Harper’s Weekly – March 21, 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/4138019/posts

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The North United – 1-3
Courage! – 3
The Lounger – 3-4
Humors of the Day – 4-5
Domestic Intelligence – 5
Foreign News – 5
The Canal at Lake Providence – 6, 15
The Loss of the “Queen of the West” – 7, 15
Milly Leslie’s Secret – 7-11
Repairing the Levee at New Orleans – 8, 13
Rappahannock Mud – 11
Extraordinary Excitement in New Orleans – 12-13
One Woman’s Will – 13-14
Persian Stories – 14-15
The Gold Panic – 15-16
The Pirate Florida – 15, 17
Fort Donelson – 18
“A Dark Night’s Work,” by Elizabeth Gaskell, Ch. XII-XIII – 18-19
The Wrath of Mistress Elizabeth Gwynne – 18-19

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Continued from January 1 (reply #42).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4119128/posts#42

David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

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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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War Department, Adjutant General’s Office: General Orders, No. 27, March 21, 1862 (An anti-Fugitive Slave Act.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/12/war-department-adjutant-generals-office_28.html

Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, March 21, 1863 (“Averill’s brilliant cavalry foray has been the camp talk.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/major-general-george-g-meade-to_31.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Saturday, March 21, 1863 (“Lucy and boys on the Allen Collier home.”)

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

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, March 21, 1863 (“Goodbye, darling.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb.html

Diary of Colonel William F. Bartlett: Saturday, March 21, 1863 (Col. Bartlett gives a nice dinner for a fellow officer, complete with cigars and whiskey after.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/05/diary-of-colonel-william-f-bartlett_31.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 21, 1863 (“we now learn that the Indianola was destroyed in the Mississippi by the officers, upon the appearance of a simulated gun boat sent down, without a crew!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-21.html

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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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Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Sunday, March 22, 1863 (Col. Hayes lists the units making up his brigade.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_8.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, March 22, 1863 (“The Twenty-third is the only regiment in the vicinity. My command is stretched from Gauley to the Kentucky line.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sophia.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, March 22, 1863 (“We seem intended for a permanent garrison here. We shall probably be visited by the Rebels while here.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis.html

Diary of Colonel William F. Bartlett: Sunday, March 22, 1863 (“A prisoner was brought in by my pickets this morning. He just came from Port Hudson.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/05/diary-of-colonel-william-f-bartlett_61.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: March 22, 1863 (“The fellows here are telling us bear stories about one rebel General Garnett (whoever he is) and his brigade which is hovering around here.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/03/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-march-22.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: March 22, 1863 (“Anchored at Havana at 6.15 A.M., where I fell in with my old friend, H.M.’s frigate Immortality.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_73.html

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Continued from March 11 (reply #12). Lincoln wrote, “If both factions, or neither, shall abuse you . . .” on this date.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4136261/posts#12

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

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Proclamation of Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood, March 23, 1863 (Against insurrectionists from Missouri coming to Iowa.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/proclamation-of-governor-samuel-j.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Monday, March 23, 1863 (“Make west Virginia a free State and Charleston ought to be a sort of Pittsburgh.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_11.html

Diary of Colonel William F. Bartlett: Monday, March 23, 1863 (“Raining. My bed being pretty comfortable I concluded to lie still until Jacques summoned, ‘Déjeuner tout prêt, Monsieur le Colonel,’ at eight A. M.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/05/diary-of-colonel-william-f-bartlett_95.html

Captain Charles Fessenden Morse: March, 23, 1863 (After a test ride and an inspection by a horse expert, Capt. Morse buys an animal captured at Bull Run for $125.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/captain-charles-fessenden-morse-march.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: March 23, 1863 (“Left Havana in H. M. S. Immortality, at 11 A.m. Knocked off steam when outside the harbour.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_4.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 23, 1863 (“No food is brought to the market, and such as may be found in the city is held at famine prices.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-23.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: March 23, 1863 (“We had a man whipped to-day in our regiment for desertion.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/06/diary-of-private-louis-leon-march-23.html

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Today’s posts:

“Never Call Retreat,” reply #8
Lincoln letter to Gov. Seymour, #9
George Templeton Strong, #10
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #11

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Continued from March 18 (reply #24).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4138019/posts#24

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

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Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Tuesday, March 24, 1863 (Hayes might be imagining a wider audience for his diary than previously. This entry seems aimed at posterity – or maybe just his grandchildren.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_12.html

Colonel William F. Bartlett to Harriett Plummer Bartlett, March 24, 1863 (Horse matters and adapting a saddle to a wooden leg.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/colonel-william-f-bartlett-to-harriett.html

Diary of Colonel William F. Bartlett: Tuesday, March 24, 1863 (“Rode down to Baton Rouge, saw Dr. Winsor; he is much better, will be out soon. Banks’ staff goes to New Orleans, to-day.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/05/diary-of-colonel-william-f-bartlett_27.html

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: March 24, 1863 (“The general [Foster] is no idler, he is always on the move and seeing that everybody else is.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/03/diary-of-corporal-david-l-day-march-24.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: March 24, 1863 (“Went to several houses and had a good time with ladies and eatables up to the 29th.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/06/diary-of-private-louis-leon-march-24.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: March 24, 1863 (“Wrote yesterday to my dear father by Flag of Truce; hope and pray I may succeed in getting a reply from him or Julia.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-march_10.html

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Continued from March 24 (reply #13).

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

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Continued from March 5 (reply #15)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4134481/posts#15

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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

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Diary of Colonel William F. Bartlett: Wednesday, March 25, 1863 (“The prospect seems to be that we shall stay here quiet now for the present, unless attacked.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/05/diary-of-colonel-william-f-bartlett_69.html

Captain Robert Gould Shaw to Sarah Blake Sturgis Shaw, March 25, 1863 (“If the success of the Fifty-fourth gives you so much pleasure, I shall have no difficulty in giving you good news of it whenever I write.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/captain-robert-gould-shaw-to-sarah_30.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 25, 1863 (“We have no news to-day, excepting the falling back of Rosecrans from Murfreesborough, and a raid of Morgan and capture of a train of cars.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-25.html

Major-General Jeb Stuart to Captain John S. Mosby, March 25, 1863 (“by all means ignore the term ‘Partisan Ranger.’ It is in bad repute. Call your command ‘Mosby’s Regulars,’”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/major-general-jeb-stuart-to-captain.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Wednesday, March 25, 1863 (Some young acquaintances of the Morgans are off to do battle with the Yankees.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-sarah-morgan-wednesday-march.html

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Today’s posts:

“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” reply #15
“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” #16
Johnny Green, #17
Abraham Lincoln, #18
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #19