Harper’s Weekly – December 13, 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/4114242/posts

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General Burnside and His Marshals – 1, 12
Thanksgiving – 2
The Message – 2
The Lounger – 2-3
Humors of the Day – 3-4
Domestic Intelligence – 4
General Banks’s Expedition – 5, 10
Petersburg, Virginia – 6, 10
Foreign News – 7
Treasures – 7
Outwitted – 7-9
The Trick of the Trapeze – 9-10
John Bull – 10
Jonathan – 10
The Army of the Potomac – 11-12
A Letter from the Country – 12-13
Alice Bankgrove’s Soldier – 13-14
The Government Horse – 14
An Egyptian Ball – 14
Drury’s Bluff – 14, 16-17
Slidell’s House – 14-15
The New Rector of Trinity – 18
No Name, by Wilkie Collins, Between the Scenes, Ch I-IV – 18
No Name, by Wilkie Collins, Seventh Scene, Ch I – 19-21

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The West Point Atlas of War: The Civil War, Chief Editor, Brigadier General Vincent J. Esposito

Continued from November 17 (reply #16).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4109216/posts#16

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Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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Continued from December 12 (reply #32).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4114242/posts#32

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Continued from November 4 (reply #15).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4105170/posts#15

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from December 1 (reply #10).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4112545/posts#10

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David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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12/13 reply #5:

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

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Continued from December 7 (reply #5).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4114242/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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Salmon P. Chase to William Cullen Bryant, December 13, 1862 (Sec. Chase responds to criticism of his actions that appeared in the Saturday Evening Post.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/salmon-p-chase-to-william-cullen-bryant.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Saturday, December 13, 1862 (“Our new second lieutenant, [William] McKinley, returned today — an exceedingly bright, intelligent, and gentlemanly young officer.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_17.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: December 13, 1862 (“After all, Fredericksburg was severely shelled — whether designedly or incidentally in the fight, does not yet appear.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-december_14.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: December 13, 1862 (“There was nothing to record up to the 13th, but to-day had division review from 9 A.M. until 5 P.M.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/diary-of-private-louis-leon-december-13.html

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Today’s posts:

“Never Call Retreat,” West Point Atlas map, reply #3
“Lee,” #4
“Team of Rivals,” #5
“Lincoln,” #6
George Templeton Strong, #7
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #8
John Jackman, #9
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook #10

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Battle Maps of the Civil War: The Eastern Theater, American Battlefield Trust

Continued from reply #4.

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Battle Maps of the Civil War: The Eastern Theater, American Battlefield Trust

Continued from reply #X.

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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“Continued from reply #X.”

Derp. Continued from reply #12.

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The West Point Atlas of War: The Civil War, Chief Editor, Brigadier General Vincent J. Esposito

Continued from reply #13.

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Continued from reply #3.

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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Superbly presented, Homer. Thanks exceedingly.

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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 Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: December 13, 1862 (“Night. — Passengers report heavy skirmishing before they left Fredericksburg this morning, but cannonading tells us of bloody work since.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_9.html