Harper’s Weekly – October 11, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | October 11, 1862

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Major General Ulysses S. Grant to Mary Frances Grant, October 16, 1862 (Grant tells his sister about the Battle of Iuka.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/09/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-mary_20.html

Major-General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, October 16, 1862 (Jackson tells his wife about a memorable sermon he heard.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-general-thomas-j-jackson-to-mary_27.html

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, October 16, 1862 (“That was a bloody, bloody fight while it lasted; I mean the dash on Corinth. Rosecrans has immortalized himself. He’s a splendid soldier.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/colonel-thomas-kilby-smith-to-elizabeth_23.html

William Cullen Bryant to John M. Forbes, October 16, 1862 (“Whether he drinks or not, he is certainly a fighting general, and a successful fighter, which is a great thing in these days.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/william-cullen-bryant-to-john-m-forbes.html

George S. Denison to Salmon P. Chase, October 16, 1862 (“Gen. B[utler] has more brains and energy than any other three men in New Orleans. He does an immense amount of work, and does it well.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/12/george-s-denison-to-salmon-p-chase_13.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 16, 1862 (“I have written a leading article for the Whig to-morrow, on ‘Martial Law and Passports.’”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-october_28.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Thursday, October 16, 1862 (The Morgan girls held a private piano recital.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-sarah-morgan-thursday-october_19.html

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Continued from September 17 (reply #31).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4092934/posts#31

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

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Friday, October 17, 1862 (“The question of traffic at Norfolk was discussed in Cabinet.”)

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

Major General George B. McClellan to Abraham Lincoln, October 17, 1862 (“it is my intention to advance the moment my men are shod and my cavalry are sufficiently renovated to be available.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/major-general-george-b-mcclellan-to_17.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard: Received October 17, 1862 (Lt. Col. Hayes on a Colonel Mitchell.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_24.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 17, 1862 (Perryville, new Lt. Generals, Stuart’s raid, McClellan’s intentions, soldiers losing muskets.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-october_29.html

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Today’s posts:

“Jefferson Davis, American,” reply #22
John Jackman, #23
George Templeton Strong, #24
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #25