Harper’s Weekly – July 11, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | July 11, 1863

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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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Continued from July 6 (reply #27).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4165449/posts#27

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, July 13, 1863 (“If this army is permitted to escape across the Potomac, woe be to those who permit it!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-july-13.html

Edward S. Sanford to Edwin M. Stanton, July 13, 1863 – Received 12:10 p.m. (“SIR: What is represented as a serious riot is now taking place on Third avenue, at the provost-marshal’s office.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/edward-s-sanford-to-edwin-m-stanton_92.html

Edward S. Sanford to Edwin M. Stanton, July 13, 1863 – Received 2:30 p.m. (“The riot has assumed serious proportions, and is entirely beyond the control of the police.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/edward-s-sanford-to-edwin-m-stanton_12.html

Edward S. Sanford to Edwin M. Stanton, July 13, 1863 – 9:30 p.m. (“the firemen and military companies sympathize too closely with the draft resistance movement to be relied upon for the extinguishment of fires or the restoration of order.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/edward-s-sanford-to-edwin-m-stanton.html

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General George G. Meade, July 13, 1863 – 9:30 p.m. (“You are strong enough to attack and defeat the enemy before he can effect a crossing. Act upon your own judgment and make your generals execute your orders.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/major-general-henry-w-halleck-to-major_12.html

Major Henry L. Abbott to Mr. & Mrs. Charles Cushing Paine, July 13, 1863 (Extract) (Letter to mother of 18-year-old Lt. who died at Gettysburg, from a 21-year-old Capt. who will die at the Wilderness.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/major-henry-l-abbott-to-mr-mrs-charles.html

Major Charles Fessenden Morse: July 13, 1863 (“I don’t think Meade is at all anxious to make the attack”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/major-charles-fessenden-morse-july-13.html

Diary of 4th Sergeant John S. Morgan: Monday, July 13, 1863 (“Officially reported that Port Hudson has fallen and the great Mississippi is ours”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/08/diary-of-4th-sergeant-john-s-morgan_68.html

From F. B. Johnson, of the Iowa 6th (Extract of letter to the editor from an Iowa soldier at the recent battle of Jackson.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/01/from-f-b-johnson-of-iowa-6th.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Monday, July 13, 1863 (Sir Arthur arrives in NY City just in time for the draft riots.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_11.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: Monday, July 13, 1863 (“Lee and Meade have been facing each other two or three days, drawn up in battle array, and a decisive battle may have occurred ere this.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-monday_10.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: July 13, 1863 (“We marched one mile to the right of and crossed the Potomac at midnight, after wading through the canal, which we destroyed.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/02/diary-of-private-louis-leon-july-13-1863.html

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Today’s posts:

“Never Call Retreat,” reply #17
“Lincoln,” #18
Lincoln letters, #19
George Templeton Strong, #20
John Hay, #21
“Lee,” #22
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #23
John Jackman, #24
Links to 12 items at Civil War Notebook, #25

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Continued from July 8 (reply #40).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4165449/posts#40

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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

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Continued from May 13 (reply #34).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4151800/posts#34

William J. Cooper, Jr., Jefferson Davis, American

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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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Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, July 14, 1863 (A lot of tension at cabinet meeting today.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday-july-14.html

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 14, 1863 (“Permit me to call your attention to the propriety of sending such communications through the proper military channels.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/12/major-general-henry-w-halleck-to-major.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General William T. Sherman, July 14, 1863 (“Do you think Johnston is re-enforcing, so as to require more troops?”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/02/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-major_89.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Surgeon John Moore, July 14, 1863 (“Gen. Smith,’ C, S, A. complains that the prisoners in hospitals, in many cases have not received proper supplies of either medicine or food.”)

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

Mayor George Opdyke to Edwin Stanton, July 14, 1863 – Received 4:25 p.m. (“If you can render any assistance by sending a military force, please do so.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/mayor-george-opdyke-to-edwin-stanton.html

Edwin M. Stanton to Major Edward S. Sanford, July 14, 1863 – 6:20 p.m. (“The Government will be able to stand the test, even if there should be a riot and mob in every ward of every city.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/edwin-m-stanton-to-major-edward-s.html

Edwin M. Stanton to Mayor George Opdyke, July 14, 1863 – 6:55 p.m. (“Five regiments are under orders to return to New York.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/edwin-m-stanton-to-mayor-george-opdyke.html

Major-General William T. Sherman to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 14, 1863—8 p.m. (“I think I have troops enough. Johnston is still in Jackson, and our skirmishers are engaged all round the lines, and but little execution done by either party”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/02/major-general-william-t-sherman-to_85.html

Major-General William T. Sherman to Lieutenant Colonel John A. Rawlins, July 14, 1863 (“Tell the general I have heard of his appointment as major-general in Regular Army. Of course I congratulate him, and hope he may live long to enjoy the ease and luxury of the position.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/02/major-general-william-t-sherman-to_22.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General Francis J. Herron, July 14, 1863 (“You may remain in Yazoo City as long as Admiral Porter thinks necessary to save all that can be saved from the gunboats”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/02/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-major_22.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, July 14, 1863 (“This is exactly what I expected; unless I did impracticable things, fault would be found with me.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-general-george-g-meade-to_8.html

Diary of Sergeant Major Luman Harris Tenney: July 14, 1863 (“Morgan has today burned 48 cars, captured 300 militia, etc.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-sergeant-major-luman-harris_91.html

Diary of 4th Sergeant John S. Morgan: Tuesday, July 14, 1863 (“A Salute of guns from forts in honor of our victory at Port Hudson.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/08/diary-of-4th-sergeant-john-s-morgan_85.html

Diary of Charles H. Lynch: July 14, 1863 (“General Lee and the rebel army have crossed the Potomac River into Virginia.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/diary-of-charles-h-lynch-july-14-1863.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Tuesday, July 14, 1863 (“The reports of outrages, hangings, and murder, were now most alarming, and terror and anxiety were universal”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_12.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: Tuesday, July 14, 1863 (“The enemy are established on Morris Island, and the fate of Charleston is in doubt.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-tuesday_11.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: July 14, 1863 (“We are now, thank God, on Confederate soil, but oh, how many of our dear comrades have we left behind.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/02/the-roads-are-so-bad-that-it-is-hard.html

Diary of Judith W. McGuire, Tuesday, July 14, 1863 (“Lieutenant B. H. McGuire, our nephew, the bright, fair-haired boy, from whom we parted last summer at Lynchburg as he went on his way to the field, full of buoyancy and hope, is among the dead at Gettysburg.”)

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

A Woman’s Diary Of The Siege Of Vicksburg: July 14, 1863 (“Vicksburg is now like one vast hospital — every one is getting sick or is sick.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/a-womans-diary-of-siege-of-vicksburg_88.html

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Today’s posts:

“Team of Rivals,” reply #27
Lincoln letter to Meade, #28
John Hay, #29
George Templeton Strong, #30
“Jefferson Davis, American,” #31
John Jackman, #32
Johnny Green, #33
Links to 19 items at Civil War Notebook, #34

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Continued from July 13 (reply #22).

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]

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

[Homer_J_Simpson]

Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger

[Homer_J_Simpson]

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