Harper’s Weekly – September 20, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | September 20, 1862

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Continued from September 22 (reply #12).

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from September 22 (reply #15).

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 a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, September 23, 1862 (“Like all the Porters, [Commodore William D. Porter] is a courageous, daring, troublesome, reckless officer.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday.html

Diary of Salmon P. Chase: Tuesday, September 23, 1862 (“At breakfast this morning, I proposed to Katie to ride over to the Insane Asylum and see Genl. Hooker”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-salmon-p-chase-tuesday_12.html

Senator John Sherman to Major General William T. Sherman, September 23, 1862 (Folks in Ohio are gloomy about the situation in Kentucky.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/11/senator-john-sherman-to-major-general_21.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, September 23, 1862 (“My corps was under orders yesterday to march to Harper’s Ferry, but the order was countermanded before the time for moving came.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_24.html

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Eliza Walter Smith, September 23, 1862 (“The fate of that city is not yet decided. I think it rests with Buell. If Bragg outgenerals him, Cincinnati will be burned.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/colonel-thomas-kilby-smith-to-eliza_17.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Tuesday, September 23, 1862 (“We move our camp from the Purdy road to the Pittsburg road to give way for the Sixteenth Wisconsin.”)

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

Charles Eliot Norton to George William Curtis, September 23, 1862 (“The war is paid for.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/charles-eliot-norton-to-george-william_15.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 23, 1862 (“Jackson, the ubiquitous and invincible, fell upon Burnside’s division and annihilated it. This intelligence has been received by the President.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september_66.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: September 23, 1862 (“This expedition was to strengthen Longstreet’s forces near Suffolk. We got there after he was relieved and the siege of Suffolk abandoned.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/12/diary-of-private-louis-leon-september_23.html

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Today’s posts:

“Terrible Swift sword,” reply #20
“Team of Rivals,” #21
“Lee,” #22
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #23
John Jackman, #24
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, #25

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Continued from September 22 (reply #13).

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David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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

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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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War Department General Orders, No. 139 (Relating to Emancipation Proclamation.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/war-department-general-orders-no-139.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Wednesday, September 24, 1862 (Welles hears 3rd hand that it is not the army policy to destroy the rebel army.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-gideon-welles-wednesday.html

Diary of Salmon P. Chase: Wednesday, September 24, 1862 (The cabinet discussed colonization and Cherokees.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-salmon-p-chase-tuesday_19.html

George S. Denison to Salmon P. Chase, September 24, 1862 (“Gen. Butler does more work than any other man in Louisiana.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/10/george-s-denison-to-salmon-p-chase_29.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Wednesday, September 24, 1862 (“the Seventh stands flat-footed for anything, whether it be cleaning off camping grounds, doing guard duty, running, or stealing”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/06/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_59.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 24, 1862 (“Wood is selling at $16 per cord, and coal at $9 per load. How can we live here, unless our salaries are increased?”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september_30.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: September 24, 1862 (“Reno, Mansfield, and Miles were killed; others badly wounded. The Yankee papers say that their loss of ‘field officers is unaccountable’”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_16.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: September 24, 1862 (“Men that had fought at Shiloh and Baton Rouge were barefooted. Rags was their only uniform, for very few possessed a complete suit, and those few wore all varieties of colors and cuts.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-sarah-morgan-september-24-1862.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lincoln,” reply #27
Lincoln proclamation and words to serenaders, #28
John Hay, #29
George Templeton Strong, #30
John Jackman, #31
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #32

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

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Continued from September 14 (reply #13)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4092934/posts#13

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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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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George William Curtis to Charles Eliot Norton, September 25, 1862 (“There are now none but slavery and anti-slavery men in the country. The fence is knocked over, and straddling is impossible.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/george-william-curtis-to-charles-eliot_29.html

Hannibal Hamlin to Abraham Lincoln, September 25, 1862 (“I desire to express my undissembled and sincere thanks for your Emancipation Proclamation. It will stand as the great act of the age.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/hannibal-hamlin-to-abraham-lincoln.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Thursday, September 25, 1862 (“Had some conversation with Chase relating to the War. He is much discouraged, thinks the President is”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-gideon-welles-thursday.html

Diary of Salmon P. Chase: Thursday, September 25, 1862 (“Gen. Garfield gave me some very interesting portions of his own experience. This fine officer was a laborer on a canal in his younger days.”)

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

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Thursday, September 25, 1862 (“We hail [the Emancipation Proclamation] as one of the most powerful blows against rebellion; the freedom of the slave paving the way for the advance of free thought.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/06/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_84.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 25, 1862 (“Gen. Lee’s locality and operations, since the battle of Sharpsburg or Shepherdstown, are still enveloped in mystery.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: September 25, 1862 (“We do not want their blood, but only to be separated from them as a people, eternally and everlastingly.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_17.html

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Today’s posts:

Lincoln letter to John Ross, reply #34
“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” #35
John Jackman, #36
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #37

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Continued from September 23 (reply #20).

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Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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