Harper’s Weekly – October 4, 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/4096373/posts

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M’Clellan at Frederick – 1-2
Slavery Practically Abolished – 2
The Rebels’ Fortnight in Maryland – 2
The Lounger – 2-3
Go! – 3
Specimens of British Wit and Humor – 3-4
Domestic Intelligence – 4
Foreign News – 4
Harper’s Ferry – 5, 8
Brigadier-General Hooker – 6, 14
Major-General Franklin – 6, 8
The Late Gen. Mansfield – 7, 16, 18
The Late General Reno – 7, 13-14
That Draft – 8
War Map of Kentucky, Showing the Present Field of Operations in That State – 9
At Harrisburg – 10-11
The Battle of Antietam – 12-13
The Cripple at the Gate – 13
Kate’s Soldier – 14-15
Two Regicides – 15
The Battle at Iuka – 16
At Cincinnati – 16, 18-19
Grand Depot of Stores for General Grant’s Army at Columbus, Kentucky - 17
No Name, by Wilkie Collins, The Fourth Scene, Ch XI-XII – 20-22
The Rebel Chivalry – 23

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

Continued from October 3 (reply #33).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4096373/posts#33

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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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: Saturday, October 4, 1862 (“Mr Harrington left this morning for New-York. He is instructed to hasten increase of issue of Postage Currency to $100,000 per day.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/diary-of-salmon-p-chase-saturday.html

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: October 4, 1862 (“Visited the battle-field with Lucy, Mr. Rudy, Corporal West, and Carrington this [my] fortieth birthday, Hunted up the graves of our gallant boys.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-lieutenant-colonel-rutherford_22.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Saturday, October 4, 1862 (2nd Battle of Corinth, day 2 – 2 items.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/06/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_20.html

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, October 4, 1862

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/07/diary-of-alexander-g-downing-saturday_27.html

General Orders No. 151 (Reprimand to a War Dept. staffer.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/11/general-orders-no-151.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 4, 1862 (“Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation will seal the doom of one hundred thousand of his own people!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-october-4.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Wednesday, October 4, 1862 (Sarah’s brother Gibbes has returned from Sharpsburg, where he was wounded.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-sarah-morgan-wednesday-october_13.html

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Continued from October 1 (reply #22).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4096373/posts#22

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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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: Sunday, October 5, 1862 (“rode over to Insane Asylum to see Hooker. Was glad to find him much improved.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/diary-of-salmon-p-chase-sunday-october.html

Dr. Joseph T. Webb to Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Received October 5, 1862 (“Our young friend, William McKinley, commissary sergeant, would be pleased with a promotion, and would not object to your recommendation for the same. Without wishing to interfere in this matter, it strikes me he is about the brightest chap spoken of for the place.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/dr-joseph-t-webb-to-lieutenant-colonel.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Sunday, October 5, 1862 (“Early in the morning we pass over the battle-field of Friday. The dead lie everywhere. They have all turned black”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/06/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_19.html

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Sunday, October 5, 1862 (“General Hurlbut had cut off the retreat of the rebels at the bridge crossing the river, but after a hard fight they got away and continued their retreat to the south”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/07/diary-of-alexander-g-downing-sunday_28.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, October 5, 1862 (“I had the distinguished honor of accompanying [Lincoln] to the battle-field, where General McClellan pointed out to him the various phases of the day, saying here it was that Meade did this and there Meade did that; which all was very gratifying to me.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_28.html

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Diary of Salmon P. Chase: Monday, October 6, 1862 (“the President spoke of his visit to the Army at Sharpsburgh, and the battle fields of Antietam and South Mountain. He said he was fully satisfied that we had not over 60,000 men engaged”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-salmon-p-chase-monday-october.html

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General George B. McClellan, October 6, 1862 (“The President directs that you cross the Potomac and give battle to the enemy or drive him south. Your army must move now while the roads are good.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/major-general-henry-w-halleck-to-major_2377.html

James W. Grimes to Elizabeth S. Nealley Grimes, October 6, 1862 (“The President’s proclamation is everywhere well received. We shall easily carry the State, and elect all our Congressmen”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/james-w-grimes-to-elizabeth-s-nealley.html

Captain Charles Fessenden Morse, October 6, 1862 (“Last week, we had a visit from President Lincoln, accompanied by Generals Sumner and Howard and a large staff of other officers.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/captain-charles-fessenden-morse-october.html

Elizabeth Adams Lusk to Captain William Thompson Lusk, October 6, 1862 (Pertaining to Capt. Lusk’s prospects for advancement in the army.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/01/elizabeth-adams-lusk-to-captain-william.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Monday, October 6, 1862 (The 7th Illinois leaves off chasing the rebels and turns to in a sweet potato patch.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/06/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_18.html

George William Curtis to Charles Eliot Norton, October 6, 1862 (Curtis’s prospects of being nominated as a Congressional representative.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/george-william-curtis-to-charles-eliot.html

Major-General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, October 6, 1862 (A citizen of Maryland gave Gen. Jackson a bad-tempered horse, which fell on him.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-general-thomas-j-jackson-to-mary_26.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: Monday, October 6, 1862 (“A dispatch from Gen. Van Dorn, in West Tennessee, indicates that we are gaining a victory over Rosecrans. The battle was in progress, not completed.”)

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

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: October 6, 1862 (“Our man Nat, and some others who went off, have returned — the reason they assign is, that the Yankees made them work too hard!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_23.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: October 6, 1862 (“Last night, I actually drew from Gibbes the outlines of Jackson’s campaign. He told me of some heroic deeds of his fellow soldiers; but of his own, not a word.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-sarah-morgan-wednesday-october_33.html

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Continued from September 26 (reply #39).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4094688/posts#39

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Bruce Catton, Terrible Swift Sword

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Continued from September 25 (reply #35)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4094688/posts#35

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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Diary of Gideon Welles: October 7, 1862 (“The President returned from his visit to the army Saturday night. I met him yesterday when I was riding out. He was feeling well and much gratified with news just received from Corinth, which he stopped me to communicate.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-gideon-welles-friday-october-7.html

Major General George B. McClellan’s General Orders, No. 163 (The relationship between U.S. military and civil government.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/major-general-george-b-mcclellans.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Tuesday, October 7, 1862 (“The exhausted rebels fall by the way, hundreds are being picked up and are found in a pitiful condition, being half starved”)

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

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 7, 1862 (“Nothing further has been heard from Corinth. A great battle is looked for in Kentucky. All is quiet in Northern Virginia.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-october-7.html

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Oct 8,1862 Perryville, Kentucky. The book Perryville; Grand Havoc of Battle, by Ken Noe is a good book on the battle. Bragg and Buell weren’t the greatest generals in history.

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Shelby Foote, The Civil War Narrative, Volume One, Fort Sumter to Perryville

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Company Aytch, or a Side Show of the Big Show: A Memoir of the Civil War, by Sam R. Watkins

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

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

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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: Wednesday, October 8, 1862 (Welles discusses the New York state elections with Gov. Edwin Morgan.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-gideon-welles-wednesday.html

Major-General Stephen Hurlbut: General Orders No. 112, October 8, 1862 (Gen. Hurlbut congratulates his troops for the Corinth victory.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/major-general-stephen-hurlbut-general.html

William Walter Phelps to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, October 8, 1862 (Capt. Lusk has a chance at promotion to Major.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/01/william-walter-phelps-to-elizabeth.html

George S. Denison to Salmon P. Chase, October 8, 1862 (“The colored Brigade progresses and prospers. Recruits come in faster than they can be provided for. It is the present intention to organize six Regiments at least.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/11/george-s-denison-to-salmon-p-chase_17.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Wednesday, October 8, 1862 (“News from the front informs us that the fleet-footed rebels are far away. We are now fifty miles from Corinth.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/07/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_40.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 8, 1862 (“At last we have definite accounts of the battle of Corinth, on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday last. We have been defeated, and fearful has been the slaughter on both sides.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-october-8.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: October 8, 1862 (“Mr. N. joined us this morning, and we all gathered here for the day. It seemed so much like old times, that C. broke a war rule, and gave us pound-cake for supper.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_36.html

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Today’s posts:

Bruce Catton has but a few sentences to write about Perryville. Shelby Foote does that battle more justice. So today we start with -

“The Civil War Narrative, Volume One, Fort Sumter to Perryville,” reply #14
“Company Aytch, or a Side Show of the Big Show: A Memoir of the Civil War,” #15
Lincoln letter to Thomas H. Clay, #16
George Templeton Strong, #17
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #18
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #19