Harper’s Weekly – September 5, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | September 5, 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/4178597/posts

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Moseby’s Guerrillas – 1, 8
Where Are the Copperheads? – 2
The Anglo-Rebel Ironclads – 2
The Lounger – 2-3
Army and Navy Items – 3-4
Domestic Intelligence – 4
Foreign News – 4
Improved State of Affairs in the City – 4
The Massacre at Lawrence, Kansas – 5, 8
The Graves of Gettysburg – 6
Blue Flowers – 6-8
Morris Island Sketches – 6-8
Bombardment of Charleston Forts – 8, 10
Map of That Part of Tennessee through which General Rosecrans Advanced from Murfreesboro to Tullahoma and Chattanooga – 9
“Very Hard Cash,” by Charles Reade, Ch. XXXII – 11-13
The First Maine Cavalry Skirmishing – 14
Resumption of the Draft in New York – 15-16
The Church-Yard Lily – 16
Humors of the Day – 16-17

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Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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

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Charles Francis Adams to John Russell, September 5, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/charles-francis-adams-to-john-russell.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, September 5, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-general-george-g-meade-to_25.html

Major-General John A. McClernand to Edwin M. Stanton, September 5, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/12/major-general-john-mcclernand-to-edwin_9.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: September 5, 1863 – 8. p.m.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/10/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to the Editor of the Catholic Telegraph, September 5, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/10/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-editor-of.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman, September 5, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman_29.html

Letter from F. B. Johnson

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/01/letter-from-f-b-johnson_25.html

George L. Stearns, writing from Nashville, Tennessee, September 5, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/09/george-l-stearns-writing-from-nashville_5.html

James Freeman Clarke to his Sister in Canada, September 5, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/james-freeman-clarke-to-his-sister-in.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 5, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september_27.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: September 5, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/05/diary-of-private-louis-leon-september-5.html

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Continued from July 26 (reply #X).

Link here

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

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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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Brigadier General Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, September 6, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/brigadier-general-thomas-kilby-smith-to_22.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, September 6, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/10/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman, September 6, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman_30.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: September 6, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/01/captain-charles-wright-wills-september.html

George L. Stearns, writing from Nashville, Tennessee, September 6, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/09/george-l-stearns-writing-from-nashville.html

General Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, September 6, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/general-robert-e-lee-to-jefferson-davis_23.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 6, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september_30.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: September 6, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/05/diary-of-private-louis-leon-september-6.html

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September 5 posts:

“Never Call Retreat,” reply #3
Lincoln letter to Joseph Segar, #4
Links to 11 items at Civil War Notebook, #5

September 6 posts:

“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #6
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #7
John Jackman, #8
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #9

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Thank you so much for your time and effort in posting this for us!
You are appreciated!

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Continued from August 12 (reply #26).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4173681/posts#26

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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

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Major-General William T. Sherman to H. W. Hill, September 7, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/04/major-general-william-t-sherman-to-h-w.html

Brigadier General Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, September 7, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/brigadier-general-thomas-kilby-smith-to_23.html

From the Sixth Iowa.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/03/from-sixth-iowa.html

Charles Francis Adams to John M. Forbes, September 7, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/charles-francis-adams-to-john-m-forbes.html

W. P. Wightman: An Unconditional, Uncompromising And Inexhaustable Union Man

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2007/12/unconditional-uncompromising-and.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 7, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september.html

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Continued from July 18 (reply #3).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4168700/posts#3

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Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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Continued from September 4 (reply #33)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4178597/posts#33

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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

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John M. Forbes to Senator Charles Sumner, September 8, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/11/john-m-forbes-to-senator-charles-sumner.html

John Russell to Charles Francis Adams, September 8, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/10/john-russell-to-charles-francis-adams.html

Jefferson Davis to General Robert E. Lee, September 8, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/01/jefferson-davis-to-general-robert-e-lee_24.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 8, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september_3.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: September 8, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/05/diary-of-private-louis-leon-september-8.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: September 8, 1863

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_6.html