Harper’s Weekly – April 25, 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/4146385/posts

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Admiral DuPont – 1, 7, 14
Tu Guvernor Cannon ov Delaware – 2
Our Relations with Great Britain – 2
Charleston – 2
The “Keokuk” – 2, 12, 15
The Lounger – 2-3
The Half-Way Rock – 3
Humors of the Day – 3-4
Domestic Intelligence – 4
Foreign News – 4
Keeping John Bull’s Score – 4
The Night Attack – 4
The Sumter Meeting – 5, 16
A Group of Butternut Prisoners, Taken from Life – 6
A Return from the Threshold – 8, 10
The Iron-Clads at Charleston – 9, 14
“Very Hard Cash,” by Charles Reade, Ch. IV – 10-12
Ericsson’s Devil – 12
The Approach of the British Pirate “Alabama” – 13
Our Jubilee – 16

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Continued from February 5 (reply #20). “In fact, Stanton admitted, he ‘Detested it.’” See today’s George Templeton Strong diary entry

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4127328/posts#20

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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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 a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Eliza Walter Smith, April 25, 1863 (“Monday we move, first by transport, then the march. No tents, one blanket to each man. March light; that’s the order.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/colonel-thomas-kilby-smith-to-elizabeth_18.html

Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, April 25, 1863 (“I join most heartily with you in prayers and wishes for this terrible war to be brought to a close; but I fear our prayers and wishes will avail but little.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/major-general-george-g-meade-to_2.html

John M. Forbes & William H. Aspinwall to Salmon P. Chase, April 25, 1863 (Persuasion before lawfare, seems to be the recommendation of Forbes and Aspinwall.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/03/john-m-forbes-william-h-aspinwall-to.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Saturday, April 25, 1863 (In San Antonio Fremantle gets some interesting background on the state of the war and buys a ticket for Houston.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_22.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 25, 1863 (“The enemy (cavalry, I suppose) have penetrated Mississippi some 200 miles, down to the railroad between Vicksburg and Meridian.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-25.html

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Today’s posts:

“Team of Rivals,” reply #3
George Templeton Strong, #4
John Hay, #5
John Jackman, #6
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #7

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I love the melodramatic illustration of several ladies surrounding the captain of a steamer being targeted by the CSS Alabama. That captain is a chad.

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The USS Keokuk is usually on lists of the worst warships of the Civil War. She had thin armor thus sinking from the batteries defending Charleston.

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Continued from April 23 (reply #23).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4146385/posts#23

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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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 a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, April 26, 1863 (“Hooker seems very confident of success, but lets no one into his secrets.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/major-general-george-g-meade-to_3.html

Major General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, April 26, 1863 (“To-morrow I start with my corps to bring up the rear of the movement against Grand Gulf”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/12/major-general-william-t-sherman-to_31.html

Mrs. Mary Duncan to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, April 26, 1863 (A Unionist in Mississippi begs protection.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/10/mrs-mary-sargent-duncan-to-major.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Sunday, April 26, 1863 (“Whenever I have dined with Confederate officers they have nearly always proposed the Queen’s health”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_27.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 26, 1863 (The U.S. Government could still be collecting duties on goods brought to Confederate ports.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-26.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: April 26, 1863 (“My regiment in my absence has gone twelve miles across the river to a place called Pacatolus. I followed them in a buggy”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/08/diary-of-private-louis-leon-april-26.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Sunday, April 26, 1863 (Sarah is recovering from injuries she suffered in a carriage accident some months ago.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-sarah-morgan-sunday-april-26.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lee,” reply #11
John Hay, #12
John Jackman, #13
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #14

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Continued from April 24 (reply #31).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4146385/posts#31

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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Continued from April 22 (reply #18).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4146385/posts#18

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

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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 27, 1863 (“Finished and gave to the President my letter on the subject of mails on captured vessels.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-april-27.html

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Eliza Walter Smith, April 27, 1863 (“You note in the papers frequent mention of the blockade and the running of the same, and for your edification, I will essay some description of what it means”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/headquarters-second-brigade-second-div.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Monday, April [27], 1863 (“This morning we move from South Florence, having been ordered to join the main column at Leighton, ten miles from Tuscumbia”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_55.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Monday, April 27, 1863 (“Only five out of nine chewed tobacco during the night; but they aimed at the windows with great accuracy, and didn’t splash me.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_29.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 27, 1863 (“But if it be supported by an army, and the position maintained, Vicksburg is doomed. We shall get no more sugar from Louisiana.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-27.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: April 27, 1863 (“Left here at 3 this morning. Got to Greenville at 6 A.M., stayed a quarter of an hour, and marched to the crossroads, nine miles from town”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/08/diary-of-private-louis-leon-april-27.html

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Today’s posts:

U.S. Grant, reply #16
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #17
John Hay, #18
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #19