Harper’s Weekly – January 3, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | January 3, 1863

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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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Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, January 5, 1863 (“Commander Bankhead arrived this morning and brings particulars of the loss of the Monitor.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-january-5.html

Major-General William S. Rosecrans to Edwin M. Stanton, January 5, 1863 – 4:30 a.m. (“God has crowned our arms with victory. The enemy are badly beaten, and in full retreat.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/major-general-william-s-rosecrans-to_22.html

Elizabeth Adams Lusk to Captain William Thompson Lusk, January 5, 1863 (Effect of the Emancipation Proclamation in Norwich Connecticut.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/03/elizabeth-adams-lusk-to-captain-william_30.html

Captain William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, January 5, 1863 (“I do not see the slightest hope or prospect of either a short leave of absence, or of promotion, neither of which little matters do I intend shall disturb my equanimity in the slightest degree.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/04/captain-william-thompson-lusk-elizabeth.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: January 5, 1863 (“The mail is now distributed, and the soldiers can be seen in every direction perusing the home missives. All feel cheerful after reading these words that come from the loyal hearts of the loved ones at home.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_43.html

General Robert E. Lee to Colonel G. W. Custis Lee, January 5, 1863 (“I am doubtful whether I shall be able to retain my position, and may at last be obliged to yield to a greater force than that under command of General Burnside.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/12/general-robert-e-lee-to-colonel-g-w.html

Major-General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, January 5, 1863 (“Mrs. General Longstreet, Mrs. General A. P. Hill, and Mrs. General Rodes have all been to see their husbands.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/major-general-thomas-j-jackson-to-mary_8.html

Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood to Milton B. Cochran, January 5, 1863 (“I am both grateful and grieved to hear the particulars of the hard fought battle of Prairie Grove.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/governor-samuel-j-kirkwood-to-milton-b.html

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Monday, January 5, 1863 (“A report came to camp that the forces under Sherman made an unsuccessful attack upon Vicksburg.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/11/diary-of-alexander-g-downing-monday.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 5, 1863 (“During the day an absurd rumor was invented, to the effect that Bragg had been beaten.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-january-5.html

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Today’s posts:

“Never Call Retreat,” reply #17
“Jefferson Davis, American,” #18
Lincoln note to Rosecrans, #19
John Jackman, #20
Johnny Green, #21
Links to 10 items at Civil War Notebook, #22

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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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Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, January 6, 1863 (“Got off dispatches this morning ordering the ironclads south to strengthen Du Pont in his attack on Charleston”)

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

Major General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, January 6, 1863 (“You will have heard of our attack on Vicksburg and failure to succeed. The place is too strong, and without the co-operation of a large army coming from the interior it is impracticable.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/12/major-general-william-t-sherman-to.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, January 6, 1863 (“It would surprise you to see what tidy and pretty houses the soldiers have built with very little except an axe and the forest to do it with.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sophia_19.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Tuesday, January 6, 1863 (“During past year we have received sixty-eight recruits; discharged sixty-six; killed in action forty-seven; died of wounds twenty; died of disease fifteen.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_18.html

Captain Charles Fessenden Morse, January 6, 1863 (“Rumor says that Burnside will ask to be relieved before many days. Who will be our next commander, no one knows; Lord save us from Hooker, at all events!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/captain-charles-fessenden-morse-january.html

Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood to Brigadier-General Francis J. Herron, January 6, 1863 (“I wish I could shake hands with you and express to you verbally my thanks and congratulations for the well fought battle and dearly won victory of Prairie Grove.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/governor-samuel-j-kirkwood-to-brigadier_28.html

Major-General Thomas J. Jackson to Mary Anna Morrison Jackson, January 6, 1863 (“The other day I received from the citizens of Augusta County a magnificent horse, with an excellent saddle and bridle.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/major-general-thomas-j-jackson-to-mary_9.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 6, 1863 (“I do not know how to reconcile Bragg’s first dispatches, and particularly the one saying he had the whole field, and would follow the enemy, with this last one announcing his withdrawal and retirement from the field.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-january-6.html

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Today’s posts:

John Jackman, reply #24
Johnny Green, #25
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #26
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #27

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

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Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, January 7, 1863 (“Burnside told me to-day that he had telegraphed to the President for authority to advance, and that if it was refused, he should insist on retiring.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/major-general-george-g-meade-to_6.html

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Eliza Walter Smith, January 7, 1863 (“I have a splendid command, five fine regiments of infantry, two full batteries of artillery, and a squadron of horse, nearly five thousand men, and the very flower of the army.”)

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

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Wednesday, January 7, 1863 (“Appointed to command First Brigade, Second Kanawha Division. Rather a small affair — Twenty-third Regiment and Eighty-ninth Regiment, Captain Harrison’s Cavalry, Captain Gilmore’s ditto.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_20.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Wednesday, January 7, 1863 (“Things look gloomy in and around Corinth. The troops are compelled to subsist in part on corn obtained by the foraging parties.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_17.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 7, 1863 (“To-day I was requested to aid, temporarily, in putting in operation a new bureau, created by the military authorities, not by law, entitled the Bureau of Conscription.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-january-7.html

A Woman’s Diary Of The Siege Of Vicksburg: January 7, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/a-womans-diary-of-siege-of-vicksburg.html

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Thursday, January 8, 1863 (“Had a singular letter to-day from Chase, requesting that vessels with custom-house clearance might be allowed to pass the blockade.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-gideon-welles-thursday-january_12.html

Senator Charles Sumner to Major-General Benjamin F. Butler, January 8, 1863 (“[The President] added that he was anxious to keep you in the public service and to gratify you, as you had deserved well of the country.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/senator-charles-sumner-to-major-general.html

Francis Lieber to Senator Charles Sumner, January 8, 1863 (Argument against suspension of habeas corpus.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/francis-lieber-to-senator-charles_26.html

George S. Denison to Salmon P. Chase, January 8, 1863 (“A disaster has occurred at Galveston, similar to that near Fortress Monroe when the Cumberland and Congress were destroyed.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/03/george-s-denison-to-salmon-p-chase_25.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Thursday, January 8, 1863 (“The troops still on half rations, and a very small half at that. A few more days, and we anticipate that we shall be nearly starved out.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_49.html

General Joseph E. Johnston to Senator Louis T. Wigfall, January 8, 1863 (“this command of mine is a nominal one, imposing upon me responsibilities which I cannot possibly meet.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/general-joseph-e-johnston-to-senator_17.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 8, 1863 (“We have nothing fresh from Bragg — nothing from Vicksburg — and that is bad news.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-january-8.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: January 8, 1863 (The hardships of the last three weeks.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_15.html

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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 Gideon Welles: Friday, January 9, 1863 (“The final accounts of the result at Murfreesborough are favorable. Rosecrans has done himself honor and the country service. From Vicksburg the intelligence is less satisfactory.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-gideon-welles-friday-january-9.html

Letter From Dr. Miller (Letter about Iowa troops’ activities for Iowa readers.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/01/letter-from-dr-miller.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Friday, January 9, 1863 (“This morning the boys are busy shelling corn to make hominy”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_3.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 9, 1863 (“The Northern papers say the Federals have taken Vicksburg; but we are incredulous. Yet we have no reliable intelligence from thence”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-january-9.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: January 9, 1863 (“The price of negroes is enormous. A young girl sold on the street the other day for a few dollars short of $2000.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston_2.html