Harper’s Weekly – January 16, 1864

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | January 16, 1864

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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

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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/4209227/posts

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Averill’s Raid – 1-2, 5
The Governor and the Police – 2
The Truth Confesses – 2
“Our Own” – 2
The Sanitary Fairs – 2
Monument to Robert Fulton – 2
Literary – 2-3
Humors of the Day – 3
Domestic Intelligence – 3-4
Foreign News – 4
Army and Navy Items – 4
New Year’s Gift to Little J.B. – 4
General Humphreys – 5, 7
The “Suck” in the Tennessee River – 6, 9
The Wreck of the “Aguila” – 7
The Italian Iron-Clad – 7-9
The Army of the Potomac – 9, 12
The Picket – 9
Miss Smith – 9-10
Scenes and Incidents at Gettysburg – 10-11
The False Love – 11
Brain Spectres – 11
Miss Nilson’s Gaiter-Boots – 11, 13-14
Walter S. Newhall: Ob. December 18, Æ. 22 – 14-15*
Archbishop Hughes – 15
The “Rappahannock” – 15-16
Daboll’s Fog-Trumpet – 17
Obstructions in Charleston Harbor – 17-18

*Additional information onWalter S. Newhall => https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/the-cricketer-who-fell-in-the-american-civil-war-216594

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, January 16, 1864 (“Had a call from General Frank Blair. He is bitter against Chase and the management of the Treasury Department, — its favorites and permits.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/04/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-january_10.html

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, January 16, 1864

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/07/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 16, 1864 (“I married Miss Mary E. Hurlbut, whom I met first at our headquarters in Vicksburg, where she had been during the siege”)
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/14283969/mary-emeline-rawlins

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-january_5.html

General Robert E. Lee to Lieutenant General James Longstreet, January 16, 1864 (“I believe, however, that if Grant could be driven back and Mississippi and Tennessee recovered, it would do more to relieve the country and inspirit our people than the mere capture of Washington.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/general-robert-e-lee-to-lieutenant.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: January 16, 1864 (“W. R. Berryhill has got the smallpox. Quite a number of us were in the same quarters with him, but none of us caught the disease.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/10/diary-of-private-louis-leon-january-16.html

Dr. Spencer G. Welch to Cordelia Strother Welch, January 16, 1864 (“I had to give Gabriel a little thrashing this morning for ‘jawing’ me. I hate very much to raise a violent hand against a person as old as Gabriel, although he is black and a slave.

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/05/dr-spencer-g-welch-to-cordelia-strother_13.html

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Today’s posts:

Lincoln letter, reply #3
John Hay, #4
George Templeton Strong, #5
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #6

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Mary Chesnut’s Civil War, edited by C. Vann Woodward

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

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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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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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Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, January 17, 1864 (“Everything is quiet here and will be until supplies can be got forward to the troops at Chattanooga and Knoxville.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, January 17, 1864 (“We are all very well and have enjoyed the cold snap. We had good sleighing about ten days.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/07/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sophia.html

Diary of Sergeant David L. Day: January 17, 1864 (“We have now got our ultimatum, either enlist or go into exile.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/diary-of-sergeant-david-l-day-january_40.html

General Robert E. Lee to Captain Robert E. Lee Jr. January 17, 1864 (“Tell Fitz I grieve over the hardships and sufferings of his men in their late expedition.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/general-robert-e-lee-to-captain-robert.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 17, 1864 (“But with flour at $200 per barrel; meal, $20 per bushel, and meat from $2 to $5 per pound, what income would suffice?”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-january.html

Diary of Margaret Junkin Preston: June 17, 1864 (“I thought the cause of the Confederacy was finished for the present, or at least that it was a hopeless struggle. I feel differently now.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-margaret-junkin-preston-june.html

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Today’s posts:

Mary Boykin Chesnut, reply #8
George Templeton Strong, #9
John Jackman, #10
John Hay, #11
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #12

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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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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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Mary Chesnut’s Civil War, edited by C. Vann Woodward

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, January 18, 1864 (“A batch of letters has been sent us from the provost marshal, disclosing a mass of fraud and intrigue”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/04/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-january_10.html

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, January 18, 1864 (“A letter from General Halleck to General Grant received to-day states that much opposition will be made to General McPherson’s appointment as brigadier general in the regular army.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_15.html

Brigadier-General Thomas Kilby Smith to Eliza Walter Smith, January 18, 1864 (“I have journeyed to headquarters at Vicksburg, and twice have been visited by the general commanding, McPherson”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/brigadier-general-thomas-kilby-smith-to_9.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes, Monday, January 18, 1864 — p. m. (“Two weeks of unusual cold weather. Kanawha frozen; navigation suspended about a week; a week’s good sleighing.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/07/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: January 18, 1864 (“Talk of getting away by escaping, but find no feasible plan. Rebs very watchful.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/02/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_27.html

Diary of Sergeant David L. Day: January 18, 1864 (“if we will enlist, or three-fourths of those reported for duty will enlist, then they can all go home together as a regiment, while those not enlisting will be sent into banishment”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/diary-of-sergeant-david-l-day-january_51.html

General Robert E. Lee to Brigadier General Alexander R. Lawton, January 18, 1864 (“a brigade that recently went on picket was compelled to leave several hundred men in camp who were unable to bear the exposure of duty, being destitute of shoes and blankets”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/general-robert-e-lee-to-brigadier.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 18, 1864 (“The enemy made a brief raid in Westmoreland and Richmond counties a few days ago, and destroyed 60,000 pounds of meat in one of the Commissary-General’s depots!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-january_27.html

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Today’s posts:

John G. Nicolay, reply #14
John Hay, #15
John Jackman, #16
Mary Chesnut, #17
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #18

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Mary Chesnut’s Civil War, edited by C. Vann Woodward