Harper’s Weekly – May 7, 1864

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | May 7, 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

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/4234614/posts

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Union Scouts in Louisiana – 1, 7
Our Dead Armies – 2
Union for Union – 2
Threats – 2
Reluctant Justice – 2
Art Criticism – 2-3
“Our Mutual Friend” – 3
Captain Speke’s Book – 3
Domestic Intelligence – 3-4
Foreign News – 4
Army and Navy Items – 4
Negroes Escaping Out of Slavery – 5, 7
Freedman’s Village, Arlington, Virginia – 6-8
The Great Lake Tunnel at Chicago – 7-8
The Devil’s Frying-Pan – 8-10
Humors of the Day – 10
The Sweetest Song – 10
Gambling in Stocks – 11, 15
Repulse of the Rebels at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana – 12
Quite Alone, by George Augustus Sala, Ch. XVIII-XIX – 13-15
General Gregg – 15-16
The Nineteenth Army Corps Crossing Cane River, La. – 16-17
Adjutant-General Lorenzo Thomas – 16
The Shakespeare Tercentenary – 18
The Rebel Ram at Plymouth, North Carolina – 18-19
Buried Alive – 20

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The West Point Atlas of War: The Civil War, Chief Editor, Brigadier General Vincent J. Esposito

Continued from May 6 (reply #66).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4234614/posts?q=1&;page=51#66

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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The West Point Atlas of War: The Civil War, Chief Editor, Brigadier General Vincent J. Esposito

Continued from May 6 (reply #76).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4234614/posts?q=1&;page=51#76

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from May 6 (reply #76).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4234614/posts?q=1&;page=51#76

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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

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Continued from Continued from May 6 (reply #76).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4234614/posts?q=1&;page=51#76

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 May 6 (reply #66).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4234614/posts?q=1&;page=51#66

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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The West Point Atlas of War: The Civil War, Chief Editor, Brigadier General Vincent J. Esposito

Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a Confederate Soldier, Edited by A.D. Kirwan

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, May 7, 1864 (“The President came into my room about 1 P.M., and told me he had slept none last night. He lay down for a short time on the sofa in my room and detailed all the news he had gathered.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/08/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-may-7.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: May 7, 1864 (“A hard day’s march. Left Princeton at 4 A. M., crossed East River Mountain and passed through Rocky Gap.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/11/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-may.html

Diary of Colonel William F. Bartlett, May 7, 1864 (“General Hancock ordered me to charge over a regiment lying in front of us that would not move. We did it in perfect line. Hancock said ‘Glorious!’”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/diary-of-colonel-william-f-bartlett-may_28.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: May 7, 1864, 12 p.m. (“Colonel Wright tells me we are about seven miles from the Rebels at some ridge. We will get into position to-morrow and fight next day”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/07/captain-charles-wright-wills-may-7-1864_16.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: May 7, 1864, 12 p.m. (On the march in Georgia. Both diary entries at 12 p.m.?)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/07/captain-charles-wright-wills-may-7-1864.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Saturday, May 7, 1864 (“But I don’t like war and wish it was well over. This is the real thing, though! Grant don’t play fight.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_28.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: May 6 & 7, 1864 (“Comparative quiet.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-george-g-smith_3.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: May 7, 1864 (“George says he will try and send in something for us to eat, and I know he will, for a truer hearted fellow never lived.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom-may_18.html

Diary of Corporal John Worrell Northrop: Saturday, May 7, 1864 (“A train of wounded Confederates came down from the Wilderness battlefield bound for Charlotteville; Gen. Longstreet on board. I climbed into the car and got a look at Longstreet as he lay bolstered up on his stretcher.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/04/diary-of-corporal-john-worrell-northrop_18.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: May 7, 1864 (The 7th Illinois is seeing action in Alabama)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/08/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose-may-7.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 7, 1864 (Dispatches from Gen. Lee and excitement in Richmond.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/07/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-may-7-1864.html

Dr. Spencer G. Welch to Cordelia Strother Welch, May 7, 1864 (“Not far from these was an old man, a Yankee officer, mortally wounded. I learned that he was Brigadier-General Wadsworth, once Governor of New York.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/05/dr-spencer-g-welch-to-cordelia-strother_18.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: May 7, 1864 (“We are still penned up as prisoners in the rear of the army, close by General Grant’s headquarters. A great many prisoners came in to-day. From some of them I heard that my brother was well.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/diary-of-private-louis-leon-may-7-1864.html

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Today’s posts:

West Point Atlas of War map, “Never Call Retreat” (1), reply #3
West Point Atlas of War map, “Grant,” #4
“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” #5
“Lee,” #6
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #7
“Never Call Retreat” (2), #8
West Point Atlas of War map, Jackman, #9
Johnny Green, #10
Links to 13 items at Civil War Notebook, #11

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Continued from May 7 (reply #4).

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Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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The West Point Atlas of War: The Civil War, Chief Editor, Brigadier General Vincent J. Esposito

Continued from May 7 (reply #5).

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

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Continued from Continued from May 7 (reply #6).

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 May 6 (reply #68).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4234614/posts?q=1&;page=51#68

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

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Battle Maps of the Civil War: The Western Theater, American Battlefield Trust

Continued from May 4 (reply #43).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4234614/posts#43

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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