Posted on 07/11/2023 6:57:16 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
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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
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Link to previous Harper’s Weekly thread
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4165449/posts
Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger
All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes
Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis
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
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
With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865, edited by Michael Burlingame
Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger
Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis
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
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
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4165449/posts#41
Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat
Continued from July 8 (reply #42).
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4165449/posts#42
David Herbert Donald, Lincoln
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