Harper’s Weekly – May 23, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | May 23, 1863

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

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Continued from May 23 (reply #4).

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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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: Tuesday, May 26, 1863 (“I am by no means certain that it is wise or best to commence immediate operations upon Charleston.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday-may-26.html

Senator James W. Grimes to Admiral Samuel F. Du Pont, May 26, 1863 (“You may rely upon it that the public fully justifies you in withdrawing from the contest when you did.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/senator-james-w-grimes-to-admiral_19.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant: Special Orders No. 141, May 26 1863 (Order for Blair’s expedition.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/10/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-special.html

Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, May 26, 1863 (“I have no doubt the Administration has determined to sustain Hooker, and to this I do not object, as I really believe he will do better next time”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/major-general-george-g-meade-to_22.html

Brigadier-General James A. Garfield to Burke A. Hinsdale, May 26, 1863 (“If these young traitors are in earnest they should go to the Southern Confederacy, where they can receive full sympathy.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/brigadier-general-james-garfield-to_4.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Osborn H. Oldroyd: May 26, 1863 (“Up this morning at three o’clock, with orders for three days’ rations in our haversacks and five days’ in the wagons—also to be ready to move at ten o’clock to the rear, in pursuit of Johnston”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-5th-sergeant-osborn-h-oldroyd_24.html

Maintenance Of Peace With America, May 26, 1863 (Letter of introduction for the following leter from John Forbes)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/maintenance-of-peace-with-america-may.html

John M. Forbes to Joseph Pease, Joseph Bevan Braithwaite and Robert Forster, May 26, 1863 (On the danger to peace of English complicity with Confederate shipping.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/10/john-m-forbes-to-joseph-pease-joseph.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Tuesday, May 26, 1863 (Traveling all night on a train with wounded Confederates. Destination not revealed.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_20.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 26, 1863 (“The President and the cabinet have been in council nearly all day. Can they have intelligence from the West, not yet communicated to the public?”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-26.html

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Today’s posts:

“Team of Rivals,” reply #20
Lincoln letter, #21
Grant memoirs, #22
John Jackman, #23
John Hay, #24
Links to 10 items at Civil War Notebook, #25

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

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

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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: Wednesday, May 27, 1863 (“Halleck shown half the earnestness and ability of Farragut, we should have had Vicksburg in our possession a year ago.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/diary-of-gideon-welles-wednesday-may-27.html

Colonel Charles Russell Lowell to Josephine Shaw, May 27, 1863 (“Did I tell you what an interest the black fellows at my barber’s (under Willard’s) take in me because I am a Massachusetts Colonel, — they are so pleased at the Fifty-Fourth”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/captain-charles-russell-lowell-to_31.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, May 27, 1863 (“If the reports of General Grant’s victories at Vicksburg are true, I shall expect to see important changes in the location of troops in this quarter.”)

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

Diary of Sergeant George G. Smith: May 27, 1863 (1st Louisiana Infantry at Port Hudson.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/10/diary-of-sergeant-george-g-smith-may-27.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Osborn H. Oldroyd: May 27, 1863 (“We do not know where Johnston is, but shall find him if he is in the neighborhood.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-5th-sergeant-osborn-h-oldroyd_68.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Wednesday, May 27, 1863 (“All State capitals appear to resemble one another, and look like bits cut off from great cities.” Fremantle passed through Montgomery on the way to Chattanooga.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_21.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 27, 1863 (A protest from Gen. Beauregard, an endangered bridge, a slave owner caught between two forces.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-27.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: May 26 & 27, 1863 (“Rested. I went to see my brother Morris, who belongs to Dowles’ Brigade, 44th Georgia Regiment. Did not see him, as he was on picket.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/08/diary-of-private-louis-leon-may-26-27.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: May 27, 1863 (“I am amused to see how the Democrats of the North are speechifying and exciting themselves about the arrest of Vallandigham, and how Lincoln will soon make them back down.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_83.html

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Today’s posts:

Port Hudson, LA (American Battlefield Trust map), reply #27
Lincoln letter to Gen. Schofield, #28
John Jackman, #29
John Hay, #30
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, #31

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Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from May 18 (reply #20).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4153534/posts#20

David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

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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: Thursday, May 28, 1863 (“[John A.] Dahlgren to-day broached the subject of operations against Charleston. He speaks of it earnestly and energetically.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/04/diary-of-gideon-welles-thursday-may-28.html

Charles A. Dana to Edwin M. Stanton, May 28, 1863 (“The siege works progress satisfactorily. Sherman has his parallels completed to within 80 yards of the rebel fortifications.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/charles-dana-to-edwin-m-stanton-may-28.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant: Special Orders, No. 143, May 28, 1863 (Picketing roads around Vicksburg and a new military district.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/12/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-special_29.html

Colonel Charles Russell Lowell to Josephine Shaw, May 28, 1863 (Col. Lowell buying a new horse with more character than his current mount, Nig.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/colonel-charles-russell-lowell-to.html

Diary of Sergeant George G. Smith: May 28, 1863 (Fighting continues after a truce at Port Hudson.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/10/diary-of-sergeant-george-g-smith-may-28.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Osborn H. Oldroyd: May 28, 1863 (“All the natives we meet along the road claim that Johnston is going to raise the siege.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-5th-sergeant-osborn-h-oldroyd_11.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Thursday, May 28, 1863 (Fremantle meets Gens. [Wm. J.] Hardee and Polk at Wartrace TN)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_22.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 28, 1863 (“A dispatch from Gen. Johnston, dated yesterday, says in every fight, so far, around Vicksburg, our forces have been successful, and that our soldiers are in fine spirits.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-28.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: May 28, 1863 (“Morris came to see me to-day. We are both in the same division and corps. Our corps is commanded by General [Richard S.] Ewell.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/08/diary-of-private-louis-leon-may-28-1863.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: May 28, 1863 (“Hospital day. The wounded cheerful and doing well. I read, distributed books, and talked with them.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_64.html

A Woman’s Diary Of The Siege Of Vicksburg: May 28, 1863 (“We are utterly cut off from the world, surrounded by a circle of fire. Would it be wise like the scorpion to sting ourselves to death?”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/a-womans-diary-of-siege-of-vicksburg.html

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Today’s posts:

“Team of Rivals,” reply #33
“Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom,” #34
John Jackman, #35
John Hay, #36
Links to 11 items at Civil War Notebook, #37

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Continued from May 22 (reply #45).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4153534/posts#45

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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