Harper’s Weekly – May 16, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | May 16, 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/4151800/posts

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The Army of the Potomac – 1, 5-6, 12
Lay Ov Moddern “Konservativs” – 2
The Situation – 2
Our Relations with England – 2
A Voice from England – 2-3
The Lounger – 3
Humors of the Day – 3-4
Domestic Intelligence – 4
Foreign News – 4
A Topographical Map of Eastern Virginia – 7
Cauliflower – 8-9
“Very Hard Cash,” by Charles Reade, Ch. VII – 9, 11-12
Vicksburg – 10, 12
The Battle of Irish Bend – 12-13
A Model Camp on the Rappahannock – 12, 14
The Soldier’s Burial – 15
Curiosities of Sleep – 15

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Battle Maps of the Civil War: The Western Theater, American Battlefield Trust

Continued from May 14 (reply #39).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4151800/posts#39

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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Continued from May 15 (reply #47).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4151800/posts#47

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from May 15 (reply #48).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4151800/posts#48

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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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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, May 16, 1863 (“[Seward] alluded to the removal of Butler, which he said was a necessity to appease France.”

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-may-16.html

Resolutions of the New York Democratic Committee, May 16, 1863 (Re Vallandigham and suspension of the writ.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/resolutions-of-new-york-democratic.html

Colonel Charles Russell Lowell to Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Sturgis Russell, May 16, 1863 (On the grueling trip to Washington by ship and train.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/captain-charles-russell-lowell-to_13.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Osborn H. Oldroyd: May 16, 1863 (Slapjacks and Champion Hill.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/03/diary-of-5th-sergeant-osborn-h-oldroyd_28.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Saturday, May 16, 1863 (“a wounded soldier gave us the deplorable information that the enemy really was on the railroad between Jackson and Brookhaven, and that Jackson itself was in his hands.”)

(“All the young women in this country seem to be either uncommonly free-spoken, or else extremely shy.” Welcome to Louisiana.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_5.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 16, 1863 (“it was resolved not to send Pickett’s division to Mississippi, and this morning early the long column march through the city northward.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-16.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: May 16, 1863 (Damn Yankees and the indominable good spirits of the Confederate wounded.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_24.html

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Today’s posts:

American Battlefield Trust map and “Never Call Retreat,” reply #3
“Grant,” #4
Grant memoirs, #5
John Hay, #6
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #7

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Interesting; thank you.

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Continued from May 16 (reply #3).

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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Continued from May 16 (reply #4).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from May 16 (reply #5).

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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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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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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Major-General George G. Meade to John Sergeant Meade, May 17, 1863 (“Yesterday I went to see General Stoneman and Lieutenant Colonel Smith, to thank them for their kindness to George”)

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

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, May 17, 1863 (“I am most agreeably disappointed in my Virginia regiments.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/03/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb_19.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, May 17, 1863 (“The Rebel loss of Jackson gives us the best of that effort. I hope the Potomac Army will get a victory sometime.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/03/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis_20.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Osborn H. Oldroyd: May 17, 1863 (“We camped within a few miles of Black River, perfectly satisfied, though we have had no hand in the slaughter to-day.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/04/diary-of-5th-sergeant-osborn-h-oldroyd.html

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Sunday, May 17, 1863 (“There was some very heavy cannonading out at the front today, and word came that a battle was fought at a place called Champion Hills, with heavy loss on both sides.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/diary-of-alexander-g-downing-sunday-may_16.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Sunday, May 17, 1863 (“a locomotive arrived and brought us the report that the Yankees had suddenly abandoned Jackson, after destroying all the Government, and a good deal of private, property.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_7.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 17, 1863 (“fine weather for campaigning. And yet we hear of no demonstrations apparently, though I believe Lee’s army is moving.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-17.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: May 17, 1863 (“We left Kinston by rail at 12 M. Got to Goldsboro at 3, went through to Weldon, left here at 5 P.M., and got to Petersburg, Va., on the morning of the 18th”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/08/diary-of-private-louis-leon-may-17-1863.html

Charlotte Cross Wigfall to Francis H. Wigfall, May 17, 1863 (“I heard yesterday that Genl. Stuart was to go immediately on an extensive raid, but your father says it is not so. Genl. Lee is still here.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/charlotte-cross-wigfall-to-francis-h_28.html

A Woman’s Diary Of The Siege Of Vicksburg: May 17, 1863 (“Pemberton has been whipped at Baker’s Creek and Big Black, and his army are running back here as fast as they can come and the Yanks after them, in such numbers nothing can stop them.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/a-womans-diary-of-siege-of-vicksburg_28.html

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Today’s posts:

“Never Call Retreat,” reply #10
“Grant,” #11
Grant memoirs, #12
John G. Nicolay, #13
George Templeton Strong, #14
John Hay, #15
Links to 10 items at Civil War Notebook, #16

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Continued from May 17 (reply #11).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from May 17 (reply #12).

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom