Harper’s Weekly – July 11, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | July 11, 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/4165449/posts

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Major-General Meade – 1-2
A Chapter of Wall Street History – 2-3
The Lounger – 3
Humors of the Day – 3-4
Domestic Intelligence – 4
Foreign News – 4
Pennsylvanian Gratitude – 4
The Siege of Vicksburg – 5, 19
The Siege of Port Hudson – 6, 19
A Woman’s Choice – 7-9
The Capture of the Rebel Iron-Clad “Atlanta” – 10, 15
The Pirates off New England – 11-12
The Army of the Potomac – 13, 16-17
“Very Hard Cash,” by Charles Reade, Ch. XVII – 13-15
The Late Admiral Foote – 18
Major Kiernan – 18-19

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

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

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Gideon Welles to John A. Andrew, July 11, 1863 (The Confederate raider “Tacony”.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/gideon-welles-to-john-andrew-july-11.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, July 11, 1863 (“I fear the Rebel army will escape, and am compelled to believe that some of our generals are willing it should.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-july-11.html

Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood To the Soldiers of Iowa in the Army of the Tennessee, July 11, 1863 (Congratulations on the fall of Vicksburg.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/governor-samuel-j-kirkwood-to-soldiers.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Brigadier-General Lorenzo Thomas, July 11, 1863 (“What was intended as a private letter General has spun out into a long semi official one which I hope you will excuse”)

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

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General William T. Sherman, July 11, 1863 (“Hoping to hear of your giving Johnston a good thrashing and driving him beyond Pearl River”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/02/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-major_23.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Nathaniel P. Banks, July 11, 1863 (“I congratulate you upon your removal of the last obstacle to the free navigation of the Mississippi.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/02/major-general-ulyssess-s-grant-to-major.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Brigadier-General Elias S. Dennis, July 11, 1863 (The Duncans are loyal. Leave them alone.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/10/headquarters-department-of-tennessee.html

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Eliza Walter Smith, July 11, 1863 (“I have just debarked on my return from Port Hudson and finished my report to General Grant. I am ordered back to Natchez”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/colonel-thomas-kilby-smith-to-eliza_12.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: July 11, 1863 (“Moved to foot of Cotton Hill, Fayette side.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/04/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_21.html

Diary of Sergeant Major Luman Harris Tenney: July 11, 1863 (“Passed through Lexington and camped at 12 P. M. Morgan 25 miles.” Sgt. Maj. Tenney likes girls.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-sergeant-major-luman-harris_50.html

Diary of Sergeant George G. Smith: July 11, 1863 (“Scouting by cavalry, no rebels to be seen. The Richmond, Commander Farragut’s Flag ship, and three gunboats came down.”)

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

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Saturday, July 11, 1863 (“Of all the stubborn and aggravating beings on earth, the mule is the chiefest.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/02/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_7.html

Silas A. Hudson to Brigadier-General Grenville M. Dodge, July 11, 1863 (“I have just arrived here from Headquarters and am on my way home with Master Fred, the General’s son”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/silas-hudson-to-brigadier-general.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Saturday, July 11, 1863 (“Heaven help those Pennsylvanian braves if a score of Hood’s Texans had caught sight of them!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_3.html

General Robert E. Lee’s General Orders, No. 76 (“Soldiers! your old enemy is before you! Win from him honors worthy of your righteous cause – worthy of your comrades dead on so many illustrious fields.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/12/general-robert-e-lees-general-orders-no_29.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: July 11, 1863 (“Orders read out to-day from our father, R. E. Lee, that we would fight the enemy once more on their own soil, as they were now in our front.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/02/diary-of-private-louis-leon-july-11-1863.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: July 11, 1863 (“Mr. P. thinks from what he heard of the fearful loss in Pickett’s Division, that William is most probably killed.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-july-7_7.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire, Saturday, July 11, 1863 (“General Lee has had a most bloody battle near Gettysburg. Our loss was fearful. We have heard of no casualties except in general officers.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/diary-of-judith-w-mcguire-saturday-july.html

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Today’s posts:

Lincoln note to an Illinois friend, reply #3
John Hay, #4
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #5
George Templeton Strong, #6
John Jackman, #7
Links to 18 items at Civil War Notebook, #8

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

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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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Major-General William T. Sherman to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 12, 1863 (“General Lauman, in taking position to-day, got his line uncovered by skirmishers too close to the enemy’s lines, and suffered considerably”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/02/major-general-william-t-sherman-to_23.html

Major-General William T. Sherman to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 12, 1863—12 m. (“Port Hudson being ours, and Holmes repulsed at Helena, the Missouri forces should be pushed to Little Rock at once.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/02/major-general-william-t-sherman-to_35.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, July 12, 1863 – 4:30 p.m. (“It is my intention to attack them to-morrow, unless something intervenes to prevent it”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/major-general-george-g-meade-to-major.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Sunday, July 12, 1863 (“We are starting on an expedition to Raleigh County and perhaps”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/05/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes.html

Diary of Sergeant Major Luman Harris Tenney: July 12, 1863 (“Only 25 miles from Ohio line. Think Morgan will go to Ohio.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-sergeant-major-luman-harris_80.html

Diary of Sergeant George G. Smith: July 12, 1863 (“In a few days the rebel army went away to the Teche country in Western Louisiana and they never troubled that mighty highway again.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-sergeant-george-g-smith-july_27.html

John M. Forbes, after July 12, 1863 (“We landed in New York on Sunday evening [July 12], the day before the great draft riots there broke out.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/06/john-m-forbes.html

George L. Stearns to Mary Hall Stearns, July 12, 1863 (“We have a camp at Chelten Hills, nine miles from the Continental; a beautiful location I am told. I named it Camp Wm. Penn.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/06/george-l-stearns-to-mary-hall-stearns.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Sunday, July 12, 1863 (“At Philadelphia I saw a train containing one hundred and fifty Confederate prisoners, who were being stared at by a large number of the beau monde of Philadelphia.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_4.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: Sunday, July 12, 1863 (“There is nothing additional this morning from Charleston, Mississippi, or Maryland.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-sunday_9.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: July 12, 1863 (“Went back to our brigade this morning. Skirmishing very heavy on the left and center.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/02/diary-of-private-louis-leon-july-12-1863.html

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Today’s posts:

John G. Nicolay, reply #10
John Hay, #11
George Templeton Strong, #12
John Jackman, #13
Johnny Green, #14
Links to 11 items at Civil War Notebook, #15

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Continued from July 8 (reply #41).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4165449/posts#41

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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Continued from July 8 (reply #42).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4165449/posts#42

David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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

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