Harper’s Weekly – November 8, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | November 8, 1862

[Homer_J_Simpson]

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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/4105170/posts

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Major-General Rosecrans – 1-2
The Fifth Act of the Drama – 2
The Lounger – 2-4
Humors of the Day – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4
Foreign News – 4, 6
Foreign Men-of-War in Our Harbor – 5-6
Mrs. Lincoln – 6-7
The Loves of Old Ladies – 6, 8
The Ninth Indiana at Danville – 8, 18
A Young Hero – 9
“Union Jack”: The Pet of Our Richmond Prisoners – 9-10
Lois – 10-11
Exasperation of John Bull at the News from the U.S. – 11
Running Negroes South – 12, 18
No Name, by Wilkie Collins, The Fifth Scene, Ch. II – 13-15
A Letter from the Country – 15
The War in Upper Maryland – 16-18
A Leaf from a Summer – 18-19 Wolves – 19-20
The Draft – 21

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from October 25 (reply #3).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4103272/posts#3

1

2

David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

[Homer_J_Simpson]

James Harrison Wilson, The Life of General John A. Rawlins

[Homer_J_Simpson]

All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Senator Charles Sumner to Abraham Lincoln, November 8, 1862 (“Our armies must be pressed forward, and the proclamation must be pressed forward; and the country must be made to feel that there will be no relaxation of any kind, but that all the activities of the country will be yet further aroused.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/senator-charles-sumner-to-abraham.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, November 8, 1862 (“To-day the order has been received relieving McClellan from duty with this army, and placing Burnside in command. I must confess I was surprised at this, as I thought the storm had blown over.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_8.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard: November 8, 1862 (“My arm improves rapidly, and I think in two or three weeks I shall return to the regiment.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/lieutenant-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_27.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 8, 1862 (“We have tidings from the North of the trinmph of the Democrats in New York, New Jersey, etc. etc. This news produces great rejoicing, for it is hailed as the downfall of Republican despotism.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_89.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

“Lincoln,” reply #3
“The Life of General John A. Rawlins,” #4
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #5
George Templeton Strong, #6
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #7

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from October 1 (reply #24). General Holmes wrote to Davis requesting instructions on this date. See 8th paragraph below.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4096373/posts#24

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

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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

[Homer_J_Simpson]

All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln, November 9, 1862 (“Mrs. Cuthbert & Aunt Mary want to move to the White House, because it has grown so cold at Soldiers Home. Shall they?”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/abraham-lincoln-to-mary-todd-lincoln.html

Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, November 9, 1862 (“McClellan was very much affected, almost to tears, and said that separation from this army was the severest blow that could be inflicted upon him. The army is greatly depressed.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_9.html

Captain Charles Fessenden Morse, December 9, 1862 (“From what we can learn, we are going to cross the river at Berlin, and proceed via Leesburg to Fredericksburg, to join Burnside.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/captain-charles-fessenden-morse_20.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 9, 1862 (Jones sees the loss of the Kanawha salt works as a very bad thing.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_27.html

Louise Wigfall to Francis H. Wigfall, November 9, 1862 (“I am afraid our poor soldiers will suffer dreadfully from the weather this winter, as I heard yesterday that we had upwards of 10,000 men without shoes!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/louise-wigfall-to-francis-h-wigfall_31.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Sunday, November 9, 1862 (“If Lincoln could spend the grinding season on a plantation, he would recall his proclamation. As it is, he has only proved himself a fool, without injuring us.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/diary-of-sarah-morgan-sunday-november-9.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

“Jefferson Davis, American,” reply #9
John G. Nicolay, #10
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #11
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #12

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from October 21 (reply #13).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4101398/posts#13

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

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from October 26 (reply #X).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4103272/posts#10

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

[Homer_J_Simpson]

All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Major General Ulysses S. Grant to Major General Henry W. Halleck, November 10, 1862 (“Am I to understand that I lie still here while an expedition is fitted out from Memphis, or do you want me to push as far south as possible?”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-major.html

General Robert E. Lee to Col. G. W. Custis Lee, November 10, 1862 (“I am operating to baffle the advance of the enemy and retain him among the mountains until I can get him separated”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/11/general-robert-e-lee-to-col-g-w-custis_30.html

Major-General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, November 10, 1862 (“There has been much suffering in my command for want of blankets and shoes, especially the latter.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-general-thomas-j-jackson-to-mary_30.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 10, 1862 (“[Gen. John R.] Baylor says the Apaches murdered our people invited to make a treaty with them, and he says it is his intention to retaliate by extermination of them.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Monday, November 10, 1862 (The Morgan girls make sugar and receive some visitors.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/diary-of-sarah-morgan-monday-november.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

Lincoln letters to Gen. Pope and Carl Schurz, reply #14
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #15
“Lee,” #16
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #17
George Templeton Strong, #18
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #19