Harper’s Weekly – July 25, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | July 25, 1863

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, July 28, 1863 (“Vigilance is not one of Halleck’s qualifications.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday-july-28.html

Major-General Henry W. Halleck to Major-General George G. Meade, July 28, 1863 (“I need not assure you, general, that I have lost none of the confidence which I felt in you when I recommended you for the command.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-general-henry-w-halleck-to-major.html

Major General William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, July 28, 1863 (“Vicksburg is worth seeing, and a glance will tell you more than reams of paper why it took us six months to take the place.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/01/major-general-william-t-sherman-to_25.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, July 28, 1863 (“Captain Delany, commanding one of my cavalry companies, was killed in storming Wytheville. He was a man to trust. He received his promotion on my recommendation and was one of my best friends”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/07/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis.html

Colonel Charles Russell Lowell to Josephine Shaw, July 28, 1863 (“I see now that the best Colonel of the best black regiment had to die, it was a sacrifice we owed, — and how could it have been paid more gloriously?”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/colonel-charles-russell-lowell-to_29.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Tuesday, July 28, 1863 (“This morning Colonel Hatch, with his cavalry brigade, arrives in Lexington. At eight o’clock A. M., the bugles are blown, and the commands move“)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/04/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_90.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 28, 1863 (“The rumor that Gen. Lee had resigned was simply a fabrication. His headquarters, a few days ago, were at Culpepper C. H., and may be soon this side of the Rappahannock. A battle and a victory may take place there.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/09/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-28.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: July 28, 1863 (“Left at 6 this morning, marched ten miles and halted on the mountain.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/03/diary-of-private-louis-leon-july-28-1863.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: July 28, 1863 (“none of us know, when we arise in the morning, that we may not hear before noonday that we have been shorn of all that makes life dear!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_28.html

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Forgot ping list for John Jackman at #20.

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Poor Sherman.
Talking his wife into a tragedy.
This had to haunt him the rest of his life.

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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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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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Diary of Gideon Welles: Wednesday, July 29, 1863 (Sec. Welles remarks inspire news publisher John W. Forney to include them in an editorial.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-gideon-welles-wednesday-july_11.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Wednesday, July 29, 1863 (An encounter with staunch Unionists in eastern Tennessee.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/04/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_3.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 29, 1863 (“Another battle between Lee and Meade is looked for on the Upper Rappahannock.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/09/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-29.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: July 29, 1863 (“Left at 7, marched until 3, camped one mile from Madison Court House. Marched ten miles to-day.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/03/diary-of-private-louis-leon-july-29-1863.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: July 29, 1863 (“There was a little fight some days ago, near Brandy Station — the enemy driven across the river. Fredericksburg and Culpeper Court-House are both occupied by our troops.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire.html

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Today’s posts:

Lincoln letter to Gen. Halleck, reply #24
John Hay, #25
John Nicolay, #26
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #27

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Thursday, July 30, 1863 (“John P. Hale is here in behalf of certain contractors who have been guilty of bad faith.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-gideon-welles-thursday-july-30.html

Senator James W. Grimes to Admiral Samuel F. Du Pont, July 30, 1863 (“It seems that Charleston is destined to be “a hard nut to crack,” in the hands of [Quincy] Gillmore and Dahlgren, as well as in the hands of their predecessor.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/senator-james-w-grimes-to-admiral_20.html

Major-General John A. Dix to Gov. Horatio Seymour, July 30, 1863 (Gen. Dix would rather not send Federal troops to NYC to enforce the draft.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/major-general-john-dix-to-gov-horatio.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: July 30, 1863 (“Moving on we arrive at Dresden, on the Louisville and Memphis Railroad”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/04/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose-july.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 30, 1863 (“Hon. Wm, L. Yancey is dead — of disease of the kidney.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/09/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-30.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: July 30, 1863 (“Still in camp. Hugh Sample and myself were out on a forage and milked a cow in his hat, the only thing we had.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/03/diary-of-private-louis-leon-july-30-1863.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: July 30, 1863 (“The Florida and Alabama are performing wonderful feats, and are worrying the North excessively.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_2.html

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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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Gideon Welles to William H. Seward, July 31, 1863 (Welles wants to revoke an unjust censure of a naval officer.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/gideon-welles-to-william-h-seward-july.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Friday, July 31, 1863 (“I met at the President’s, and was introduced by him to, Colonel Rawlins of General Grant’s staff. He arrived yesterday with the official report of the taking of Vicksburg”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-gideon-welles-friday-july-31.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, July 31, 1863 (“Had I attacked Lee I have every reason to believe the attack would have been unsuccessful, and would have resulted disastrously.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-general-george-g-meade-to-major_13.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, July 31, 1863 (“I enclose you two letters recently received—one from the President to General Howard . . . The other is from General Halleck”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-general-george-g-meade-to_13.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Friday, July 31, 1863 (Foraging along the Mobile and Ohio Railroad.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/04/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose.html

Francis George Shaw to Abraham Lincoln, July 31, 1863 (“My only son, Colonel Robert G. Shaw, of the Fifty fourth Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers, (colored troops) was killed on the parapet of Fort Wagner . . .”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/francis-george-shaw-to-abraham-lincoln.html

John Bright to John M. Forbes, July 31, 1863 (“I am not sure that the North is yet resolute and unanimous enough to be able to deal wisely with the great slavery question.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/07/john-bright-to-john-m-forbes-july-31.html

Joseph Choate to George L. Stearns, probably about late July 1863 (Proposal to assist a woman who has helped the poor of NYC and had her home ruined in the riots.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/04/joseph-choate-to-george-l-stearns.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: July 31, 1863 (“Hon. E. S. Dargan, member of Congress, writes from Mobile that Mississippi is nearly subdued, and Alabama is almost exhausted”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-july-31.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: July 31, 1863 (“We left here to-night, marched seven miles, and halted.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/03/diary-of-private-louis-leon-july-31-1863.html

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Today’s posts:

Lincoln letter to Gen. Hurlbut, reply #31
John Hay, #32
George Templeton Strong, #33
Links to 10 items at Civil War Notebook, #34