support for the war effort.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/governor-samuel-j-kirkwood-to.html

Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr. to John L. Motley, September 3, 1862 (“this noon we get a story that Stonewall Jackson is marching by Leesburg on Baltimore, and yesterday we learned that Cincinnati is in imminent danger of a rebel invasion.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/08/dr-oliver-wendell-holmes-sr-to-john-l.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Wednesday, September 3, 1862 (“The disaster in Kentucky is something, but the conduct of men, officers, generals and all, in the late battles near Bull Run is more discouraging than aught else.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/05/diary-of-lieutant-colonel-rutherford-b_2.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, September 3, 1862 (“General Sigel is a favorite with troops. General Banks and Schenck are praised by them. General McDowell is universally denounced. General Pope is coldly spoken of. General McClellan is undoubtedly a great favorite with men under him.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/05/lieutant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to.html

Major Wilder Dwight: September 3, 1862 (“After an experience of sixteen days here, I am humiliated, exhausted, yet well and determined.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/major-wilder-dwight-september-3-1862.html

General Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, September 3, 1862 (“The present seems to be the most propitious time since the commencement of the war for the Confederate Army to enter Maryland.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/general-robert-e-lee-to-jefferson-davis_12.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 3, 1862 (“We lament the fall of Ewell — not killed, but his leg has been amputated.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september_17.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: September 3, 1862 (“Wild stories on the street this morning, of the capture of prisoners, killing of generals, etc. Burnside and staff captured, they say. This last too good to be true.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_4.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: September 3, 1862 (“News came this afternoon of the late fearful fight on Manassas Plains, and of Willy Preston[2] being mortally wounded — in the opinion of the surgeons!”)

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

Diary of Sarah Morgan: September 3, 1862 (“To-day comes the news of another grand affair, the defeat of McClellan, Pope, and Burnside combined. If I dared believe it!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-sarah-morgan-monday-september_16.html

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Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #38
“Team of Rivals,” #39
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #40
“Jefferson Davis, American,” #41
George Templeton Strong, #42
Links to 14 items at Civil War Notebook, #43

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Continued from August 30 (reply #7).

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: Thursday, September 4, 1862 (“McDowell came over to-day and gave me a circumstancial account of the recent battles — attributing our ill success to the conduct of McClellan in not urging forward reinforcements, and especially to the conduct of Porter and his division on the day of the last battle. He stayed all night.”)

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

Diary of Gideon Welles: Thursday, September 4, 1862 (“Something energetic must be done in regard to the suspected privateers which, with the connivance of British authorities, are being sent out to depredate on our commerce.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-gideon-welles-thursday.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, September 4, 1862 (“I hardly think the enemy will make an attack on the city, but believe he will cross a column above into Maryland.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_17.html

Major-General John Sedgwick to his Sister, September 4, 1862 (“The enemy have out-generalled us. Their hearts are in the cause; our men are perfectly indifferent”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/major-general-john-sedgwick-to-his_26.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Thursday, September 4, 1862 (“Cincinnati is now threatened by an army which defeated our raw troops at Richmond, Kentucky. Everywhere the enemy is crowding us.”)

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

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, September 4, 1862 (“In case of an advance of the Rebels we would be first attacked. I slept in boots and spurs with my horse saddled. But now all the forts are manned and I do not expect to see the enemy approach in this direction.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/05/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes.html

Captain William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, September 4, 1862 (“Whenever anything desperate was to be performed, Stevens and Kearny were always selected, with this difference though, that Stevens rarely was credited with what he did, while Kearny’s praises were properly published.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/captain-william-thompson-lusk-to_7.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 4, 1862 (“Where is the braggart Pope now? Disgraced eternally, deprived of his command by his own government, and sent to Minnesota to fight the Indians!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september_29.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: September 4, 1862 (“General Kearney was killed in a cavalry fight at Chantilly. Beautiful Chantilly has become a glorious battle-field.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_5.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: September 4 1862 (“The worst has happened — our fearful suspense is over: Willy, the gentle, tender-hearted, brave boy, lies in a soldier’s grave on the Plains of Manassas!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston_18.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: September 4, 1862 (“[Baton Rouge] is perfectly deserted by all except the Confederate soldiers. I wish I was with them!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-sarah-morgan-september-4-1862.html

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Continued from September 3 (reply #38).

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from September 2 (reply #33).

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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Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger

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Diary of Salmon P. Chase: Friday, September 5, 1862 (“President stated that Porter, Franklin and Griffin would be relieved from command and brought before a Court of Inquiry”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-salmon-p-chase-friday.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Friday, September 5, 1862 (“We have a report this morning that the Rebels have crossed the Potomac at Edwards Ferry, but the War Department says the report wants confirmation”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-gideon-welles-friday-september.html

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General John Pope, September 5, 1862 (“The differences and ill-feeling among the generals are very embarrassing to the administration, and unless checked will ruin the country.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/major-general-henry-w-halleck-to-major_9813.html

Brigadier-General James A. Garfield to Corydon E. Fuller, September 5, 1862 (“On the 2nd inst. I was nominated to Congress from this district. I had taken no part in the canvass, and did not even attend the convention. It was a spontaneous act of the people.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/brigadier-general-james-garfield-to_7.html

Major Wilder Dwight: September 5, 1862 (“The events of the past three weeks are incredible. Disaster, pitiable, humiliating, contemptible!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/major-wilder-dwight-september-5-1862.html

Diary of Josephine Shaw Lowell: September 5, 1862 (“we’ve got into such a custom of masterly retreat, that we don’t know how to advance.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/diary-of-josephine-shaw-lowell.html

Braxton Bragg’s General Orders No. 128 (Statement on recent victories in Virginia and Kentucky.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/braxton-braggs-general-orders-no-128.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 5, 1862 (“Our army knows no rest. But I fear this incessant marching and fighting may prove too much for many of the tender boys.”)

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

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: 9 a.m., Friday Morning, September 5, 1862 (“P. M. Received orders to be ready to march immediately; to cook three days’ rations, etc. Understood to be to join Burnside.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/05/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_6.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: September 5, 1862 (An anecdote of General J. E. B. Stuart.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_6.html

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Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #48
“Lee,” #49
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #50
John Hay, #51
Links to 10 items at Civil War Notebook, #52