Harper’s Weekly – September 19, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | September 19, 1863

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

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Major-General William S. Rosecrans to Abraham Lincoln, September 22, 1863 – 5:40 p.m. (“We are about 30,000 brave and determined men; but our fate is in the hands of God, in whom I hope.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/major-general-william-s-rosecrans-to.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, September 22, 1863 (Sec. Welles believes the army screwed the pooch on the Sabine Pass operation.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/09/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday.html

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Major-General William T. Sherman, September 22, 1863 (“All the troops that can possibly be spared in Western Tennessee and on the Mississippi River should be sent without delay to assist General Rosecrans on the Tennessee River.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-major.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, September 22, 1863 (“Yesterday came General [John] Buford, commander of the second Cavalry Division, and held a pow-wow. He is one of the best of the officers of that arm and is a singular-looking party.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_5.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: September 22, 1863 (“I think Mrs. Grant a model lady. She has seen not over thirty years, medium size, healthy blonde complexion, brown hair, blue eyes (cross-eyed) and has a pretty hand. She dresses very plainly, and busied herself knitting during nearly the whole trip. Believe her worthy of the general.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/01/captain-charles-wright-wills-september_23.html

John L. Motley to Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, September 22, 1863 (Minister Motley, in Vienna, wants to learn of he progress of the war.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/05/john-l-motley-to-dr-oliver-wendell.html

John L. Motley to Anna Lothrop Motley, September 22, 1863 (“Fortunately our President is as honest and upright a man as ever lived, and there is no Minister of Foreign Affairs living to compare in ability with Seward.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/04/john-l-motley-anna-lothrop-benjamin.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 22, 1863 (“Another dispatch from Bragg, received at a late hour last night, says the victory is complete.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september_25.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: September 22, 1863 (“I spoke and exchanged papers with a Yankee of the 7th Ohio Regiment.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/05/diary-of-private-louis-leon-september_98.html

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Today’s posts:

“Team of Rivals,” reply #38
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #39
John Jackman, #40
John G. Nicolay, #41
Lincoln letter, #42
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, #43

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Thanks Homer. Quite and Oddesey.

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

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Brigadier-General John A. Garfield to Salmon P. Chase, September 23, 1863 – 10:30 a.m. (“Never been such fighting in West. Thomas and Granger stood in their tracks eight hours against whole rebel army.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/brigadier-general-john-garfield-to.html

Major Charles A. Dana to Edwin M. Stanton, September 23, 1863 – 11:30 a.m. (“But to render our hold here perfectly safe no time should be lost in pushing 20,000 to 25,000 efficient troops to Bridgeport.”)

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

Edwin M. Stanton to John W. Garrett, September 23, 1863 – 11:15 p.m. (“Please come to Washington as quickly as you can and bring Smith with you.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/edwin-m-stanton-to-john-w-garrett.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Wednesday, September 23, 1863 (“Stanton tells me that General Meade is in town. I trust some efficient blows to be struck now that Lee is weak.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/09/diary-of-gideon-welles-wednesday.html

Diary of Salmon P. Chase: September 23, 1863 (Sec. Chase describes the midnight meeting at the War Department.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/diary-of-salmon-p-chase-september-23.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: September 23, 1863 (“News better. Rosecrans defeated but not badly. Enemy probably suffered too much to take advantage of their victory.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/10/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_29.html

Letter from Adjt. King. (Letter to the editor from an Iowa man at Vicksburg.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/02/letter-from-adjt-king.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 23, 1863 (“We still pause for the sequel of the battle; for Rosecrans has fallen back to a strong position; and at this distance we know not whether it be practicable to flank him or to cut his communications.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september_29.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: September 23, 1863 (“Day of Atonement to-day. Nothing more up to the 26th.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/05/diary-of-private-louis-leon-september_39.html

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Today’s posts:

John Jackman, #46
Johnny Green, #47
George Templeton Strong, #48
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, #49

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

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Edwin M. Stanton to Major Charles A. Dana, September 24, 1863 – 3:30 a.m. (“We have made arrangements to send 15,000 infantry, under General Hooker, from here and will have them in Nashville in five or six days from to-day”)

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

Edwin M. Stanton to Brigadier-General Jeremiah T. Boyle, September 24, 1863 – 2:40 p.m. (“Have the managers of the Louisville and Nashville, the Kentucky Central, and, if possible, the manager of the Nashville and Chattanooga road at Louisville when he arrives”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/edwin-m-stanton-to-brigadier-general.html

John W. Garrett to Edwin M. Stanton, September 24, 1863 – 2:40 p.m. (“I am on 8 o’clock train from Baltimore, and expect to be at Department at 10 o’clock, with our master of transportation. Have arranged for full information regarding engines and cars.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/12/john-w-garrett-to-edwin-m-stanton.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Thursday, September 24, 1863 (“I proposed a descent on Indianola. Halleck did not know where it was.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/09/diary-of-gideon-welles-thursday.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, September 24, 1863 (“The President is the best judge of where the armies can be best employed, and if he chooses to place this army strictly on the defensive, I have no right to object or murmur.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/major-general-george-g-meade-to_31.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, September 24, 1863 (“I hope that Rosecrans will be able to hold Chattanooga after all. If he does, this struggle will be a most serious disaster to the Confederacy”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/11/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, September 24, 1863 (“What pains wounded people may suffer in ambulances, I know not; but I do know that, when driven at a trot, over open fields and through little ditches, the jolting is not to be expressed in words.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_6.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 24, 1863 (“Only a small portion of Longstreet’s corps has been engaged, so Bragg will have a fresh force to hurl against the invader. We learn to-day that Gen. Hood is not dead, and will recover.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-september.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: September 24, 1863 (The ladies of Richmond are not ashamed to work with their hands for a living.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_10.html

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Today’s posts:

John Jackman, #51
Johnny Green, #52
Lincoln letter to Mrs. Lincoln, #53
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, #54

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Continued from September 20 (reply #20).

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Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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Continued from September 22 (reply #38).

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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Continued from September 21 (reply #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