Harper’s Weekly – June 27, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | June 27, 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/4162152/posts

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The Siege of Vicksburg – 1, 5-7
The Invasion of the North – 2
The President’s Letter – 2
The Lounger – 2-3
Humors of the Day – 3-4
Domestic Intelligence – 4
Foreign News – 4
Army of the Potomac – 6, 10-11
“Sensation” – 6-7
French Dead (and Gone) Shots – 7-8
Map of Maryland, and Parts of Pennsylvania and Virginia, Showing the Present Theatre of the War – 9
Boys Run Wild – 12
Lawrence’s Enlistment – 13-14
“Very Hard Cash,” by Charles Reade, Ch. XV – 12-14
The Siege of Port Hudson – 14-16
A Letter – 14
One Kind of Patriotism – 19

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Continued from June 8 (reply #11).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4158726/posts#11

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Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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Continued from June 15 (reply #10).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4160530/posts#10

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from June 26 (reply #30).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4162152/posts#30

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 18 (reply #25).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4160530/posts#25

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

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Home Letters of General Sherman, edited by M.A. DeWolfe Howe, 1909

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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 27, 1863 (“the Government can pay to colored troops only $10 per month and no bounty.”)

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

Edwin M. Stanton to Governor Horatio Seymour, June 27, 1863 (“I cannot forbear expressing to you the deep obligation I feel for the prompt and cordial support you have given the Government in the present emergency.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/edwin-m-stanton-to-governor-horatio.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, June 27, 1863 (“A telegram last night informed me of the death of Admiral Foote.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-june-27.html

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General George G. Meade, June 27, 1863 (“You will receive with this the order of the President placing you in command of the Army of the Potomac.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-henry-w-halleck-to-major.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, June 27, 1863 (“Joe Johnston has postponed his attack until he can receive 10,000 re-enforcements, now on their way from Bragg’s army.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-major_54.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant too Brigadier-General Elias S. Dennis, June 27 (“There is now a probability that [E. K.] Smith will come into the point opposite Vicksburg, for the purpose of aiding the rebel garrison in their escape or to furnish them supplies.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-too.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Stephen A. Hurlbut, June 27, 1863 (“Your idea of massing as many troops as possible at the important bridges in the case of an attack is right.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-major_18.html

Major-General William T. Sherman to Lieutenant Colonel John A. Rawlins, June 27, 1863 (Situation report from the Big Black River.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/major-general-william-t-sherman-to_18.html

Major-General John A. McClernand to Edwin M. Stanton, June 27, 1863 (Gen. McClernand didn’t like being relieved – 2 items.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/12/major-general-john-mcclernand-to-edwin.html

Major-General John A. McClernand to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, June 27 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/12/major-general-john-mcclernand-to-major_10.html

Major-General Richard Taylor to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, June 27, 1863 (“As regards negroes captured in arms, the officers of the Confederate States Army are required by an order emanating from the General Government, to turn all such to the civil authorities, to be dealt over with according to the laws of the State wherein they were captured.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/major-general-richard-taylor-to-major.html

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Eliza Walter Smith, June 27, 1863 (A long reassuring letter to mom.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/colonel-thomas-kilby-smith-to-eliza_10.html

John M. Forbes & William H. Aspinwall to Salmon P. Chase, June 27, 1863 (Bad news from England, regarding ships for the CSA.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/04/john-m-forbes-william-h-aspinwall-to_26.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Saturday, June 27, 1863 (Fremantle catches up with Longstreet’s corps at Chambersburg.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/10/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 27, 1863 (A little concern about the safety of Richmond again. Two items.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-27.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 27, 1863 – 3. p.m.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-27_11.html

General Robert E. Lee’s General Orders, No. 73 (Don’t commit barbarous outrages in Pennsylvania.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/general-robert-e-lees-general-orders-no_20.html

Charlotte Cross Wigfall to Lieutenant Francis H. Wigfall, June 27, 1863 (“We are all much delighted with the accounts from the Yankee papers — of their alarm and dismay — but it seems unaccountable, after their disgraceful and barbarous treatment of our people that we should not be repaying them in their own coin.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/charlotte-cross-wigfall-to-francis-h.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: Saturday Evening, June 27, 1863 (“The raiders came up the river, destroying crops, carriages, etc., stealing horses and cattle, and carrying off the servants from every plantation”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_5.html

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Today’s posts:

“Never Call Retreat,” reply #3
“Team of Rivals, #4
“Lee,” #5
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #6
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #7
Sherman letter, #8
George Templeton Strong, #9
Links to 19 items at Civil War Notebook, 10

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Continued from June 12 (reply #31).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4158726/posts#31

David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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Shelby Foote, The Civil War Narrative, Volume Two, Fredericksburg to Meridian

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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Continued from June 27 (reply #5).

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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Diary of Gideon Welles: Sunday, June 28, 1863 (The President consulted his cabinet on a replacement for Gen. Hooker, who he had already replaced with Meade.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-gideon-welles-sunday-june-28.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, June 28, 1863 – 7 a.m. (“it appears to me I must move toward the Susquehanna, keeping Washington and Baltimore well covered”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-george-g-meade-to-major.html

Major-General George G. Meade’s General Orders, No. 67, June 28, 1863 (“By direction of the President of the United States, I hereby assume command of the Army of the Potomac.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-george-g-meades-general.html

Orders of Major-General Meade, Commanding of the Army of the Potomac, June 28, 1863 (Marching orders for the Army of the Potomac.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/orders-of-major-general-meade.html

Diary of Sergeant George G. Smith: June 28, 1863 (Description of a bitter fight at Fort Butler, Louisiana.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-sergeant-george-g-smith-june_18.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Sunday, June 28, 1863 (A reconnaissance outside Corinth.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_91.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Sunday, June 28, 1863 (“I was introduced to General Hood this morning . . .”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/10/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_5.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 28, 1863 (“We get not a word from Gen. Lee. This, I think, augurs well, for bad news flies fast. No doubt we shall soon hear something from the Northern papers.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-28.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: Sunday Afternoon, June 28, 1863 (“if Vicksburg has fallen, and Lee should retire, as he must sooner or later, there will be a dark and desponding season in the Confederacy. But the war will go on.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-sunday.html

Dr. Spencer G. Welch to Cordelia Strother Welch, June 28, 1863 (“I must say that I have enjoyed this tramp. The idea of invading the Yankees has buoyed me up all the time.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/03/dr-spenser-g-welch-to-cordelia-strother_20.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lincoln.” reply #12
Map from Shelby Foote, “Never Call Retreat,” #13
“Lee,” #14
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #15
Links to 10 items at Civil War Notebook, #16

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Continued from June 28 (reply #14).

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