Harper’s Weekly – December 27, 1862

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | December 27, 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/4117634/posts

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The Bombardment of Fredericksburg – 1, 6, 19
The Reverse at Fredericksburg – 2
The British Pirates “Oreto” and “Alabama” – 2-3
Obituary: Lt. Col. Joseph B. Curtis, 4th Rhode Island Volunteers, killed at Fredericksburg – 3
The Lounger – 3-4
Humors of the Day – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4-5
My Little Picture – 5
Twelve Months After Marriage – 5
Twenty Years After Marriage – 5
A Topographical Map of Eastern Virginia from Fredericksburg to Richmond – 7
No Name, by Wilkie Collins, Seventh Scene, Ch IV – 8-9
A Year in the Service – 9-10
A Battle as Seen by the Reserve – 10-11
Dickens’s New Christmas Story: Somebody’s Luggage (concluded) – 12-19

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

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John M. Forbes to Senator Charles Sumner, December 27, 1862 (“a good strong Proclamation full of vigor, of freedom, and of democracy, would almost compensate us for the dreadful repulse of Fredericksburg.”)

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

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: December 27, 1862 (“We have intelligence of a great armament, under Gen. Sherman, sailing from Memphis against Vicksburg.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-december_2.html

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David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

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

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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Continued from December 25 (reply #32).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4117634/posts#32

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

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

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Senator Charles Sumner to John M. Forbes, December 28, 1862 (“The President says that he could not stop the Proclamation if he would, and he would not if he could.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/10/senator-charles-sumner-to-john-m-forbes.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, Sunday Evening, December 28, 1862 (“I dined the four cousins on Christmas day. Had a good time. The regiment fired volleys in the morning. In the afternoon I gave a turkey and two bottles of wine to the three best marksmen.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-julia.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: December 28, 1862 (“On Christmas my wife’s cousins, Lieutenant Nelson and privates Ed and Ike Cook and Jim McKell1 dined with me; all of Company D, Eighty-ninth Regiment.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_5.html

George William Curtis to Charles Eliot Norton, December 28, 1862 (“All our reverses, our despondence, our despairs, bring us to the inevitable issue: shall not the blacks strike for their freedom?”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/george-william-curtis-to-charles-eliot_20.html

General Robert E. Lee to Dr. Orlando Fairfax, December 28, 1862 (“I have grieved most deeply at the death of your noble son.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/general-robert-e-lee-to-dr-orlando.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: December 28, 1862 (“We have no news to-day from the West. If the great battle has been fought at Vicksburg, we ought to know it to-day or to-morrow”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-december_8.html

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Today’s posts:

“Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom,” reply #5
Map from Shelby Foote Civil War Narrative & John Jackman, #6
Johnny Green, #7
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #8
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #9
John G. Nicolay, #10
Lincoln letter to Hiram Walbridge, #11
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #12

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Continued from December 18 (reply #44).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4115915/posts#44

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Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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Continued from December 18 (reply #47).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4115915/posts#47

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from December 28 (reply #8).

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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Continued from December 21 (reply #11).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4117634/posts#11

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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

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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