Harper’s Weekly – November 15, 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/4107183/posts

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Convalescent Soldiers – 1, 15
“What Do I Dream Of?”, by Victor Hugo – 2
The Money Question – 2
The Lounger – 2-3
Humors of the Day – 3-4
Domestic Intelligence – 4
The Army of the Potomac – a Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty – 5
The Army of the Potomac – “Little Mac” Making His Rounds – 6
Foreign News – 7
Vrai Courage – 7-8, 11
Map of the Harbor of Galveston, Now in Our Possession – 7
Chart of the North Atlantic, Showing the Course of the Pirate “Alabama,” and Her Station When Last Heard From – 8
Map of the Seat of War in Virginia – 9
The War for the Union – Surprise of Rebel Cavalry by a Squadron of United States Cavalry – 10
No Name, by Wilkie Collins, The Fifth Scene, Ch. III – 11-13, 15
Salt-Works in Florida – 14-15
The Army of the Potomac – 15-16
The Escape of the “Oveto” – 15, 17
A Dream – 17
Helen Christian – 17-19
My Treasure – 19
The Pirate “Alabama” – 20

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

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Continued from November 12 (reply #23).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4107183/posts#23

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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Continued from November 10 (reply #15).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4107183/posts#15

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

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Continued from October 7 (reply #11)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4098094/posts#11

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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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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Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, November 15, 1862 (The Colonel makes an elaborate gift for his C.O.’s wife. Seems like it could be a career limiting move.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/colonel-thomas-kilby-smith-to-elizabeth_28.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: November 15, 1862 (“Nobody in this country seems to care a cuss whether McClellan is removed or not. General feeling is that the Potomac Army is only good to draw greenbacks and occupy winter quarters.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/captain-charles-wright-wills-november_20.html

John M. Forbes to Senator William P. Fessenden, November 15, 1862 (“I must differ from you about the President. He has been in the hands of a vacillating, undecided man like Seward!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/john-m-forbes-to-senator-william-p.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 15, 1862 (Jones sneaks a peek at Pres. Davis’s inflammatory letter to Sec. Randolph.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_15.html

Francis H. Wigfall: November 15, 1862 (“I was at Genl. Hood’s Head Quarters this morning. Since he has got to be a Major Genl. he has moved into a house and I suppose intends to live in style!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/francis-h-wigfall-november-15-1862.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Saturday, November 15, 1862 (“This morning the boom of Yankee guns reached my ears; a sound I had hoped never to hear again.”)

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

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s posts:

Lincoln’s Order for Sabbath Observance, reply #3
U.S. Grant, #4
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” reply #5
“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” #6
John G. Nicolay, #7
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #8

[BroJoeK]

Here Grant tells of a meeting with Sherman in Columbus, Kentucky.
To reach Columbus, Grant traveled by rail north from Holly Springs, Mississippi, to Jackson, Tennessee, then via the Mobile & Ohio Railroad to Columbus, Kentucky.

On the route north from Jackson, TN, Grant would pass through Dyer Station, TN, being guarded by my ggf's K-Company of the 119th Illinois Voluntary Infantry.

That may be the closest they ever came to each other... ?

[rxh4n1]

In the classifieds: Hasheesh Candy. If all those drugs were legal, why was there no drug problem like we have now?

[GranTorino]

I think our problem now is the lack of morals and Christian values.
There are a lot more problems now. Including drugs.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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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Brigadier General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, November 16, 1862 (“No orders have yet been received for our division to move, though it is understood Burnside’s project has been approved and the movement towards Fredericksburg has commenced.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/brigadier-general-george-g-meade-to_12.html

Senator John Sherman to Major General William T. Sherman, November 16, 1862(“No doubt the wanton and unnecessary use of the power to arrest without trial and the ill-timed proclamation contributed to the general result.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/11/senator-john-sherman-to-major-general_24.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 16, 1862 (“Yesterday the Secretary of War resigned his office, and his resignation was promptly accepted by the President.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_16.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: November 16, 1862 (“This morning the boom of Yankee guns reached my ears; a sound I had hoped never to hear again.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/diary-of-sarah-morgan-november-16-1862.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Nothing to worry about. This Hasheesh Candy is “a most pleasurable and harmless stimulant. Cures nervousness, weakness, melancholy, etc. A complete mental and physical invigorator.” We should be grateful to the Gunjah Wallah Company for making this product available in the U.S.

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Continued from November 7 (reply #31).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4105170/posts#31

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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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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Captain Charles Wright Wills: November 17, 1862 (There are an immense number of slaves at the different military posts through here and in this vicinity.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/captain-charles-wright-wills-november.html

Elizabeth Adams Lusk to Captain William Thompson Lusk, November 17, 1862 (“Oh! my dear, dear son, I feel so anxious about the effect of this coming cold winter, and I cannot help a feeling of bitterness that you are not provided with proper food.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/02/elizabeth-adams-lusk-to-captain-william.html

Major-General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, November 17, 1862 (“I am more concerned again about clothing, especially shoes and blankets, than I expected to be, from what I heard.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/major-general-thomas-j-jackson-to-mary.html

Major-General John Bell Hood to Louis T. Wigfall, November 17, 1862 (“Well, I think Mr. Burnsides is coming in a few days, and what a fight! I think we will whip him badly. Our army is in good trim for an old-fashioned fight.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/major-general-john-bell-hood-to-louis-t.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 17, 1862 (“A letter from Gen. [John B.] Magruder, dated 10th inst., at Jackson, Mississippi, intimates that we shall lose Holly Springs.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_28.html

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Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 18, 1862 (“The enemy attacked Fredericksburg yesterday, and there was some skirmishing, the result of which we have not heard.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_29.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: November 18, 1862 (“Another raid upon Fredericksburg; much mischief done! They are preparing for a second evacuation of the town!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_2.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Tuesday, November 18, 1862 (“A note just came from mother, telling me that the most awful Yankees were coming to burn Linwood and take Port Hudson”)

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

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from November 10 (reply #16).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4107183/posts#16

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell