Harper’s Weekly – June 27, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | June 27, 1863

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

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Charles A. Dana to Edwin M. Stanton, June 29, 1863 – 9 a.m. (“it is agreed on all hands that the city will be surrendered on Saturday, July 4”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/charles-dana-to-edwin-m-stanton-june-29.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, June 29, 1863 (“The change of commanders is thus far well received. No regret is expressed that Hooker has been relieved.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-june-29.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Absalom H. Markland, June 29, 1863 (On mail delivery for the Department of the Tennessee.)

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

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Julia Dent Grant, June 29, 1863 (“[Johnston] cannot back out without giving battle or losing prestige. I expect a fight by Wednesday or Thursday.”)

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

Major-General William T. Sherman: General Orders, No. 49, June 29, 1863 (Sherman positions the 15th Corps.)

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

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General William T. Sherman, June 29, 1863 (Gen. Grant approves of Sherman’s disposition of his corps.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-major_24.html

Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, June 29, 1863 (Guess what happened to me.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-george-g-meade-to_6.html

Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, June 29, 1863 (“We are marching as fast as we can to relieve Harrisburg, but have to keep a sharp lookout that the rebels don’t turn around us and get at Washington and Baltimore in our rear.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-george-g-meade-to_7.html

Colonel Charles Russell Lowell to Josephine Shaw, June 29, 1863 (“Stuart’s Cavalry came across yesterday and are making pretty work in the neighbourhood of Washington.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/colonel-charles-russell-lowell-to_3.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: June 29, 1863 (Hunting for guerrillas around the Mobile & Ohio Railroad.)

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

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Monday, June 29, 1863 (“General Longstreet is generally a particularly taciturn man . . . I saw General Pendleton and General Pickett today.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/10/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_7.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 29, 1863 (“Gen. D. H. Hill writes (on Saturday) from Petersburg that 40,000 of the enemy could not take Richmond; but this may be fishing for the command.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-29.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lee,” reply #18
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #19
George Templeton Strong, #20
Lincoln letters, #21
Links to 12 items at Civil War Notebook, #22

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

Continued from June 29 (reply #18).

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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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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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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

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Governor Richard Yates to Abraham Lincoln, June 30, 1863 (“if General McClernand, with some Western troops, was put in command of Pennsylvania, it would inspire great hope and confidence in the Northwest”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/12/governor-richard-yates-to-abraham.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, June 30, 1863 (“Lee and his army are well advanced into Pennsylvania, and they should not be permitted to fall back and recross the Potomac.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday-june-30.html

Circular of Major-General George G. Meade, June 30, 1863 (“the enemy are advancing, probably in strong force, on Gettysburg. It is the intention to hold this army pretty nearly in the position it now occupies until the plans of the enemy shall have been more fully developed.”)

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

Circular of Major-General George G. Meade, June 30, 1863 (“The commanding general requests that previous to the engagement soon expected with the enemy, corps and all other commanding officers address their troops, explaining to them briefly the immense issues involved in the struggle.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/circular-of-major-general-george-g_9.html

Orders of Major-General George G. Meade, June 30, 1863 (Marching orders.)

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

Major General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, June 30, 1863 (“Of course, in time I will become accustomed to this.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-george-g-meade-to_11.html

Colonel Charles Russell Lowell to Colonel J. H. Taylor, June 30, 1863 – 5 a.m. (Uh, Colonel, about Hooker . . .)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/colonel-charles-russell-lowell-to_65.html

Alexander K. McClure to Abraham Lincoln, June 30, 1863 – Received at 11:05 a.m. (“I am fully persuaded that to call McClellan to a command here would be the best thing that could be done”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/11/alexander-k-mcclure-to-abraham-lincoln.html

Major-General Darius N. Couch to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, June 30, 1863 – Received 5:50 p.m. (“My latest information is that Early, with his 8,000 men, went toward Gettysburg or Hanover, saying they expected to fight a great battle there.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/major-general-darius-n-couch-to-major.html

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, June 30, 1863 (“I made General Grant a present of one of my saddle horses the other day, a splendid piebald gelding, that I think is worth a thousand dollars.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/colonel-thomas-kilby-smith-to-elizabeth_11.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Tuesday, June 30, 1863 (Still looking for guerrillas in Mississippi.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_23.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Tuesday, June 30, 1863 (“This morning, before marching from Chambersburg, General Longstreet introduced me to the Commander-in-Chief. General Lee is, almost without exception, the handsomest man of his age I ever saw.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/10/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_10.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 30, 1863 (“We have what seems pretty authentic intelligence of the taking of Harrisburg, the capital of Pennsylvania”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-june-29_17.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: June 25-30, 1863 (Six days, from Leesburg VA to the Gettysburg Road.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/12/diary-of-private-louis-leon-june-25-30.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: June 30, 1863 (“Bought E. a ninepence calico dress today, for which I gave $30! Unbleached, very coarse cottons are now $2.25 per yard.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-june_5.html

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Today’s posts:

West Point Atlas map and “Lee,” reply #24
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #25
Lincoln letters, #26
John G. Nicolay, #27
John Jackman, #28
George Templeton Strong, #29
Links to 15 items at Civil War Notebook, #30

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Sorry about the rerun of Nicolay's June 1 note on reply #27. It was supposed to be the book cover.

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Continued from June 27 (reply #4).

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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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

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Continued from June 25 (reply #3).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4162152/posts#23

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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Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a Confederate Soldier, Edited by A.D. Kirwan

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Fanny Kemble to John M. Forbes, about July 1863 (“Willy, and Frank Shaw’s son, and young Russell, and all the precious, precious lives offered up for sacrifice to redeem your land.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/06/fanny-kemble-to-john-m-forbes-about.html

John A. Andrew to Gideon Welles, July 1, 1863 (The recently captured C.S.S. Tacony is causing anxiety in Massachusetts.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/john-andrew-to-gideon-welles-july-1-1863.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Wednesday, July 1, 1863 (“We have reports that the Rebels have fallen back from York . . . we have rumors of hard fighting to-day.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-gideon-welles-wednesday-july-1.html

Major-General James B. McPherson to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 1, 1863 (Sixteen communiques from Vicksburg.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/major-general-james-b-mcpherson-to_29.html

Major-General James B. McPherson to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 1, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/major-general-james-b-mcpherson-to_72.html

Major-General James B. McPherson to Major-General John A. Logan, July 1, 1863—11 a.m.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/major-general-james-b-mcpherson-to_16.html

Major-General James B. McPherson to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 1, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/major-general-james-b-mcpherson-to.html

Major-General Edward O. C. Ord to Lieutenant Colonel John A. Rawlins, July 1, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/major-general-edward-o-c-ord-to.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Edward O. C. Ord, July 1, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-major_73.html

Major-General Edward O. C. Ord to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 1, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/major-general-edward-o-c-ord-to-major_16.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Edward O. C. Ord, July 1, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-major_16.html

Major-General Edward O. C. Ord to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 1, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/major-general-edward-o-c-ord-to-major_91.html

Major-General Francis J. Herron to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 1, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/major-general-francis-j-herron-to-major.html

Major-General Edward O. C. Ord to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 1, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/major-general-edward-o-c-ord-to-major_15.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General William T. Sherman, July 1, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-major_15.html

Major-General Edward O. C. Ord to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 1, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/major-general-edward-o-c-ord-to-major.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Edward O. C. Ord, July 1, 1863

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

Major-General William T. Sherman to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 1, 1863

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

Lieutenant Colonel Samuel J. Nasmith to Lieutenant Colonel John A. Rawlins, July 1, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/lieutenant-colonel-samuel-j-nasmith-to.html

Colonel Charles Russell Lowell to Josephine Shaw, July 1, 1863 (Back in Maryland, Col. Russell still thinks Hooker is in charge.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/colonel-charles-russell-lowell-to_4.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: July 1, 1863 (“The visit has been a happy one, saddened though it is by the death of our beautiful little Joseph.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/04/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_10.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, July 1, 1863 (“1863 (“The Army of the Potomac has another commander. I still suspect that in the case of that army, the soldiers are more in fault for their disasters than the generals.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/04/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis_12.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: July 1, 1863 (“I heard from old Company “E” of the 8th this morning. They have had two men killed and five wounded before Vicksburg. There are only 15 left now. Wonder where my bones would have been if I had stayed with the boys.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/01/captain-charles-wright-wills-july-1-1863.html

Diary of Sergeant George G. Smith: July 1, 1863 (“Reports of the enemy in great force (18,000). Expect an attack every hour.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-sergeant-george-g-smith-july-1.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: July 1, 1863 (“About dark we arrive in camp at Corinth. All agree that the mule is a good institution, for there is no complaining of feet being sore to-night.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/02/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose-july_60.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: July 1, 1863 (“It is perhaps well that those who still keep up this terrible war should have some short experience of what war is. But this will not give it to them.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-july-1.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: Wednesday, July 1, 1863 (“Many exciting rumours to-day about the Yankees being at Hanover Court-House, within a few miles of us. They can be traced everywhere by the devastation which marks their track.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_10.html

A Woman’s Diary Of The Siege Of Vicksburg: July 1, 1863 (““General Grant says no human being shall pass out of Vicksburg; but the lady may feel sure danger will soon be over. Vicksburg will surrender on the 4th.””)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/a-womans-diary-of-siege-of-vicksburg_20.html

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Today’s early posts (next batch should be around 9:30 EDT):

“Team of Rivals,” reply #33
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #34
George Templeton Strong, #35
Grant memoirs, #36
John Jackman, #37
Johnny Green, #38
Links to 28 items at Civil War Notebook, #39