Harper’s Weekly – November 7, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | November 7, 1863

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Continued from Continued from November 7 (reply #3).

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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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 Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Tuesday, November 10, 1863 (“We go into camp to-night thirty miles from Pulaski, Tennessee.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/08/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_14.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 10, 1863 (“Col. Gorgas gave notice to-day that our supply of saltpeter will be exhausted in January, unless we can import a large quantity.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_29.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: Tuesday, November 10, 1863 (“So my husband and Bro. W. may have been in a battle — may be wounded — may be prisoners — may be killed — all is uncertainty. These torturing rumors are very hard to bear.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston_13.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lee,” reply #21
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #22
John Hay, #23
Links to 3 items at Civil War Notebook, #24

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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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Captain Charles Wright Wills: November 11, 1863 (Quick march to Winchester TN. Foraging horses from crying women. Capt. Will injured.)

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

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Wednesday, November 11, 1863 (“We arrive at Pulaski, Tennessee, by dark; find the division already up and in camp.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/08/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_31.html

Edward William Hooper, November 11, 1863 (“The money paid out to the people for their labor on this cotton is very considerable, and makes the industrious ones very well to do.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/edward-william-hooper-november-11-1863.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 11, 1863 (“But now I am inclined to think [martial law] necessary not only here, but everywhere in the Confederacy.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_14.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: November 11, 1863 (“I feel angry when I have been tortured to no purpose, as now. This evening the Cadets and Home Guard are back again without anything happening to them.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston_14.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: November 11, 1863 (“Strange that these sons of Mars can so assiduously devote themselves to Cupid and Hymen; but every respite, every furlough, must be thus employed.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_4.html

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Today’s posts:

Lincoln note to Stanton, reply #26
John Hay, #27
John Jackman, #28
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #29

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Continued from November 3 (reply #23).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4193437/posts#23

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Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from September 21 (reply #35).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4183433/posts#35

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

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Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Amasa Walker to Lucy Stoughton, November 12, 1863 (“I learned that you desired the Autograph of our Commander so I find pleasure in offering you this one, and I enclose several of our real Commander, Maj. Gen. Hancock”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/04/lieutenant-colonel-francis-amasa-walker.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Thursday, November 12, 1863 (“It appears that our Division has come to a stand; that Sherman and his corps have gone on unchecked to join Rosecrans.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/11/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_7.html

General Joseph E. Johnston to Louis T. Wigfall, November 12, 1863 (“To have a horse killed under one puts a tall feather in his cap. (I hope, however, it was not the sorrel mare.)”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/general-joseph-e-johnston-to-louis-t.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: November 12, 1863 (“But for their acting as Imboden’s reserve, he would not have dared to open fire upon the enemy as they approached Covington.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston_15.html

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Today’s Posts:

“Team of Rivals,” reply #31
“Lincoln,” #32
John Hay, #33
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #34
George Templeton Strong, #35
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #36

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Continued from October 27 (reply #23).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4191903/posts#23

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

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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 Ulysses S. Grant to Congressman Elihu B. Washburne, November 13, 1863 (“SOME of the citizens of Northern Illinois have expressed the conviction that a regiment of cavalry can be raised in a short time from that section of the state”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2012/11/major-general-ulysses-s-grant-to_15.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, November 13, 1863 (“what we did do was done as scientifically as any army in the world could have done it, and with a minimum loss of life.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_25.html

Captain William Thompson Lusk to Elizabeth Adams Lusk, November 13, 1861 (“We are now fairly ensconced on South Carolina soil.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/04/captain-william-thompson-lusk-to.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Friday, November 13, 1863 (“We are ordered to take the advance on the pike running through Columbia to Nashville. Traveling briskly all day, we go into camp for the night six miles from Columbia.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/11/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_44.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 13, 1863 (“For the last five days we have only received three pounds of corn per horse, from Richmond, per day. We depend on Richmond for corn. At this rate, the horses will die”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_15.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: November 13, 1863 (“My appointment to a clerkship in the Commissary Department has been received, with a salary of $125 per month.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_5.html