Harper’s Weekly – June 27, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | June 27, 1863

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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[Homer_J_Simpson]

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

Continued from June 28 (reply #13).

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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

Continued from June 30 (reply #24).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

[Homer_J_Simpson]

See also reply #41

Major-General George G. Meade to Major-General John Sedgwick, July 1, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-george-g-meade-to-major_12.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Major-General John F. Reynolds, July 1, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-george-g-meade-to-major_13.html

Brigadier-General John Buford to Major-General George G. Meade, July 1, 1863 – 10:10 a.m.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/brigadier-general-john-buford-to-major.html

Major-General Daniel A. Butterfield to Major-General Winfield Scott Hancock, July 1, 1863 – 1:10 p.m.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-daniel-butterfield-to.html

Major-General Oliver O. Howard to Major-General George G. Meade, July 1, 1863 – 2 p.m.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-oliver-o-howard-to-major.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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

Continued from reply #41.

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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

Continued from reply #41.

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

[M Kehoe]

Hi Professor.

Here we go, roughly 4 days of carnage.

Sad.

5.56mm

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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

Continued from reply #43.

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Major-General Daniel A. Butterfield to Major-General John Sedgwick, July 1, 1863 – 4:30 p.m.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-daniel-butterfield-to_16.html

Major-General Oliver O. Howard to Major-General George G. Meade, July 1, 1863 – 5 p.m.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-oliver-o-howard-to-major_27.html

Major-General Winfield Scott Hancock to Major-General Daniel A. Butterfield, July 1, 1863 – 5:25 p.m.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-winfield-scott-hancock-to.html

[GreenLanternCorps]

Avalon Hill’s “Gettysburg” (1958, revised 1964)

1977 Edition

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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

Continued from reply #43.

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

Continued from reply #45.

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Major-General George G. Meade to Major Generals Winfield Scott Hancock and Abner Doubleday, July 1, 1863 – 6 p.m.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-george-g-meade-to-major_18.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, July 1, 1863 – 6 p.m.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-george-g-meade-to-major_22.html

Major-General Daniel A. Butterfield to Major-General John Sedgwick, July 1, 1863 – 7:30 p.m.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-daniel-butterfield-to_20.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Wednesday, July 1, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/10/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_11.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: July 1, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/02/diary-of-private-louis-leon-july-1-1863.html

[rdl6989]

Plenty of blame to go around, Jeb Stuart’s Controversial Ride to Gettysburg

This is a book I highly recommend to anybody who is interested in the events leading to Gettysburg.
https://www.amazon.com book /Plenty-Blame-Around-Controversial-Gettysburg/dp/1611210984

[KC Burke]

The interplay between Longstreet and Lee during this battle is perhaps one of the touchstones to understanding Lee’s strengths and weaknesses brought about by both his nature and the realities of his position and forces.

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from July 1 (reply #48).

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from July 1 (reply #48).

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Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

[Homer_J_Simpson]

All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from July 1 (reply #33).

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Diary of Gideon Welles: Thursday, July 2, 1863 (“Met Sumner and went with him to the War Department. The President was there, and we read dispatches received from General Meade. There was a smart fight, but without results, near Gettysburg yesterday.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-gideon-welles-thursday-july-2.html

Diary of Alexander G. Downing: Thursday, July 2, 1863 (“We loaded up our baggage and started at 8 o’clock to join our regiment and brigade in camp on the Big Black river, about ten miles distant.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/diary-of-alexander-g-downing-thursday.html

Jefferson Davis to Abraham Lincoln, July 2, 1863 (“I have selected the bearer of this letter, the Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, as a military commissioner to proceed to your headquarters under flag of truce”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/03/jefferson-davis-to-abraham-lincoln-july.html

Jefferson Davis to Alexander H. Stephens, July 2, 1863 (“Having accepted your patriotic offer to proceed as a military commissioner under flag of truce to Washington, you will receive herewith your letter of authority to the Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/03/jefferson-davis-to-alexander-h-stephens.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 2, 1863 (“The President is unwell again; to what extent I have not learned. But the Vice-President is ready, no doubt, to take his place in the event of a fatal result”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-2.html

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Today’s first posts:

“Never Call Retreat,” reply #52
“Lee,” #53
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #54
“Team of Rivals,” #55
John Jackman, #56
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #57

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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

Continued from reply #53.

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Major-General George G. Meade to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, July 2, 1863 – 3 p.m. (“I have concentrated my army at this place today. The Sixth Corps is just coming in, very much worn out, having been marching since 9 p.m. last night.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/major-general-george-g-meade-to-major_29.html