Harper’s Weekly – October 11, 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/4098094/posts

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The Battle of Antietam – 1-2, 6, 12-13, 15, 19-20
“My Maryland” – 3
The State Election – 3
The Lounger – 3-5
Humors of the Day – 5
Domestic Intelligence – 5
On the Upper Potomac – 7, 20
Foreign News – 8
No Name, by Wilkie Collins, The Fourth Scene, Ch XIII – 8-11
The War in the Southwest – 11, 14
Lincoln’s Last Warning – 11
The Draft – 11
The War in Kentucky – 16, 20
The Louisville Scare – 17-18
In Earnest – 18-19
Jessie’s Vow – 20
The Fair Things – 21

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Diary of Salmon P. Chase: Saturday, October 11, 1862 (“Surprised to read this morning that Stuart’s Cavalry have taken Chambersburg, Penna. What next?”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-salmon-p-chase-saturday.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, October 11, 1862 (“We have word which seems reliable that Stuart’s Rebel cavalry have been to Chambersburg in the rear of McClellan, while he was absent in Philadelphia stopping at the Continental Hotel.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/08/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-october.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to John Sergeant Meade, October 11, 1862 (“I am afraid Stuart’s recent raid to Chambersburg will do McClellan serious injury”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_29.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Saturday, October 11, 1862 (“Today we cross the Hatchie, where General Hurlbut confronted the enemy on his retreat. By the roadside we see the graves of many brave Union soldiers.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/07/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_22.html

Jefferson Davis to Louis T. Wigfall, October 11, 1862 (Davis writes a defense of Gen. Theophilus Holmes’s actions at Malvern Hill.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/jefferson-davis-to-louis-t-wigfall_29.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 11, 1862 (“It is said that an army of raw Abolitionists, under Sigel, has marched from Alexandria toward Culpepper County. If this be so, we shall soon have more fighting, and more running, I hope.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-october_22.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Saturday, October 11, 1862 (The sorrows of being a refugee, with family separations.)

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

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With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865, edited by Michael Burlingame

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Continued from September 23 (reply #22).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4094688/posts#22

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Diary of Salmon P. Chase: Sunday, October 12, 1862 (“At home all day, nursing inflamed foot — reading and conversing with Katie and friends.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/diary-of-salmon-p-chase-sunday-october.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, October 12, 1862 (“Meade’s critique on Gen. Hooker.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_30.html

Senator James W. Grimes to Senator William P. Fessenden, October 12, 1862 (Letter of commiseration for the death of Fessenden’s son at 2nd Bull Run.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/senator-james-w-grimes-to-senator.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: [Sunday], October 12, 1862 (Pvt. Ambrose’s unit has an account written by a rebel of the Battle of Corinth, which he shares with us.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/07/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_21.html

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

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With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865, edited by Michael Burlingame

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, October 13, 1862 (“It is the second time this feat has been performed by J. E. B. Stuart around McClellan’s army. The first was on the York Peninsula. It is humiliating, disgraceful.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/08/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-october.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, October 13, 1862 (“our cavalry was scattered, and could not be collected in time to oppose him and cut him off. This will be a mortifying affair to McClellan, and will do him, I fear, serious injury.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_31.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Monday, October 13, 1862 (“Orders are now issued to the effect that the Division is to be newly brigaded, and in consequence we move our camp this evening close to General [John] McArthur’s headquarters.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/07/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_73.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 13, 1862 (“Letters from Gen. Lee do not indicate an immediate purpose to retire from the Potomac; on the contrary, he has ordered Gen. [William W.] Loring, if practicable, to menace Wheeling and Pennsylvania”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-october_23.html

[Hebrews 11:6]

The Civil War produced many noteworthy effects, but not the least of these--I know I am far from the first to say so--was the stage for the exhibition of Abraham Lincoln's intellect and character.

As Halsey said a century later, “There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.” But Lincoln was well-prepared....

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

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Abraham Lincoln’s Memorandum on the Dismissal of Major John J. Key, October 14, 1862

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/abraham-lincolns-memorandum-on.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, October 14, 1862 (The Indian uprising, Gen. Scott’s influence in 1861, Welles’s mistrust of Seward.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/08/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday-october.html

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General George B. McClellan, October 14, 1862 (Responding to some complaints about supply from the general.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/major-general-henry-w-halleck-to-major_26.html

Quartermaster-General Montgomery C. Meigs to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, October 14, 1862 (Letter about horses cited by Halleck to McClellan.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/quartermaster-general-montgomery-c.html

Major General Henry W. Halleck to Major General George B. McClellan, October 14, 1862 (“The President has read your telegram, and directs me to suggest that, if the enemy had more occupation south of the river, his cavalry would not be so likely to make raids north of it.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/major-general-henry-w-halleck-to-major_17.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Tuesday, October 14, 1862 (An army division has been vilified in the Cincinnati press and the men aren’t happy about it.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/07/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_6.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 14, 1862 (“We have Northern accounts of a dash into Pennsylvania by Gen. Stuart and 1500 of his cavalry. He went as far as Chambersburg, which surrendered; and he was gathering horses, etc., for the use of the army, paying for them in Confederate notes.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-october_24.html

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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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Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a Confederate Soldier, Edited by A.D. Kirwan

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

The Abduction from the Seraglio (Die Entführung aus dem Serail) • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRRzNbpaw1o

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Wednesday, October 15, 1862 (Sec. Welles and Gen. Dix disagree about the blockade of Norfolk.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/08/diary-of-gideon-welles-wednesday.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 15, 1862 (Gen. Lee reports on Stuart’s raid to Sec. Randolph.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-october_25.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: October 15, 1862 (McGuire relates the sad story she heard from the widow of Gen. McIntosh, killed in March at Pea Ridge.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_25.html

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Today’s posts:

Elisha Hunt Rhodes, reply #13
John Jackman, #14
Johnny Green, #15
George Templeton Strong, #16
Links to 3 items at Civil War Notebook, #17

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With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865, edited by Michael Burlingame

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