Harper’s Weekly – May 16, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | May 16, 1863

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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: Thursday, May 21, 1863 (This Sen. Hale (R-NH) would be a good fit for the 2024 Senate.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/diary-of-gideon-welles-thursday-may-21.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant’s General Field Orders, No. –, May 21, 1863 (Ordering another assault on the Vicksburg defenses.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/major-general-ulysses-s-grants-general.html

Colonel Charles Russell Lowell to Josephine Shaw, May 21, 1863 (Did Miss Shaw suggest an excursion to Egypt?)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/captain-charles-russell-lowell-to_25.html

Diary of Colonel William F. Bartlett: Thursday, May 21, 1863 (“We had advanced about three and a half miles, when we were saluted by some shells from rebel batteries ahead. I immediately got on my horse Billy.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/diary-of-colonel-william-f-bartlett_19.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: May 21, 1863 (“Rumors reach us daily that Grant is in a critical situation; but I can’t so see it. He has enough men to annihilate in a field fight all the Rebels south of this line.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/captain-charles-wright-wills-may-21-1863.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Osborn H. Oldroyd: May 21, 1863 (“If they put their heads above their works we sent a hundred or more shots at them, and on the other hand, if any on our side made themselves too conspicuous, they fired in turn.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/diary-of-5th-sergeant-osborn-h-oldroyd_53.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Thursday, May 21, 1863 (Wide-ranging description of doings at Gen. Johnston’s HQ. Good stuff.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_11.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 21, 1863 (“rumor on the street last night that Gen. Johnston had telegraphed the President that it would be necessary to evacuate Vicksburg. This has not been confirmed to-day, and I do not believe it. It would be irremediably disastrous.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-21.html

General Robert E. Lee to Major General John Bell Hood, May 21, 1863 (“I agree with you as to the size of the corps of this Army. They are too large for the country we have to operate in for one man to handle.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/12/general-robert-e-lee-to-major-general.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: May 21, 1863 (“Left this morning, marched twenty-one miles, halted at 5.30. It is a very hilly country, warm and dusty.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/08/diary-of-private-louis-leon-may-21-1863.html

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Today’s posts:

Elisha Hunt Rhodes, reply #39
John Jackman, #40
John Hay, #41
Links to 10 items at Civil War Notebook, #42

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

Continued from May 19 (reply #24).

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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

Continued from May 19 (reply #25).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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The West Point Atlas of War: The Civil War, Chief Editor, Brigadier General Vincent J. Esposito

Continued from May 20 (reply #34).

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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Continued from May 19 (reply #27).

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

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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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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: Friday, May 22, 1863 (“Information is received that Grant has beaten Pemberton after a hard fight of nine hours.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/diary-of-gideon-welles-friday-may-22.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, May 22, 1863 (“To-day an attempt was made to carry the city by assault, but was not entirely successful.” Right. Not entirely.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-major.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Rear-Admiral David D. Porter, May 22, 1863 – 8:30 p.m. (“I now find the position of the enemy so strong that I shall be compelled to regularly besiege the city.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-o-rear.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Osborn H. Oldroyd: May 22, 1863 (“In this charge a severe loss was met by our division, and nothing gained.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/05/diary-of-5th-sergeant-osborn-h-oldroyd_44.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Friday, May 22, 1863 (“The bombardment at Vicksburg was very heavy and continuous this morning. . . . I had a long conversation with General Johnston”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_13.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 22, 1863 (“Where Johnston is, is not stated. But, it is said, Vicksburg is closely invested, and that the invaders are closing in on all sides.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-22.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: May 22, 1863 (“Marched twenty miles to-day, and halted at 6 P.M.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/08/diary-of-private-louis-leon-may-22-1863.html

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Today’s posts:

“Never Call Retreat,” reply #44
“Grant,” #45
Grant memoirs, #46
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #47
John Jackman, #48
John Hay, #49
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #50

[Hebrews 11:6]

Superbly reported, Homer. How indebted we are to you, as always!

Loved all of today’s maps. We have “the lay of the land” now.