Harper’s Weekly – November 14, 1863

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | November 14, 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/4195078/posts

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The Conscript – 1
The Negro Troops in the Southwest – 1-2
The Election – 1
Domestic Manufactures – 1, 3
Brady’s Gallery – 3
The Lounger – 3-4
Army and Navy Items – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4-5
Foreign News – 5
Advantage of “Famine Prices” – 5
Chattanooga – 6, 11
The “Dunderberg” – 7, 9, 11
The Army of the Potomac – 7, 11
“Very Hard Cash,” by Charles Reade, Ch. Ch. XLIV-XLV – 8, 10-11
The Late General Lytle – 11, 14
The New Battle-Call – 11
Daisy’s Duty – 11-12
Our Country – 12-13
Nest – 13-14
A Successful Foraging Party in the West – 15
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher – 15-17
Humors of the Day – 17

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Continued from November 7 (reply #4).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4195078/posts#4

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from November 1 (reply #10).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4193437/posts#10

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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

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Continued from November 13 (reply #38).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4195078/posts#38

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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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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Senator John Sherman to Major General William T. Sherman, November 14, 1863 (“On Tuesday next I start for Gettysburg, to take part in the pageant of a dedication of the battle-field as a national cemetery.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/03/senator-john-sherman-to-major-general.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Saturday, November 14, 1863 (“Early this morning we move on and arrive in Columbia about nine o’clock. Columbia is a beautiful and wealthy town, situated on Duck River.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/11/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_59.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 14, 1863 (“The Governor of Georgia recommends that the Legislature instruct their representatives to vote for a repeal of the law allowing substitutes”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/05/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_31.html

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Today’s posts:

“Grant,” reply #3
“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” #4
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #5
John Jackman, #6
John G. Nicolay, #7
Links to 3 items at Civil War Notebook, #8

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My error. The description for J.B. Beauchamp’s entry is for tomorrow’s entry.

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Continued from November 14 (reply #3).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, November 15, 1863 (Lt. Col. Lyman meets some arriving British military ViPs.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_26.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 15, 1863 (“The Governor of Georgia recommends that the Legislature instruct their representatives to vote for a repeal of the law allowing substitutes”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_91.html

Diary of Judith Brockenbrough McGuire: November 15, 1863 (“Our army does not seem prospering in the West. Bragg has fallen back. We long to hear better things.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-judith-brockenbrough-mcguire_6.html

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SunkenCiv tipped me to an interesting article about sunken items in South Carolina. => https://www.cbsnews.com/news/civil-war-cannonballs-swords-bullets-congaree-river-south-carolina/

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Major-General John Sedgwick to his Sister, November 16, 1863 (“I know my name has been mentioned, and I think I could have had it if I had said the word, but nothing could induce me to take it. Meade is twenty years older than when he took command.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/major-general-john-sedgwick-to-his_17.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Monday, November 16, 1863 (“This morning the train arrives at Davis’ Station . . . we receive orders to be ready in the morning to return to Pulaski, Tennessee.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/11/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_33.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 16, 1863 (“Governor Brown, Georgia, writes the Secretary that he is opposed to impressments, and that the government should pay the market price — whatever that is.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_24.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: November 16, 1863 (“Wood is now $30 per cord; flour $100 per barrel in Richmond, $50 here, and rising. Butter selling here by the quantity for $3.50 per lb.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/05/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston_16.html

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

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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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John L. Motley to Anna Lothrop Motley, November 17, 1863 (“We are in a great mess in Europe.” A fine description of continental political intrigues.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/06/john-l-motley-to-anna-lothrop-motley.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Luman Harris Tenney: November 17, 1863 (Survey of available rations during the siege of Knoxville.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/10/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-luman-harris_98.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Tuesday, November 17, 1863 (“We go into camp for the night, half way between Columbia and Pulaski.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/11/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_58.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 17, 1863 (“We have no news whatever, except some damage reported at Charleston, done to two monitors yesterday. The bombardment has assumed no new phase.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november.html

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Wikipedia on the British/Japanese battle.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Kagoshima#:~:text=The%20Bombardment%20of%20Kagoshima%2C%20also,15%20to%2017%20August%201863.

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Thank you for the added context.