Harper’s Weekly – October 18, 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/4099733/posts

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Major-General Sigel – 1-2
The President’s Proclamation in Secessia – 2
Good Examples – 2
The Lounger – 2-4
Humors of the Day – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4-5
Foreign News – 5
Who Are the Nigger Worshipers? – 5
The War in Kentucky – 6-8, 11
On the Upper Potomac – 9, 18-19
The Patriot’s Sleep – 10
Missing – 10-11
The Broken Vow – 11
The Prize Fleet – 11-12, 17
The Battle of Antietam – 12-13
Waiting – 12
How the English Plundered Delhi, in 1857 – 12, 14
Duggan and His Gang – 14-15
An Englishwoman’s Story – 15-16
The Murder of Gen. Nelson – 18, 22
No Name, by Wilkie Collins, The Fourth Scene, Ch XIII (cont.) – 20-21

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, October 18, 1862 (“The ravages by the roving steamer 290, alias Alabama, are enormous. England should be held accountable for these outrages.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/08/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-october_29.html

Co. B. 13th Iowa Regiment. (Extract from letters written by Captain Duncan to his wife.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/co-b-13th-regiment.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 18, 1862 (“Here is a most startling matter” regarding Gov. Baylor of Confederate Arizona.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-october_30.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Saturday, October 18, 1862 (“Last night mother arrived from Clinton with Gibbes and Lydia, who had gone there the day before to get her to go to Baton Rouge.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-sarah-morgan-saturday-october_23.html

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Sorry, but the Union soldiers, seeing what has become of the US, would have concluded that the Union was not worth saving.

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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

The following ad is from yesterday’s NY Times classified pages.

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Captain William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, October 19, 1862 (“I find men don’t die easy, unless they are shot. Atmospheric exposure doesn’t kill. Men grow and thrive with hardship.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/01/captain-william-thompson-lusk-to_20.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: October 19, 1862 (“There seems to be a revolution going on at the North. Ohio, Indiana, and Pennsylvania have given the Democrats a large majority for Congress! So may it be!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_26.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Sunday, October 19, 1862 (The train to Baton Rouge.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-sarah-morgan-sunday-october-19.html

[Larry Lucido]

Woe, it’s already 7 3/4 O’clock. I’m late!

[GranTorino]

Don’t apologize.
Hind site is 20\20.

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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

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Major-General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, October 20, 1862 (“It is best for us to keep our eyes fixed upon the throne of God and the realities of a more glorious existence beyond the verge of time.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-general-thomas-j-jackson-to-mary_28.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, October 20, 1862 (“Everyone who returns to camp says that McClellan’s position is most precarious, and that if he does not advance soon and do something brilliant, he will be superseded.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to.html

Senator James W. Grimes to Salmon P. Chase, October 20, 1862 (“We have carried the State triumphantly. . . . We took the bull by the horns and made the proclamation an issue.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/senator-james-w-grimes-to-salmon-p_13.html

Senator James W. Grimes to Admiral Samuel F. Du Pont, October 20, 1862 (“I judge, from what I see in the newspapers, that before this reaches you, you will be making preparations to attack Charleston.”)

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

Captain Charles Fessenden Morse, October 20, 1862 (Cutting down trees can be a dangerous business.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/captain-charles-fessenden-morse-october_25.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 20, 1862 (“Bragg has fallen back forty miles, and is probably retiring toward Cumberland Gap, that he may not be taken in the rear by the enemy’s forces lately at Corinth.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-october.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from June 25 (reply #30).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4072806/posts#30

James Lee McDonough, William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life

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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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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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Edwin M. Stanton to Major-General John A. McClernand, October 21, 1862 (Gen. McClernand ordered to raise troops in the northwest for operations on the Mississippi.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/edwin-m-stanton-to-major-general-john_22.html

Governor Oliver P. Morton to Abraham Lincoln, October 21, 1862 – 9:50 p.m. (The Governor of Indiana complaining to the President about Perryville and the situation in Kentucky.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/governor-oliver-p-morton-to-abraham.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 21, 1862 (“Still nothing definite from Kentucky, more than the retreat of Bragg. The government is uneasy about Richmond.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-october_3.html

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Today’s posts:

“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” reply #13
John Jackman, #14
John G. Nicolay, #15
Links to 3 items at Civil War Notebook, #16

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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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Major-General John A. Dix to the Federal Union Central Committee, October 22, 1862 (“My name, I see, is again used in connection with a political office, without my knowledge or consent. I shall remain at my post, doing all I can to sustain the Government in putting down the rebellion”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/major-general-john-dix-to-federal-union.html

Major-General William T. Sherman to Miss P. A. Fraser, October 22, 1862 (Regarding guerrilla attacks on Union steam boats.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/04/major-general-william-t-sherman-to-miss.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 22, 1862 (“The President will call out, under the Conscription Act, all between the ages of eighteen and forty. This will furnish, according to the Secretary’s estimate, 500,000, after deducting the exempts.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-october_6.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Wednesday, October 22, 1862 (“The Baton Rouge party returned late this evening. In spite of all preparation, Gibbes was horrified at the appearance of home.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-sarah-morgan-wednesday-october_27.html