Harper’s Weekly – September 13, 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/4091158/posts

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Major-General Pope – 1-3, 7-9
“Killed in Action” – 3
The Situation – 3
Another Sneer from Earl Russell – 3
The Lounger – 3-5
Humors of the Day – 5
Domestic Intelligence – 5
Foreign News – 5
The Scene of War in Virginia – 6, 10-11
He Did His Duty – 7
Waiting – 7-9
The Army of the Mississippi – 9-10, 17
No Names – 10
The Situation in Ohio – 10
Our New Iron-Clad Navy – 12-13
The Yellow Jasmine – 13-14
Devereux Dare, Private – 14-15
Camp Curtin – 15-16
Camp Morton – 15-16
No Name, by Wilkie Collins, The Fourth Scene, Ch VIII – 18-20
John Bull’s Neutrality – The Guardian of Civilization in Full Play – 21

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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

Continued from September 5 (reply #48).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4089419/posts#48

Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from September 11 (reply #23).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4091158/posts#23

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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

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Continued from August 28 (reply #25).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4087632/posts#25

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from September 11 (reply #26).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4091158/posts#26

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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Continued from September 7 (reply #6).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4091158/posts#6

David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Thursday, September 13, 1862 (“The country is very desponding and much disheartened. There is a perceptibly growing distrust of the Administration and of its ability and power to conduct the war.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-gideon-welles-thursday_31.html

Diary of Salmon P. Chase, Saturday, September 13, 1862 (“Heavy firing had been heard from the direction of Harpers Ferry and the Frederick and Hagerstown roads.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-salmon-p-chase-saturday.html

George S. Denison to Salmon P. Chase, September 13, 1862 (“It is believed by secessionists that Washington & Cincinnati are captured.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/10/george-s-denison-to-salmon-p-chase_10.html

Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood to S. R. Ingham, September 13, 1862 (“You are intrusted with the organization of the forces provided by law for the defense of the northwestern frontier”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/governor-samuel-j-kirkwood-to-s-r_9.html

Governor John A. Andrew to John M. Forbes, September 13, 1862 (“The President persists in retaining those who will not do what you and I think zeal and faithful service demand.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/governor-john-andrew-to-john-m-forbes.html

Major-General George B. McClellan to Abraham Lincoln, September 13, 1862 – 12 m. (“I have all the plans of the rebels, and will catch them in their own trap if my men are equal to the emergency.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/major-general-george-b-mcclellan-to_6179.html

Major-General John Sedgwick to his Cousin, September 13, 1862 (“Our men’s hearts are not in the fight, and theirs are; and as long as such are the facts, success will not attend us.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/major-general-john-sedgwick-to-his_27.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, September 13, 1862 (“The enemy have retired in the direction of Hagerstown. Where they have gone, or what their plans are, is as yet involved in obscurity, and I think our generals are a little puzzled.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_21.html

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, September 13, 1862 (“I have unlimited confidence in Sherman, who is a great man and a great general; therefore I am as well situated as one can hope to be in the volunteer service.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/colonel-thomas-kilby-smith-to-elizabeth_12.html

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Eliza Walter Smith, September 13, 1862 (“We are informed since my return that Stanton has resigned and has been succeeded by Halleck.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/colonel-thomas-kilby-smith-to-eliza_13.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes: Morning, September 13, 1862 (“There was no mistaking the Union feeling and joy of the people [of Maryland]”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_2.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard: September 13, 1862 (“The enemy has gone northwest. They are represented as in great force, filthy, lousy, and desperate. A battle with them will be a most terrific thing.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_3.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: September 13, 1862 (“Marched to this town, entered in night — Middletown, Maryland.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_9.html

Elizabeth Adams Lusk to Captain William Thompson Lusk, September 13, 1862 (“I wanted [the widow of Gen. Stevens] to know, and to feel, that the Nation weeps for her illustrious dead.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/elizabeth-adams-lusk-to-captain-william_12.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 13, 1862 (“Buell has impressed 10,000 slaves, and is fortifying Nashville.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september_53.html

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Today’s posts:

West Point Atlas & American Battlefield Trust Atlas maps, and “Terrible Swift Sword,” reply #3
“Lee,” #4
George Templeton Strong, #5
“Grant,” #6
Grant’s memoirs, #7
“Lincoln” and his speech, #8
Links to 15 items at Civil War Notebook, #9

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

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Continued from September 13 (reply #4).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Continued from July 18 (reply #35)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4077834/posts#35

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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Diary of Salmon P. Chase: Sunday, September 14, 1862 (“Despatches from McClellan to the President . . . The second states getting possession of Lee’s Order to Hill of 10th.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-salmon-p-chase-sunday.html

Major-General George B. McClellan to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, September 14, 1862 – 9:40 p.m. (“After a very severe engagement, the corps of Hooker and Reno have carried the heights commanding the Hagerstown road.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/major-general-george-b-mcclellan-to_14.html

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, September 14, 1862 (Smith’s regiment has completed an operation outside Memphis that was lauded by Gen. Sherman.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/colonel-thomas-kilby-smith-to-elizabeth_15.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Sunday, September 14, 1862 (Hayes describes the 23rd OH part in South Mountain battle. He is wounded by a musket ball in the arm.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_10.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 14, 1862 (“Our army has entered the City of Lexington, and the population hail our brave soldiers as deliverers.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september_8.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: Sunday. September 14, 1862 (McGuire records President Davis’s Proclamation of a Day of Thanksgiving.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_9.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Sunday, September 14, 1862 (“Icecream, lemonade, and sponge cake was my chief diet; it was a year last July since I tasted the two first, and one since I have seen the last.”)

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

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Today’s posts:

Three maps of South Mountain from American Battlefield Trust atlas, reply #11
“Lee,” #12
“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” #13
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #14

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Continued from September 14 (reply #12).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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

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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 Gideon Welles: September 15, 1862 (“McClellan telegraphs a victory, defeat of the enemy with loss of 15,000 men, and that ‘General Lee admits they are badly whipped.’”)

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

Diary of Salmon P. Chase: Monday, September 15, 1862 (“Called on Attorney-General about citizenship of colored men. Found him adverse to expressing official opinion.”)

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

Major-General John A. Dix to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, September 15, 1862 (Gen. Dix wants to improve a fort in Baltimore.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/major-general-john-dix-to-major-general_24.html

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Helen Smith, September 15, 1862, 2 a.m. (Smith sends his sister a phot of Gen. Sherman and his officers.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/colonel-thomas-kilby-smith-to-helen.html

Major-General George B. McClellan to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, September 15, 1862 – 8. a.m. (“I have just learned from General Hooker, in the advance, who states that the information is perfectly reliable that the enemy is making for Shepherdstown in a perfect panic”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/major-general-george-b-mcclellan-to_5.html

Major-General George B. McClellan to Major-General William B. Franklin, September 15, 1862 – 8:45 a.m. (“In this juncture much is left by the commanding general to your judgment, trusting that you will act promptly and vigorously and complete the success thus far gained.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/major-general-george-b-mcclellan-to.html

Major-General George B. McClellan to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, September 15, 1862 – 10 a.m. (“Information this moment received completely confirms the rout and demoralization of the rebel army. General Lee is reported wounded and Garland killed.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/major-general-george-b-mcclellan-to_15.html

Abraham Lincoln to J. K. DuBois, September 15, 1862 – 3 p.m. (“I now consider it safe to say that General McClellan has gained a great victory over the great rebel army in Maryland, between Fredericktown and Hagerstown. He is now pursuing the flying foe.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/abraham-lincoln-to-j-k-dubois-september.html

Telegram from Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to William A. Platt: September 15, 1862 (“I am seriously wounded in the left arm above the elbow. The Ohio troops all behaved well.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/telegram-from-lieutenant-colonel.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Marietta Cook Webb: September 15, 1862 (Hayes tells his M-I-L he is wounded.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_5.html

Chaplain James C. Wyatt to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, September 15, 1862 (“Capt. Lusk desired me to pen you a line, as he did not have the time or opportunity, informing you that he has passed through another bloody and fearful carnage and is spared and in good health.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/chaplain-james-c-wyatt-to-elizabeth.html

Captain William M. Duncan to Mary Morgan Duncan, September 15, 1862 (The Union troops in Springfield MO are expecting a fight shortly.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/captain-william-m-duncan-to-mary-morgan_68.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: September 15, 1862 (“It is also reported that there is fighting going on at Iuka, Mississippi, about thirty miles from Corinth; there may be some truth in it. If so, ere long we may be hurled into battle.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/05/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_53.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 15, 1862 (“Our flag floats over the Capitol at Frankfort! And Gen. Marshall, lately the exile and fugitive, is encamped with his men on his own farm, near Paris.”)

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

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Today’s posts:

“Lee,” reply #16
Lincoln note to McClellan, #17
John Hay, #18
Links to 14 items at Civil War Notebook, #19