Harper’s Weekly – October 10, 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/4186596/posts

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Major-General Thomas – 1-2
The Battles in Georgia – 2
The Lounger – 2-3
Army and Navy Items – 3-4
Domestic Intelligence – 4
Wanted-An Oedipus – 4
Foreign News – 4
The Siege of Charleston – 5-6, 13
The Army of the Potomac – 6, 10, 16-17
The Disaster at Sabine Pass –6-7, 14
The Ghost in the Green Park – 7-9
Humors of the Day – 9
“Very Hard Cash,” by Charles Reade, Ch. XXXVIII – 11-13
Cumberland Gap – 14-16
Home – 18

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Continued from October 6 (reply #21).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4186596/posts#21

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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Continued from September 28 (reply #11).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4184990/posts#11

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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Continued from October 6 (reply #22).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4186596/posts#22

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

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Home Letters of General Sherman, edited by M.A. DeWolfe Howe, 1909

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, October 10, 1863 (“Admiral Milne, who sat next me, stated that he is the first British admiral who has visited New York since the government was established”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-october_11.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, October 10, 1863 (“The men are re-enlisting for another three years and there is a fair prospect of continuing the regiment if we can get a little while at home this winter.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/12/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sophia.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: October 10, 1863 – 4 p.m. (“We started at 5 in the morning for Corinth and then, maybe, for Rosecrans.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/03/captain-charles-wright-wills-october-10.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Saturday, October 10, 1863 (“This morning Captain Ring proceeds with a detachment on a scout towards the Hatchie river, but nothing hostile being discovered, he returns in the evening.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/08/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_71.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 10, 1863 (“In the absence of Custis Lee, Col. [Wm. M. Brown[e], the English aid of the President, commanded the brigade, much to the disgust of many of the men”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/09/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-october.html

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Today’s posts:

“Jefferson Davis, American,” reply #3
John Jackman, #4
“Lee,” #5
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #6
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #7
Letter from Gen. Sherman to Mrs. Sherman, #8
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #9

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Continued from October 10 (reply #7).

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

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Continued from Continued from October 10 (reply #5).

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

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Major-General Joseph Hooker to Edwin M. Stanton, October 11, 1863 (Gen. Hooker updates the War Secretary on the situation in Tennessee, explaining how he saved Rosecrans’ army.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/11/major-general-joseph-hooker-to-edwin-m.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, October 11, 1863 (“Uncle Lee has concluded that we have stared long enough at each other, and so is performing some fancy antics”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_10.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: October 11, 1863 (Jones inserts an article describing a Union massacre of civilians in Missouri.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/09/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-october_24.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: October 11, 1863 (“We forded Roberson River, and marched up and down hollows without singing or making any noise, so that the enemy could not see or hear us.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/07/diary-of-private-louis-leon-october-11.html

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Today’s posts:

“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” reply #11
“Lee,” #12
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #13
George Templeton Strong, #14
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #15

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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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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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Continued from October 11 (reply #12).

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell