Harper’s Weekly – September 13, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | September 13, 1862

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

Continued from September 13 (reply #3).

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from September 15 (reply #16).

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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Diary of Gideon Welles: September 16, 1862 (See following)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-gideon-welles-september-15-1862_15.html

Diary of Salmon P. Chase: Tuesday, September 16, 1862 (Sec. Chase advises Navy to mount an expedition up the James River to capture Richmond.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-salmon-p-chase-tuesday.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes: September 16, 1862 (The wounded Hayes reassures his mother he is being well cared for.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_6.html

Elizabeth Adams Lusk to Captain William Thompson Lusk, September 16, 1862 (Mrs. Lusk is glad her son is safe but grieves over the death of Gen. Reno.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/elizabeth-adams-lusk-to-captain-william_92.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 16, 1862 (“Intelligence from Missouri states that the Union militia have rallied on the side of the South.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september_6.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: Tuesday. September 16, 1862 (“The papers to-day give no account of our army in Maryland. General Loring has been successful in the Kanawha Valley, in driving the enemy, taking prisoners, and 5,000 stand of arms, etc.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_10.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Tuesday, September 16, 1862 (Morgan lays out the uncertainty of their situation in Louisiana. “Stirring times are probably ahead.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-sarah-morgan-tuesday-september_29.html

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Today’s posts:

Map of Antietam Campaign from West Point Atlas of War and “Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #21
“Lee,” #22
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #23
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #24

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

Continued from September 16 (reply #22).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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

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Major Wilder Dwight to Elizabeth White Dwight, September 17, 1862 (“I write in the saddle, to send you my love, and to say that I am very well so far.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/major-wilder-dwight-september-17-1862.html

Major Dwight is in the 2nd Massachusetts, which can be seen near the center of the map above. It looks like they are opposite the 2nd Mississippi.

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

Continued from September 16 (reply #21).

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from September 3 (reply #39).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4089419/posts#39

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from September 10 (reply #19).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4091158/posts#19

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

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Continued from August 30 (reply #3).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4089419/posts#3

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Diary of Salmon P. Chase: Wednesday, September 17, 1862 (“At Department finished Proclamation declaring States in insurrection, without the exception formerly made, with view to taking exclusive control of all purchases of cotton, sugar, tobacco and rice in insurgent States.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-salmon-p-chase-wednesday.html

Major General Ulysses S. Grant to Jesse Root Grant, September 17, 1862 (“I have not an enemy in the world who has done me so much injury as you in your efforts in my defence. I require no defenders and for my sake let me alone.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/09/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-jesse_19.html

Elizabeth Adams Lusk to Captain William Thompson Lusk, September 17, 1862 (“To-day our rejoicing is somewhat subdued by the news of the surrender of our forces at Harper’s Ferry.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/elizabeth-adams-lusk-to-captain-william_18.html

John Stuart Mill to John L. Motley, September 17, 1862 (“If you come well and honorably through one of the severest trials which a nation has ever undergone, the whole futurity of mankind will assume a brighter aspect.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/john-stuart-mill-to-john-l-motley.html

Charles W. Thompson to William Still, September 17, 1862 (A former slave expresses gratitude to an Underground Railroad conductor.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/charles-w-thompson-to-william-still.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Wednesday, September 17, 1862 (A Louisiana train ride.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-sarah-morgan-wednesday.html

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Some of today’s posts:

American Battlefield Trust map of Antietam, 8 a.m., and “Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #29
“Team of Rivals,” #30
“Jefferson Davis, American, #31
More “Team of Rivals,” #32
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #33

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

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

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

Continued from reply #29.

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Major Wilder Dwight to Elizabeth White Dwight, September 17, 1862 (“I am wounded so as to be helpless. Good by, if so it must be. I think I die in victory. God defend our country.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/major-wilder-dwight-to-elizabeth-white.html

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Correction - continued from reply #26