Harper’s Weekly – June 13, 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/4158726/posts

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The Army of the Tennessee – 1-2, 5, 10
The Cavalryman’s Story – 1-2
Would-Be Martyrs – 2
The Lounger – 2-4
Humors of the Day – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4
Foreign News – 4
Union Prisoners at the South – 6, 9
The Professor – 7
Jonathan Tu John – 7
Agnes Sebastian – 7-9
“King Cotton” Captured – 9, 15
Sinking Torpedoes at Charleston – 9, 14
The Irish Exodus – 9
“Very Hard Cash,” by Charles Reade, Ch. XII-XIII – 11-13
Home from the War – 16

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Continued from May 6 (reply #54)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4150032/posts?q=1&;page=51#54

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Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, June 13, 1863 (“Had that three vessels were yesterday captured by a pirate craft off Cape Henry and burnt.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/05/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-june-13.html

Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, June 13, 1863 (“[Reynolds] told me that he was talked of for the command of this army”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/major-general-george-g-meade-to_27.html

George B. McClellan to Thurlow Weed, June 13, 1863 (“I fully concur with you in the conviction that an honorable peace is not now possible, and that the war must be prosecuted to save the Union and the Government, at whatever cost of time and treasure and blood.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/04/george-b-mcclellan-to-thurlow-weed-june.html

Brigadier-General Elias S. Dennis to Lieutenant-Colonel John A. Rawlins, June 13, 1863 (“an attack was made on Lake Providence, La., June 9, 1863, by a rebel force of about 600 strong”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/11/brigadier-general-elias-s-dennis-to.html

Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, June 13, 1863 (“A deserted homestead is always a sad sight; but here in the South we must look a little deeper than the surface, and then we see that every such overgrown plantation and empty house is a harbinger of freedom to the slaves”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/colonel-robert-gould-shaw-june-13-1863.html

Colonel William F. Bartlett to Harriett Plummer Bartlett, June 13, 1863 (“I have improved very much within the last few days. My appetite has returned, and I feel much better every way.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/colonel-william-f-bartlett-to-harriett_6.html

Diary of Sergeant George G. Smith: June 13, 1863 (“General Banks sent a flag of truce to General Gardner demanding a surrender of the place, but the rebel General could not see the necessity of surrendering at that time.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-sergeant-george-g-smith-june_3.html

Letter from T. A. Trent (Letters to the editor from two Iowa soldiers in the field.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/01/letter-from-t-trent.html

Letter from F. B. Johnson

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/01/letter-from-f-b-johnson.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Saturday, June 13, 1863 (“Colonel Rice, aide-de-camp to General Beauregard, rode with me to “Secessionville” this morning. I was mounted on the horse which the General rode at Manassas and Shiloh.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/08/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_11.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 13, 1863 (“Col. [John R.] Baylor, of Arizona, has been heard from again. He confesses that he issued the order to slaughter the Apaches in cold blood, and says it is the only mode of dealing with such savages.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-13.html

General Robert E. Lee to Colonel G. W. Custis Lee, June 13, 1863 (“General Hooker’s army has not moved in that direction as far as I can be certain of anything in war. It is extending now up the Rappahannock.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/12/general-robert-e-lee-to-colonel-g-w_26.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: June 13, 1863 (“Marched to Berryville, a Yankee post. We gave the Rebel yell and charged. But when we got to their breastworks the birds had flown.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/10/diary-of-private-louis-leon-june-13-1863.html

A Woman’s Diary Of The Siege Of Vicksburg: June 13, 1863 (“Shell burst just over the roof this morning. Pieces tore through both floors down into the dining-room. The entire ceiling of that room fell in a mass. We had just left it.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/a-womans-diary-of-siege-of-vicksburg_11.html

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

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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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Continued from June 11 (reply #25).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4158726/posts#25

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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Charles A. Dana to Edwin M. Stanton, June 14, 1863 – 8 a.m. (“All the indications point to the speedy surrender of this place.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/charles-dana-to-edwin-m-stanton-june-14.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Sunday, June 14, 1863 (“Scary rumors abroad of army operations and a threatened movement of Lee upon Pennsylvania.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/05/diary-of-gideon-welles-sunday-june-14.html

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General John A. Dix, June 14, 1863 – 12 m. (“Lee’s army is in motion toward the Shenandoah Valley. All your available force should be concentrated to threaten Richmond”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/major-general-henry-w-halleck-to-major.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, June 14, 1863 (“I have reliable information from the entire interior of the South. Johnston has been re-enforced by 3,000 troops from Mobile and other parts of Georgia”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/12/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-major_42.html

Colonel William F. Bartlett to Harriett Plummer Bartlett, June 14, 1863 (“Feeling better. Big dinner today. Colonel Sumner came to see me to-day. He is doing well.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/colonel-william-f-bartlett-to-harriett.html

Diary of Charles H. Lynch: June 14, 1863 (“We were fighting Jackson’s old corps, now commanded by General Ewell, reported to number forty thousand.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/diary-of-charles-h-lynch-june-14-1863.html

Colonel Charles Russell Lowell to Josephine Shaw, June 14, 1863 (“If we use it rightfully, I think the Pennsylvania movement an excellent thing for the cause, — but that is if.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/colonel-charles-russell-lowell-to_27.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, June 14, 1863 (“Vallandigham for governor? Pretty bold move. Rather rash if it is considered that forty to sixty thousand soldiers will probably vote.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/03/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis_30.html

Diary of Sergeant George G. Smith: Sunday, June 14, 1863 (The 1st Louisiana suffers badly at Port Hudson.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-sergeant-george-g-smith-sunday.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Sunday, June 14, 1863 (“General Beauregard told me he had been educated in the North, and used to have many friends there, but that now he would sooner submit to the Emperor of China than return to the Union.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/08/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_16.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 14, 1863 (“A jealousy, I fear, is growing up between Confederate and State authority. This when the common enemy is thundering at all our gates!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-14.html

Dr. Spencer G. Welch to Cordelia Strother Welch, June 14, 1863 (“The Yankees have all gone back on the other side of the river, and we have left our entrenchments and taken up camp in the rear.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/03/dr-spenser-g-welch-to-cordelia-strother_94.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: June 14, 1863 (“Left at 7 A.M., passed through Smithfield and Bunker Hill. The Yankees are still retreating in our front, on their way to Martinsburg, our own destination.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/10/diary-of-private-louis-leon-june-14-1863.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Sunday, June 14, 1863 (“If I was a man, if I had the blessed privilege of fighting, I would be on the breastworks, or perchance on the water batteries under Colonel Steadman’s command.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-sarah-morgan-sunday-june-14.html

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Today’s posts:

Lincoln note to Gen. Hooker, reply #5
John G. Nicolay, #6
Grant memoirs, #7
Links to 14 items at Civil War Notebook, #8

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Continued from June 8 (reply #12).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4158726/posts#12

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from June 10 (reply #22).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4158726/posts#22

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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The Diary of George Templeton Strong, Edited by Allan Nevins and Milton Halsey Thomas

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Edwin M. Stanton to Governor David Tod, June 15, 1863 – 2 a.m. (“Reports received yesterday and last night have rendered it certain that Lee is advancing with his whole army to invade the States of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and probably Ohio.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/edwin-m-stanto-to-governor-david-tod.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, June 15, 1863 (“’Strange, strange,’ [Blair] exclaimed, ‘that the President, who has sterling ability, should give himself over so completely to Stanton and Seward.’”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/05/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-june-15.html

Simon Cameron to Abraham Lincoln, June 15, 1863 – 3:50 p.m. (“I do not believe that you can get troops in time under your call for six months, but if you authorize General Couch to accept them for the emergency, a very large force will be on hand immediately.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/simon-cameron-to-abraham-lincoln-june.html

Edwin M. Stanton to Simon Cameron, June 15, 1863 – 7:30 p.m. (“The President has referred your telegram to me for answer. No one can tell how long the present emergency for troops in Pennsylvania may continue.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/edwin-m-stanton-to-simon-cameron-june.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant: General Orders, No. 36, June 15, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/12/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-general_28.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General John A. McClernand, June 15, 1863 (Grant to three of his subordinate commanders.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/12/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-major_12.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Cadwallader C. Washburn, June 15, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/12/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-major_28.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant too Brigadier-General Elias S. Dennis, June 15, 1863

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

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Colonel George G. Pride, June 15, 1863 (“We have our trenches pushed up so close to the enemy that we can throw Hand Grenades over into their forts.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/12/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to_26.html

Major General Ulysses S. Grant to Jesse Root Grant, June 15, 1863 (“I have been so strongly reinforced that Johnston will have to come with a mighty host to drive me away.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/09/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-jesse_22.html

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, June 15, 1863 (“While there I witnessed and had to take some part in a very bloody fight, in which three negro regiments repulsed a largely superior force of the enemy.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/colonel-thomas-kilby-smith-to-elizabeth.html

Letter from E. H. King (“tonight, ten P.M. not a gun has been fired. This seems strange to us, our ears having become accustomed to the noise and thunder of artillery.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/01/letter-from-e-h-king.html

Diary of Sergeant George G. Smith: Sunday, [June] 15, 1863 (“As soon as sunrise we started for camp. It was a gloomy day, and seemed more like the day after a funeral.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-sergeant-george-g-smith-sunday_11.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Monday, June 15, 1863 (“The late raid of the dashing Cornyn to Florence, Alabama, is attracting considerable attention. . . .”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_48.html

Diary of Charles H. Lynch: June 15, 1863 (The 18th Connecticut, under Gen. Milroy, is up against it in the Shenandoah Valley.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/diary-of-charles-h-lynch-june-15-1863.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Monday, June 15, 1863 (Fremantle leaves Charleston, heading north. His train reaches Florence, SC.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/08/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_19.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 15, 1863 (“It is rumored that Gen. Ewell has taken Winchester; but this, I think, is at least premature.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-15.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: June 15, 1863 (“We have as yet been very fortunate. Have driven the enemy from the Rapidan to the Potomac, captured prisoners, arms, camps, quartermaster and commissary stores”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/10/diary-of-private-louis-leon-june-15-1863.html

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Today’s posts:

“Team of Rivals,” #10
“Lee,” #11
George Templeton Strong, #12
Links to 18 items at Civil War Notebook, #13

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, June 16, 1863 (“Halleck scolds and swears about [Gen. Milroy] as a stupid, worthless fellow. This seems his way to escape censure himself and cover his stupidity in higher position.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/05/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday-june-16.html

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General William S. Rosecrans, June 16, 1863 – 2 p.m. (“Is it your intention to make an immediate movement forward? A definite answer, yes or no, is required.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/major-general-henry-w-halleck-to-major.html

Major-General William S. Rosecrans to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, June 16, 1863 – 6:30 p.m. (“In reply to your inquiry, if immediate means to-night or to-morrow, no. If it means as soon as all things are ready, say five days, yes.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/major-general-william-s-rosecrans-to.html

Major-General William T. Sherman to Lieutenant Colonel John A. Rawlins, June 16, 1863—8 p.m. (Sherman arranging his force to defend from possible attempt to break the siege.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/12/major-general-william-t-sherman-to_26.html

Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, June 16, 1863 (“I hope [Lee’s] movement will arouse the North, and that now men enough will be turned out, not only to drive him back, but to follow and crush him.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/major-general-george-g-meade-to_28.html

Diary of Charles H. Lynch: June 16, 1863 (“From the top of the Heights we could see the enemy crossing the Potomac River at Williamsport into Maryland.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/diary-of-charles-h-lynch-june-16-1863.html

John L. Motley to Anna Lothrop Motley, June 16, 1863 (Motley daughter is on her way to Europe and the weather in Vienna is awful.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/02/john-l-motley-to-anna-lothrop-motley.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Tuesday, June 16, 1863 (In Wilmington, NC. “This blockade-running is an extraordinary instance of British energy and enterprise.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/08/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_26.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 16, 1863 (“Lee’s army is certainly on the march, and a collision of arms cannot be averted many days. It is believed Gen. Ewell, successor of Jackson, has beaten Milroy at Winchester.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-16.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: June 16, 1863 (“Resting to-day.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/12/diary-of-private-louis-leon-june-16-1863.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: June 16, 1863 (“Continued anxiety about the fate of Vicksburg. Everybody is watching eagerly for the result.”)

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

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: June 16, 1863 (“The morning papers gave a telegram from General Lee, announcing that General Early’s Brigade had taken Winchester by storm.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_18.html

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

Continued from June 15 (reply #11).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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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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Continued from June 14 (reply #7).

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume One

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Continued from June 12 (reply #30). Sec. Welles recorded Lincoln’s mention of “Orpheus C. Kerr” (pen name of Robert Henry Newell) in his diary entry today.

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4158726/posts#30

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals