Harper’s Weekly – January 10, 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/4120548/posts

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Rebel Negro Pickets – 1-2
The Battle of Fredericksburg – 1-2, 13, 17-18
Dreams – 3
Negro Emancipation – 3
General Banks at New Orleans – 3
The Lounger – 3-4
Humors of the Day – 4-5
Domestic Intelligence – 5
Brigadier-General Foster, U.S.A. – 6-10
Foreign News – 7
Fighting and Waiting – 7-10
The Banks Expedition – 7, 20
A Military Tableau – 10-12
Fort Negley, Tennessee – 11, 14
Universal Advice to Abraham – DROP EM! – 12
Over! – 14
No Name, by Wilkie Collins, Between the Scenes & the Last Scene, Ch. I – 14-16
Holly Springs – 19-20
Love-Song – 20
Brothers in Arms – 20-22

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Continued from December 23, 1862 (reply #23).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4117634/posts#23

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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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 10, 1863 (“The President sent for Stanton and myself; wished us to consult and do what we could for the employment of the contrabands”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-january_14.html

Captain Charles Fessenden Morse, January 10, 1863 (“From the first of March to the first of June, I predict that there will be the liveliest fighting we have ever seen in this country”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/captain-charles-fessenden-morse-january_12.html

Letter from Captain Duncan to Mrs. Duncan (The battle at Springfield, MO)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/01/letter-from-captain-duncan-to-mrs.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Saturday, January 10, 1863 (“To-day some of the Seventh boys return from a foraging expedition in West Tennessee, bringing in some hogs, sheep, chickens and geese, making quite a welcome addition to our scanty supplies.”)

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

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 10, 1863 (“Six hundred women and children — refugees — arrived at Petersburg yesterday from the North.”)

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

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Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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Continued from December 17, 1862 (reply #39).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4115915/posts#39

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from January 4 (reply #10).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4120548/posts#10

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

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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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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 Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Sunday, January 11, 1863 (“[Rosecrans’] courage and energy make him emphatically the fighting general of this war.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_23.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Sunday, January 11, 1863 (“May the troops guarding the railroads be more vigilant in the future, and never more pull down the old flag and hoist the flag of truce!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_67.html

General Robert E. Lee to Colonel G. W. Custis Lee, January 11, 1863 (“It was my desire to manumit all the people of your grandfather, whether present on the several estates or not.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/general-robert-e-lee-to-brigadier_12.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 11, 1863 (Jones expects the message of NY Gov. Seymour will lead to “riots, and perhaps rebellions and civil wars in the North”.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-january_27.html

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Today’s posts:

“Never Call Retreat,” reply #6
“Grant,” #7
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #8
John G. Nicolay, #9
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #10
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #11

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The first excerpt below is continued from January 5 (reply #17).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4120548/posts#17

The second excerpt is continued from a future date.

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Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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

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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: Monday, January 12, 1863 (“It is said that Sherman has been superseded by McClernand. I know not how this is.”)

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

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, January 12, 1863 (“I do not expect a great deal from the [Emancipation] Proclamation, but am glad it was issued.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis_24.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: January 12, 1863 (“’Tis reported that when Grant moves again, he will leave all the new regiments as railroad and property guards, and move with the old army.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/captain-charles-wright-wills-january-12.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Monday, January 12, 1863 (“How anxious and lonely the soldiers are becoming here in this secluded part of the world, without any mail or any news from the north.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_93.html

Jefferson Davis to the Confederate Congress, January 12, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/03/jefferson-davis-to-confederate-congress.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 12, 1863 (“Our men fight to kill now, since the emancipation doom has been pronounced.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-january_28.html

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Today’s posts:

“Never Call Retreat” (2), reply #13
Gen. Sherman letter to Mrs. Sherman, 14
George Templeton Strong, #15
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #16

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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: Tuesday, January 13, 1863 (The intercepted documents Welles cites will appear in full in the NY Times on Jan. 18.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday-january_17.html

Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, January 13, 1863 (Gen. Meade testifies at the trial of Gen. McDowell.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/major-general-george-g-meade-to_7.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Tuesday, January 13, 1863 (“’Confiscation and extermination’ is our motto. Anything to weaken this inhuman rebellion.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_77.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 13, 1863 (“The generals in North Carolina are importunate for reinforcements. Lee cannot send any”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-january_29.html

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