Harper’s Weekly – July 11, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | July 11, 1863

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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: Wednesday, July 15, 1863 (“The papers are filled with accounts of mobs, riots, burnings, and murders in New York.”)

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

Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood to Major General Ulysses S. Grant, July 15, 1863 (“Permit me to congratulate you upon your great triumph in the capture of Vicksburg.”)

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

Major-General William T. Sherman to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 15, 1863—8:30 p.m. (Situation report from Jackson.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/02/major-general-william-t-sherman-to_76.html

Major-General Ulysses S. Grant to Major-General James B. McPherson, July 15, 1863 (Concern about stragglers and armed negroes molesting civilians around Vicksburg.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/02/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to-major_21.html

Colonel Robert Gould Shaw to Annie K. Haggerty Shaw, July 15, 1863 (“. . . You don’t know what a fortunate day this has been for me, and for us all, excepting some poor fellows who were killed and wounded.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/colonel-robert-gould-shaw-to-annie-k_8.html

Diary of Sergeant Major Luman Harris Tenney: July 15, 1863 (“Morgan 8 hours ahead. Passed through several little towns near Cincinnati.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-sergeant-major-luman-harris_0.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Wednesday, July 15, 1863 (“I saw a stone barricade in the distance, and heard firing going on — and was not at all sorry to find myself on board the China.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_13.html

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Postscript (Talks with northern gentlemen during the voyage back to England.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-sir-arthur-james-lyon_14.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: July 15, 1863 (“I and two of our mess killed three turkeys, took them with us to one mile from Martinsburg, Va., where we camped, and the bones of those turkeys were left behind.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/03/diary-of-private-louis-leon-july-15-1863.html

Brigadier-General Wade Hampton to Senator Louis T. Wigfall, July 15, 1863 (“The Yankees will be defeated if we can get at them on fair ground. We could better have stormed the heights of Stafford than those of Gettysburg. . . .”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/brigadier-general-wade-hampton-to.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: Wednesday, July 15, 1863 (“From Charleston we have no news; but from Jackson there has been considerable fighting, without a general engagement.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-wednesday_12.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: July 15, 1863 (“There is more unhappiness abroad among our people than I have ever seen before. Sometimes I wish I could sleep until it is over”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_99.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Wednesday, July 15, 1863 (The Morgan girls attempt to visit the prisoners from Port Hudson.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-sarah-morgan-wednesday-july-15.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lee,” reply #36
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #37
Lincoln note to Simon Cameron, #38
John Hay, #39
George Templeton Strong, #40
John Jackman, #41
Johnny Green, #42
Links to 13 items at Civil War Notebook, #43

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Continued from July 4 (reply #3).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4165449/posts#3

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from July 5 (reply #21).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4165449/posts#21

James Lee McDonough, William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life

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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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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 June 4 (reply #29).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4156917/posts#29

David W. Blight, Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Thursday, July 16, 1863 (“I have been unable to see, hear, or obtain evidence of power, or will, or talent, or originality on the part of General Halleck.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-gideon-welles-thursday-july-16.html

John A. Andrew to Gideon Welles, July 16, 1863 (Andrew replies to Sec. Welles earlier letter about the Confederate raider Tacony.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/john-andrew-to-gideon-welles-july-16.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, July 16, 1863 (Gen. Meade offended by Gen. Halleck.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-general-george-g-meade-to_9.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, July 16, 1863 (“Morgan is in Ohio. I wish we were there also.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/05/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, July 16, 1863 (“I see Morgan is raiding in Ohio. I hope he will be caught.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/05/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sophia.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, July 16, 1863 (“The escape of Lee does not disappoint me. To get rid of him so easily is a success. We shall get him some day.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/05/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: July 16, 1863 (“We reached Raleigh Tuesday, 14th, about 12:30 P. M. Found the enemy strongly fortified at Piney River.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/05/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_10.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: July 16, 1863 (Hayes’ Brigade heading for Ohio to get Morgan.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/05/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_93.html

Diary of Sergeant Major Luman Harris Tenney: July 16, 1863 (“Morgan but a few miles in advance. . . . One Union man shot because he would not take the oath. Put him in skiff.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-sergeant-major-luman-harris_3.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Thursday, July 16, 1863 (“This morning Dick leads the Seventh forth again, heading for West Tennessee.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/02/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_46.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: Thursday, July 16, 1863 (“from Charleston we learn that the enemy are established on Morris Island, having taken a dozen of our guns and howitzers in the sand hills at the lower end”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-thursday_13.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: July 16, 1863 (“Left this morning at 7; marched to Darkesville, eight miles.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/03/diary-of-private-louis-leon-july-16-1863.html

Charlotte Cross Wigfall to Lieutenant Francis H. Wigfall, July 16, 1863 (“Mrs. Johnston encloses me a letter to her from her husband, which is so noble and manly in its tone that I don’t wonder that she is proud of him.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/charlotte-cross-wigfall-to-lieutenant.html

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Today’s posts:

“Grant,” reply #45
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #46
John Jackman, #47
Johnny Green, #48
John Hay, #49
George Templeton Strong, #50
“Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom,” #51
Links to 13 items at Civil War Notebook, #52

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

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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: Friday, July 17, 1863 (“Seward said, ‘Excepting the escape of Lee, Meade has shown ability.’ It was evident that the retention of Meade had been decided.”

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-gideon-welles-friday-july-17.html

Major-General William T. Sherman to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 17, 1863—6 a.m. (“General Johnston, evacuated Jackson last night. . . . Railroad north and south is being absolutely annihilated.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/02/major-general-william-t-sherman-to_21.html

Major-General John Sedgwick to his Sister, July 17, 1863 (“All the troops sent us are thirty days’ militia and nine months’ volunteers, and are perfectly useless. I am tired of risking my corps in such unequal contests.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/major-general-john-sedgwick-to-his_23.html

Captain Richard F. Halstead to Miss Sedgwick, July 17, 1863 (“The attack was urged by Pleasanton, Howard, and Wadsworth.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/07/captain-richard-f-halstead-to-miss_24.html

Major Charles Fessenden Morse: July 17, 1863 (The 2nd Massachusetts at Gettysburg.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/major-charles-fessenden-morse-july-17.html

Colonel Robert Gould Shaw to Annie K. Haggerty Shaw, July 17, 1863 – 4 p.m. (“We are now lying on the beach opposite the southern point of Folly Island, and have been here since five this morning.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/colonel-robert-gould-shaw-to-annie-k_9.html

Major-General William T. Sherman to Major-General Ulysses S. Grant, July 17, 1863—8 p.m. (“I have just made the circuit of Jackson. We are in full possession, and Johnston is retreating east, with 30,000. men, who will perish by heat, thirst, and disappointment.”)

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

Captain Charles “Edward” Putnam to Mary “Ella” Fawcett, July 17, 1863 (“My Fourth of July passed off very quietly. Our brigade lay at a ford on Black River all day watching the movements of Gen. Johnston’s troops on the opposite side of the river.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/captain-charles-edward-putnam-to-mary.html

Diary of Sergeant Major Luman Harris Tenney: July 17, 1863 (“Crossed after some trouble and breakfasted at Piketon. Morgan well in advance.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-sergeant-major-luman-harris_28.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Friday, July 17, 1863 (“about nine o’clock we pass a portion of the great battle-field of Shiloh”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/02/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_94.html

George L. Stearns to Dr. W. J. Baner of New York City, July 17, 1863 (On the rioting in NY City.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/04/george-l-stearns-to-dr-w-j-baner-of-new.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: Friday, July 17, 1863 (“Thus the armies of the Confederate States are recoiling at all points, and a settled gloom is apparent on many weak faces.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-friday_14.html

Dr. Spencer G. Welch to Cordelia Strother Welch, July 17, 1863 (“We fought a dreadful battle at Gettysburg, Pa. It was the greatest battle of the war.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/03/dr-spenser-g-welch-to-cordelia-strother.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: July 17, 1863 (“Raining very hard to-day, and we are resting.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/03/diary-of-private-louis-leon-july-17-1863.html

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Today’s posts:

George Templeton Strong, reply #54
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #55
John Jackman, #56
Links to 14 items at Civil War Notebook, #57