Harper’s Weekly – April 11, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | April 11, 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/4143112/posts

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In the Bayous – 1-2, 14
Our Country’s Dead – 2
The Confederate Loan in Europe – 2
Lord Lyons’s Dispatch – 2-3
The Lounger – 3-4
Humors of the Day – 4
The Wedding of the Prince of Wales – 5-7, 11, 15
Domestic Intelligence – 7-8
Foreign News – 8
“A Dark Night’s Work,” by Elizabeth Gaskell, Ch. XVII-XVIII – 8-9
Love’s Inconsistencies – 9
“Killed in Action” – 9-10
Mr. Seward and the Frenchman – 10
“Very Hard Cash,” by Charles Reade, Prologue, Ch. II – 12-13
Admiral Porter’s Dummy – 13-14, 17
The Fight at Newbern – 14, 16
The Wanderer – 14
The Little Red Slipper – 17-18

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Continued from April 10 (reply #40)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4143112/posts#40

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, April 11, 1863 (“Seward is in great trouble about the mail of the Peterhoff, a captured blockade-runner.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/02/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-april.html

Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, April 11, 1863 (“[I] have been making myself (or at least trying so to do) very agreeable to Mrs. Lincoln, who seems an amiable sort of personage.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/major-general-george-g-meade-to_7.html

Letter From T. A. Trent (Letter to the editor from an Iowa soldier at Corinth.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/11/letter-from-t-trent.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Saturday, April 11, 1863 (“I have now become comparatively accustomed and reconciled to the necessity of shaking hands and drinking brandy with every one.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_28.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 11, 1863 (“Gen. Beauregard telegraphs that Gen. Walker has destroyed another Federal gun-boat in Coosa River.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-11.html

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Continued from April 7 (reply #21).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4143112/posts#21

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Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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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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Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Sunday, April 12, 1863 (“The monitor vessels have proved their resisting power, and, but for the submarine obstructions, would have passed the forts and gone to the wharves of Charleston.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/02/diary-of-gideon-welles-sunday-april-12.html

Adjutant-General Lorenzo Thomas to Edwin M. Stanton, April 12, 1863 (“I arrived here, the headquarters of General Grant, yesterday, but am too weak to leave the steamer. To-morrow I hope to address the troops.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/adjutant-general-lorenzo-thomas-to.html

Major-General John Sedgwick to his Sister, April 12, 1863 (“Mrs. Lincoln visited the hospitals, giving little comforts to the sick, without any display or ostentation, like a gentle, kind-hearted lady, as she is.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/major-general-john-sedgwick-to-his_3.html

Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, April 12, 1863 (Gen. Hooker is not a drunk!)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/major-general-george-g-meade-to_8.html

Captain Charles Fessenden Morse: April 12, 1863 (“the Army of the Potomac a collection of as fine troops, I firmly believe, as there are in the world.”)

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

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Sunday, April 12, 1863 (Fremantle hears the story of the Harriet Lane from Maj. Leon Smith, who captured here.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/12/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 12, 1863 (“Our government and people seem now to despair of European intervention.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-12.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: Sunday Night, April 12, 1863 (“Our society here has been greatly improved by the refugees from Fredericksburg.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_12.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Sunday, April 12, 1863 (The Morgans have made their way to Madisonville, across Lake Pontchartrain from New Orleans. Sarah tells the saga of their journey.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-sarah-morgan-sunday-april-12.html

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Today’s posts:

“Never Call Retreat,” reply #6
John Nicolay, #7
John Hay, #8
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, #9

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Continued from February 18 (reply #15).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4130925/posts#15

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David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, April 13, 1863 (The Peterhoff affair continues. Diary entry and note to Seward.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/02/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-april-13.html

Gideon Welles to William H. Seward, April 13, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/02/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-april-13_20.html

Major-General Ambrose Burnside: General Orders, No. 38, April 13, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/12/major-general-ambrose-burnside-general.html

Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood to William H. Seward, April 13, 1863 (“It will be very agreeable to me to accept the Mission to Denmark”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/governor-samuel-j-kirkwood-to-william-h_12.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Monday, April 13, 1863 (A slow journey from Brownsville to San Antonio, colorfully described.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: April 13, 1863 (“Up to date they are firing at Fort Hill and Washington all the time.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/06/diary-of-private-louis-leon-april-13.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Monday, April 13, 1863 (“Having nothing to do, I may as well go on with the history of our wanderings.” At length.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-sarah-morgan-monday-april-13.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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The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

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Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, April 14, 1863 (Army-Navy bickering on the Mississippi.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/02/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday-april-14.html

John Hay to John G. Nicolay, April 14, 1863 (Hay forwards a flirtatious poem penned by one of Gen. Hunter’s staff officers.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/john-hay-to-john-g-nicolay-april-14-1863.html

Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, April 14, 1863 (Gen. Meade won’t be leaving camp to receive a ceremonial sword.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/major-general-george-g-meade-to_9.html

Captain Charles Fessenden Morse: April 14, 1863 (The 2nd Mass. may be heading for a battle.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/captain-charles-fessenden-morse-april.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: April 14, 1863 (“Rumors of another move down the Mississippi Central R. R. are flying now. I credit them.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/captain-charles-wright-wills-april-14.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Tuesday, April 14, 1863 (“Soon after we had unpacked for the night, six Texan Rangers, of “Wood’s” regiment, rode up to us. They were very picturesque fellows; tall, thin, and ragged, but quite gentlemanlike in their manners.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_13.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 14, 1863 (“We have news from Tennessee, which seems to indicate that Gen. Van Dorn has been beaten, losing a battery, after a sanguinary battle of several hours.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-14.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: April 14, 1863 (“We hear much of the danger of the army being starved Out of Virginia.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-april_15.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Tuesday, April 14, 1863 (The refugees put on an impromptu dance which is only partly successful.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-sarah-morgan-monday-april-14.html

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Today’s posts:

“All for the Union,” reply #14
George Templeton Strong, #15
John Hay, #16
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, #17

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

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Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger