Harper’s Weekly – December 20, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | December 20, 1862

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

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Continued from December 20 (reply #6).

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, December 23, 1862 (Welles describes relations among Lincoln and his cabinet.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday-december_27.html

Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, December 23, 1862 (“Burnside returned last night from Washington, and to-day he has issued an order placing me in command of the Fifth Army Corps.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/major-general-george-g-meade-to_27.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Tuesday, December 23, 1862 (Col. Hayes has time to study history.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_3.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: December 23, 1862 (“The raid into Holly Springs was capitally done. The Rebels made a No. 1 haul.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/captain-charles-wright-wills-december_12.html

Captain William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, December 23, 1862 (“I begin to feel my military ambition satisfied. I would be so glad if I could only return to my medical studies.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/03/captain-william-thompson-lusk-to_23.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Tuesday, December 23, 1862 (“Forrest and his raiders seem to have full sway in the direction of Memphis and Columbus.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_2.html

George S. Denison to Salmon P. Chase, December 23, 1862 (“I do not know your opinions and wishes concerning Gen. Butler, but it is certain that his removal gives great satisfaction to all classes including officers, soldiers and citizens.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/02/george-s-denison-to-salmon-p-chase_14.html

Proclamation of Jefferson Davis: General Orders No. 111, December 23, 1862 (“I . . . declare the said Benjamin F. Butler to be a felon deserving of capital punishment.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/proclamation-of-jefferson-davis-general.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: December 23, 1862 (“The battle of Fredericksburg is still the topic, or the wonder, and it transpired more than nine days ago. It will have its page in history, and be read by school-boys a thousand years hence.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-december_28.html

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Today’s posts:

John G. Nicolay, reply #21
Lincoln letter to daughter of a deceased friend, #22
U.S. Grant, #23
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, #24

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

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Wednesday, December 24, 1862 (“The demagogues in Congress disgrace the body and the country. Noisy and loud professions, with no useful policy or end, exhibit themselves daily.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-gideon-welles-wednesday.html

Gerry W. Cochrane and John M. Forbes to Abraham Lincoln, December 24, 1862 (A note of encouragement and congratulations on the Emancipation Proclamation.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/gerry-w-cochrane-and-john-m-forbes-to.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: December 24, 1862 (“Mr. Heyliger says he has seen letters from the United States, conveying information that Charleston is to be attacked about the holidays — the ensuing week — by four iron-clad gun-boats. Well, I believe we have three there; so let them come!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-december_29.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: December 24, 1862 (Hilarity reigned last Christmas. This year all is mournful.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston_31.html

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Today’s posts:

Elisha Hunt Rhodes, reply #26
Johnny Green, #27
George Templeton Strong, #28
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #29

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Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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Continued from December 20 (reply #7).

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

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Continued from December 16 (reply #35).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4115915/posts#35

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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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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Senator Charles Sumner to John M. Forbes, December 25, 1862 (“[Lincoln] let me know last evening of his plan to employ African troops to hold the Mississippi River”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/senator-charles-sumner-to-john-m-forbes.html

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Thursday, December 25, 1862 (“Holly Springs has certainly paid dear for burning our supplies.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/10/diary-of-alexander-g-downing-thursday_17.html

George S. Denison to Salmon P. Chase, December 25, 1862 (“It seems to me that the thorough opening of the river is of most consequence just now — after which the whole Southwest falls easily.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/02/george-s-denison-to-salmon-p-chase_27.html

James Russell Lowell to Charles Eliot Norton, December 25, 1862 (Verse from Mr. Lowell.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/james-russell-lowell-to-charles-eliot.html

General Robert E. Lee to Mildred Childe Lee, December 25, 1862 (Letter to his daughter.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/12/general-robert-e-lee-to-mildred-childe.html

General Robert E. Lee to Mary Custis Lee, December 25, 1862 (Letter to his other daughter.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/12/general-robert-e-lee-to-mary-custis-lee_7.html

Major-General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, December 25, 1862 (“The army suffers immensely by absentees. If all our troops, officers and men, were at their posts, we might, through God’s blessing, expect a more speedy termination of the war.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/major-general-thomas-j-jackson-to-mary_5.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: December 25, 1862 (“It is said the Federal Congress is about to provide for the organization of 100 regiments of negroes. This does not occasion anxiety here. The slaves, once armed, would cut their way back to their masters.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-december_30.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: December 25, 1862 (“This is certainly a hard Christmas for us—bitter cold, raining and snowing all the time, and we have no tents.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/03/diary-of-private-louis-leon-december-25.html

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Today’s posts:

“Never Call Retreat,” reply #31
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #32
“Lee,” #33
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #34
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, #35

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

Continued from December 25 (reply #31).

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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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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Continued from December 22 (reply #19).

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Friday, December 26, 1862 (“Some talk in Cabinet of Thayer’s scheme of emigration to Florida.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-gideon-welles-friday-december_30.html

Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, December 26, 1862 (Meade commiserates with Gen. Butterfield, whom he replaced as V Corps commander.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/major-general-george-g-meade-to_28.html

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, December 26, 1862 (“ON BOARD STEAMER ‘SUNNY SOUTH,’ AT MOUTH OF YAZOO RIVER”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/colonel-thomas-kilby-smith-to-elizabeth_31.html

General Robert E. Lee to Eleanor Agnes Lee, December 26, 1862 (Letter to another daughter.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/12/general-robert-e-lee-to-eleanor-agnes.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: December 26, 1862 (“Vicksburg, I understand, cannot be taken by water. And Grant, the Federal general, is said to be retreating out of Mississippi.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-december.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: December 26, 1862 (“I got vaccinated to-day by Capt. Harvey White. It was raining very hard, and we all are as wet as dish rags.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/03/diary-of-private-louis-leon-december-26.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Friday, December 26, 1862 (Christmas with the Morgans and several men on leave from the army.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-sarah-morgan-friday-december_4.html