Harper’s Weekly – March 14, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | March 14, 1863

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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: Thursday, March 17, 1863 (Letters of marque discussed by cabinet and concern about developments on the Mississippi and in South Carolina.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/diary-of-gideon-welles-thursday-march_28.html

Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, March 17, 1863 (Meade thinks the Committee on the Conduct of the War had decided to blame Gen. Franklin for the Fredericksburg disaster.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/major-general-george-g-meade-to_30.html

Diary of Colonel William F. Bartlett: Tuesday, March 17, 1863 (“Banks publishes in orders that “the Hartford and Albatross passed the fort safely, and lie anchored above. The object of the expedition is accomplished.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-colonel-william-f-bartlett_30.html

Captain Robert Gould Shaw to Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw, March 17, 1863 (“Yesterday we had some officers out to take a look at the men. They all went away very much pleased.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/captain-robert-gould-shaw-to-sarah.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 17, 1863 (“On Saturday, the enemy’s lower Mississippi fleet attacked our batteries at Port Hudson. The result reported is that only one of their gun-boats got past, and that in a damaged condition.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-17.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: March 17, 1863 (“the Yankees have gone back to Baton Rouge, hearing we had sixty thousand men coming down after them. I believe I am positively disappointed! I did want to see them soundly thrashed!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-sarah-morgan-sunday-morning_9.html

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Today’s posts:

Lincoln letter to Gen. Rosecrans, reply #18
“Jefferson Davis, American,” #19
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #20
George Templeton Strong, #21
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #22

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Continued from March 17 (reply #20).

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

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Continued from February 26 (reply #15).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4132663/posts#15

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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3/18 reply #3:

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

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Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood to Edwin M. Stanton, March 18, 1863 (The Knights of the Golden Circle are up to no good in Iowa.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/governor-samuel-j-kirkwood-to-edwin-m.html

William H. Seward to Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood, March 18, 1863 (“how soon, in the event of your accepting the appointment, you will be prepared to proceed to Copenhagen.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/william-h-seward-to-governor-samuel-j.html

Diary of Colonel William F. Bartlett: Wednesday, March 18, 1863 (Col Bartlett’s a little grumpy after the abortive Port Hudson expedition.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/05/diary-of-colonel-william-f-bartlett_6.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: Wednesday, March 18, 1863 (“We Leave for Plymouth”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/03/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-wednesday.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 18, 1863 (“a dispatch was received from Gen. J. E. B. Stuart (cavalry), stating that he had attacked the enemy on this side of the river, and beaten him back, forcing him to recross with loss.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-18.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: March 18, 1863 (“Planted out a few trees today, which I had gotten from a man in Lynchburg; paid $25 for them, and can hardly see them in the yard.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-march_9.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: March 18, 1863 (Chance encounter with a friend whose family has suffered greatly from the war.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_31.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: March 18-19, 1863 (“Went into Camp White (after Colonel White of the Twelfth), opposite the mouth of the Elk.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_5.html

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Today’s posts:

“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” reply #24
“Lee,” #25
Lincoln’s letter to a Congressman, #26
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #27

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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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Continued from March 14 (reply #4).

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 Colonel William F. Bartlett: Thursday, March 19, 1863 (“One of my officers killed eight snakes yesterday. One of the rattlesnakes had eleven rattles.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/05/diary-of-colonel-william-f-bartlett.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: March 19, 1863 (“I want you to be sure and get “Harpers Weekly” of March 14th, and read that army story about the officers captured by pretended guerrillas.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/09/captain-charles-wright-wills-march-19.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: March 19, 1863 (After a “rather unpleasant” passage, “We arrive at the north end of the sound, near the entrance to Croaton sound”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/03/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-march-19.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 19, 1863 (“It is estimated that we lost 250 men, killed, wounded, and taken, in the fight on the Rappahannock; the enemy’s loss is not known, but certainly was heavy, since they were defeated”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-19.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: March 19, 1863 (A pleasant interlude for McGuire’s birthday.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire.html

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Today’s posts:

John G. Nicolay, #29
U.S. Grant, #30
George Templeton Strong, #31
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #32

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Continued from January 30 (reply #27).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4125606/posts#27

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Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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

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Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood to William H. Seward, March 20, 1863 (Gov. Kirkwood deciding if he will accept the position of Minister to Denmark.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/governor-samuel-j-kirkwood-to-william-h.html

Senator John Sherman to Major General William T. Sherman, March 20, 1863 (“You never lost the confidence of the department and especially of Stanton and Halleck.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/12/senator-john-sherman-to-major-general_23.html

Diary of Colonel William F. Bartlett: Friday, March 20, 1863 (“Orders this morning to march to Baton Rouge. We got in about three P. M. We got our tents up and began to make ourselves at home again.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/05/diary-of-colonel-william-f-bartlett_25.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: March 20, 1863 (“The boat starts at daylight, passing Roanoke island, and enters the Albemarle, arriving at Plymouth late in the afternoon”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/03/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-march-20.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 20, 1863 (“Hood’s division in high spirits, and merrily snowballing each other. And these men slept last night out in the snow without tents! Can such soldiers be vanquished?”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-20.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: March 20, 1863 (“Katz went home to-day on a furlough. Nothing new up to the 23d.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/06/diary-of-private-louis-leon-march-20.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: March 20, 1863 (“Severe snow-storm. This will retard the attack upon Fredericksburg, if the enemy designed it.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_4.html

A Woman’s Diary Of The Siege Of Vicksburg: March 20, 1863 (“How can they ever take a town that has such advantages for defense and protection as this? We’ll just burrow into these hills and let them batter away as hard as they please.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/a-womans-diary-of-siege-of-vicksburg_17.html