Harper’s Weekly – December 6, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | December 6, 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/4112545/posts

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Major-General Banks – 1, 17-18
Following the Drum – 2
The French Proposal to Mediate – 2
The Arbitrary Arrest Business – 2
The Public Credit – 3
The Lounger – 2-4
Humors of the Day – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4
The “Passaic” and Her Turret – 5-6, 18
Grand’ther Baldwin: A Thanksgiving Ballad – 7
The Bleeding Diamond – 7-9
Foreign News – 9
Jessie Underhill’s Thanksgiving – 9, 11
Fredericksburg, Virginia – 10, 18
No Name, by Wilkie Collins, the Sixth Scene, Ch I-II – 11-14
Aquia Creek, on the Potomac, New Base of Supplies of the Army of the Potomac – 13
The Prince of Wales and His Intended Bride – 14, 16
Richmond Virginia – 14-15
Thanksgiving – 17
A Tribute – 17
John Bull as Painted by Himself – 19

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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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Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, December 6, 1862 (Meade has been promoted.)

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

Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, December 6, 1862 (Sherman has joined forces with Grant as they move towards Vicksburg.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/11/maj-gen-william-t-sherman-to-senator.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Saturday, December 6, 1862 (Col. Hayes climbs a hill to check the view. “Lucy thinks I am ‘dazed’ on scenery.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_11.html

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Continued from November 15 (reply #5).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4109216/posts#5

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

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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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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 Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Sunday, December 7, 1862 (“Dr. Parker, of Berea, Cuyahoga County, agent of Sanitary Commission, visits us. We are in no condition for inspection, but he is a sensible man and will make proper allowances.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_12.html

Captain William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, December 7, 1862 (“no signs of a move yet, but general suffering for want of clothes, shoes in especial. The miserable article furnished by the Government to protect the feet of our soldiers seldom lasts more than three or four weeks”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/03/captain-william-thompson-lusk-to_16.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: December 7, 1862 (“The best plan, the only plan, to redeem the past and enjoy blessings in the future, is to cease this bootless warfare and be the first to recognize our independence.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/10/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-december_31.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Sunday, December 7, 1862 (More tragic romance in Louisiana.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-sarah-morgan-sunday-december-7.html

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Today’s posts:

“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” reply #5
John Jackman, #6
Johnny Green, #7
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #8
John G. Nicolay, #9
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #10

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Shelby Foote, The Civil War Narrative, Volume Two, Fredericksburg to Meridian

Continued from November 13 (reply #26).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4107183/posts#26

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from November 15 (reply #4).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4109216/posts#4

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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

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

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Proclamation of Abraham Lincoln, December 8, 1863 (Pardon offered to rebels who swear future allegiance.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/proclamation-of-abraham-lincoln.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, Monday Morning, December 8, 1862 (“I am writing you before a huge log fire in a great old-fashioned fireplace. I wish you were here. It’s really jolly living so”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb_14.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, Monday Morning, December 8, 1862 (“The men work hard getting up our log village and enjoy it much.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sophia_15.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Monday, December 8, 1862 (Memories of South Mountain.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_13.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: December 8, 1862 (Good description from a junior officer on the Vicksburg campaign.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/captain-charles-wright-wills-december-8.html

Senator Louis T. Wigfall to James A. Seddon, December 8, 1862 (“I have just received a letter from Genl. Johnston which causes gloomy forebodings as to our future in the West.” On Johnston’s letter to Wigfall of Dec. 4.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/senator-louis-t-wigfall-to-james-seddon.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: December 8, 1862 (Gen. Lee recommends recasting smooth bore guns into rifled guns.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-december.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: December 8, 1862 (“My birthday to-day. I am a man twenty-one years old, but I must say that I have been doing a man’s duty before I was twenty-one, providing a soldier’s duty is a man’s.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/diary-of-private-louis-leon-december-8.html

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Today’s posts:

“Grant,” with a map from Shelby Foote’s Civil War Narrative, reply #12
U.S. Grant, #13
Johnny Green, #14
George Templeton Strong, #15
Links to 8 items from Civil War Notebook, #16

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Shelby Foote, The Civil War Narrative, Volume Two, Fredericksburg to Meridian

Continued from November 14 (reply #33).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4107183/posts#33

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

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Shelby Foote, The Civil War Narrative, Volume Two, Fredericksburg to Meridian

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

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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