Harper’s Weekly – November 7, 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/4193437/posts

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The Army of the Cumberland – 1, 9
The Gallop of Death – 2
The Winter Campaign – 2
One Point Gained – 2
American Industry – 2
The Lounger – 2-3
Army and Navy Items – 3-4
Domestic Intelligence – 4
Foreign News – 4
Shutting Up Shop – 4
Our Russian Visitors – 5, 9
The Soldier’s Dream – 6
The Conscript’s Appeal – 7
Case for the Prisoner – 7-8
‘No Change!” – 8
The Blockade at Wilmington, North Carolina – 8
The Army of the Potomac – 8-10, 13-14
Humors of the Day – 9
Threads – 9
“Very Hard Cash,” by Charles Reade, Ch. Ch. XLIII – 9, 11-13
Gamblers, Thieves, and Vagabonds – A Scene in Washington – 15
Coming to Life Again – 16

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Continued from Continued from October 19 (reply #19).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4190219/posts#19

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Continued from October 29 (reply #36).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4191903/posts#36

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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

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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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Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: November 7, 1863 (Would Col. Hayes like to be a general? “My feeling is that I would rather be one of the good colonels than one of the poor generals.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/03/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, November 7, 1863 (“This morning, forward march! horse, foot, and artillery, all streaming towards Dixie; weather fresh and fine, nothing to mar but a high wind, and, in some places, clouds of dust.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_23.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Saturday, November 7, 1863 (”The last of the army is now across the Tennessee, moving on towards the front, the Seventh bringing up the rear.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/08/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_95.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 7, 1863 (“The grasping farmers refuse to get out their grain, saying they have as much Confederate money as they want”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: November 7, 1863 (“To-day, as several of us went to get some straw near Kelly’s Ford, we heard firing, and the long roll beat. Looking up we saw the Yankees crossing the river. . . .”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/08/diary-of-private-louis-leon-november-7.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lee,” reply #3
“Grant,” #4
George Templeton Strong, #5
John Hay, #6
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #7

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President Lincoln sits for photos by Alexander Gardner

“This famous image of Lincoln was photographed by Alexander Gardner on November 8, 1863, just weeks before he would deliver the Gettysburg Address. It is sometimes referred to as the ‘Gettysburg portrait’, although it was actually taken in Washington. As Lincoln had previously done in August 1863, he visited Gardner's studio on a Sunday afternoon. He posed for several additional portraits during this session.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_photographs_of_Abraham_Lincoln

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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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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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Major-General John Sedgwick’s General Orders, No. 1, November 8, 1863 (“The general commanding the Right Column congratulates the troops of his command on the admirable success which attended their operations of yesterday.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/major-general-john-sedgwicks-general.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, November 8, 1863 (“A large part of our forces is out after a fight with a considerable Rebel force in the mountains.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/04/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sardis.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Sunday, November 8, 1863 (“Where the main army is to-night we do not know. We are now away off on the flank, isolated and alone.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/08/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_78.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 8, 1863 (“in consequence of the enemy’s possessing the coal mines in Tennessee, he shall not be able to supply orders for heavy shot, etc., for the defense of Charleston harbor”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_50.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: Sunday, November 8, 1863 (“I had heard that 14,000 of the enemy were advancing, and there had been two days’ fighting near Huntersville”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-sunday.html

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Today’s posts:

New Lincoln photos, reply #9
John Hay, #10
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #11
John Jackman, #12
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #13

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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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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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Major-General George G. Meade’s General Orders, No. 101, November 9, 1863 (Congratulations to the Army of the Potomac for their recent operations)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/major-general-george-g-meades-general.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, November 9, 1863 (“The operation being successful, the army is in fine spirits, and of course I am more popular than ever, having been greeted yesterday as I rode through the ranks with great cheering”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/major-general-george-g-meade-to_11.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: November 9, 1863 (“The ground is white with snow for the first time this year.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/04/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_74.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, November 9, 1863 (Lt. Col. Lyman describes the recent action in a letter to Mrs. Lyman.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_24.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Monday, November 9, 1863 (“The regiment is to-day divided into detachments and ordered to move on different roads on both flanks of the army.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/08/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_51.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 9, 1863 (“The President returned Saturday evening, looking pretty well. Yesterday, Sunday, he was under the necessity of reading a dispatch from Gen. Lee, announcing the surprise and capture of two brigades on the Rappahannock!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_22.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: Monday, November 9, 1863 (“We hear today that [John] Echols has had a fight at Lewisburg [Droop Mtn.] with 8000 of the enemy, and been badly whipped — lost all his artillery, and many of his men.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-monday.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: November 9, 1863 (Angela Mallory, wife of Confederate Navy Secretary, loans McGuire a carpet.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire.html

Diary of Sarah Morgan: Monday, November 9, 1863 (Sarah is disturbed by a rumor that the Morgan family are Unionists.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/diary-of-sarah-morgan-monday-october-9.html

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Today’s posts:

Lincoln letter, reply #15
John Hay, #16
John Jackman, #17
George Templeton Strong, #18
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, #19