Harper’s Weekly – January 3, 1863

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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/4119128/posts

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Santa Claus Among Our Soldiers – 1, 9
At Last – 2-3
The Cabinet Imbroglio – 3
The Banks Expedition – 3
Humors of the Day – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4-5
Foreign News – 5
The Battle of Fredericksburg – 6-9
If! – 9
Our Map of North Carolina – 9-10
The Porter Court-Martial – 9, 16
Only – 9
An Exchange of Prisoners – 9, 11
Those Guillotines – A Little Incident at the White House – 11
Christmas Eve – 12, 19-20
To My Soldier – 13
No Name, by Wilkie Collins, Seventh Scene, Ch IV (cont.) – 13-15
On the Antietam – 15
In an Album – 17
The Pirate Semmes – 17
Santa Claus’s Ball; or, A Plea for the Children – 17-19
Quashy’s Master – 20

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Continued from December 31, 1862 (reply #29).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4119128/posts#29

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, January 3, 1863 (“Of Rosecrans I have thought better and hope a good account of his work, but the best sometimes fail, and he may not be best.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-january.html

Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, January 3, 1863 (“Hooker has gone up to Washington, for what purpose I do not know, but I guess to see what chance he has for the command, in case Burnside is removed”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/major-general-george-g-meade-to_5.html

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, January 3, 1863 (“The papers will have apprised you that we have had a fight, that we have met the enemy and that they are not ours”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/colonel-thomas-kilby-smith-to-elizabeth.html

Captain William F. Bartlett to Lieutenant-Colonel Francis W. Palfrey, January 3, 1863 (“A great many perplexing questions have come up during the week, involving heavy responsibilities, — the ordering of the various ships to sea, — telegraphing with the Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of War in regard to duties on coal, etc., etc.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/captain-william-f-bartlett-to_28.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 3, 1863 (“he telegraphed the government at Washington that if they did not send forward larger supplies of stores to Burnside’s army, he (Stuart) would not find it worth while to intercept them.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-january-3.html

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Today’s posts:

“Never Call Retreat,” reply #3
John Jackman, #4
Johnny Green, #5
George Templeton Strong, #6
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #7

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Continued from December 26, 1862 (reply #39).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4117634/posts#39

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

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Continued from January 1 (reply #44).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4119128/posts#44

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

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Home Letters of General Sherman, edited by M.A. DeWolfe Howe, 1909

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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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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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Address of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to the 23rd Ohio Infantry, January 4, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/address-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, January 4, 1863 (Hayes is sorry he forgot their anniversary.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb_12.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, January 4, 1863 (“We have rumors of heavy fighting in Tennessee and at Vicksburg, but not enough to tell what is the result.”)

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

Captain Charles Wright Wills: January 4, 1863 (On the road to Jackson, TN. An interesting account.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/captain-charles-wright-wills-january-4.html

Elizabeth Adams Lusk to Captain William Thompson Lusk, January 4, 1863 (“We are anxiously awaiting the final result of the battle in Tennessee. It has involved another fearful loss of life; another “army of martyrs” have shed their blood, we trust Oh, God! not in vain.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/03/elizabeth-adams-lusk-to-captain-william_46.html

Diary of Reverend James Freeman Clarke: Sunday, January 4, 1863 (“Preach New Year’s sermon on the proclamation. Afternoon, Lord’s Supper. Leave for Washington at 11.10.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/diary-of-reverend-james-freeman-clarke_29.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 4, 1863 (Jones suspects some malign functionary is sabotaging Confederate operations.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-january-4.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Sunday, January 4, 1863 (Yankees occupy the Morgan home in Baton Rouge. The State House there was burned down.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-sarah-morgan-sunday-january-4.html

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Today’s posts:

“Jefferson Davis, American,” reply #9
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #10
Sherman letter to Mrs. Sherman, #11
John Jackman, #12
Johnny Green, #13
John G. Nicolay, #14
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #15

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Continued from January 3 (reply #3).

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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Continued from January 4 (reply #9).

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

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

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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis