Harper’s Weekly – June 18, 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/4243578/posts

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Porter’s Gun-Boats Passing the Dam at Alexandria – 1, 14
When the Boys Come Home – 2
Further Proofs of Rebel Inhumanity – 2-3
To Correspondents – 3
The Cleveland Convention – 3
A Bad Means to a Good End – 3
Public Confidence – 3
The Vote Upon the Constitutional Amendment – 3-4
Rebel Cruelty – 4
“Our Mutual Friend” and “Denis Duval” – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4-6
The Georgia Campaign – 5-7, 14
Foreign News – 6
An Heiress – 8-10
Humors of the Day – 10
Grant’s Great Campaign – 11, 15-17
Great Central Fair, Philadelphia – 12
Quite Alone, by George Augustus Sala, Ch. XXVII-XXVIII – 12-14
Just So! – 14
A Carefully Prepared Map of the Battle-Fields around Richmond, Virginia – 18
Gen. Sherman’s Campaign – 17-18
The Coast-Guardsman’s Tale – 18

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

Continued from June 15 (reply #36).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4243578/posts#36

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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

Continued from Continued from June 17 (reply #52).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4243578/posts?q=1&;page=51#52

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Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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Continued from June 16 (reply #44).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4243578/posts#44

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from June 17 (reply #53).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4243578/posts?q=1&;page=51#53

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

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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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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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Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, June 18, 1864 (A grouchy Gen. Meade sends Lt.Col. Lyman to liaise with Gen. Warren during todays attack at Petersburg.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: June 18, 1864 (“General Harrow and Colonel Wright rode out to the left some 200 yards from the regiment and narrowly escaped a trip over the river, a shell bursting right under the nose of the general’s horse.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/02/captain-charles-wright-wills-june-18.html

Letter from the Sixth Iowa (“I am now acting as commissary for Field hospital of the Army of the Tenn. at Altoona [sic] Ga., twenty miles from the “Front,” which is at Big Shanty on the Western Atlantic R. R.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/08/letter-from-sixth-iowa.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Saturday, June 18, 1864 (“The works were carried by storm by colored troops, but they couldn’t have taken them if the forts had been fully garrisoned, by veterans instead of citizens.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_11.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: June 18, 1864 (“Some one stole my cap during the night. A dead neighbor furnished me with another, however.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_9.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, June 18, 1864 (“There has been some very hard fighting on our right this afternoon, and General Thomas has turned the rebels’ left and pierced their center.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_18.html

James Freeman Clarke to E. C. C., June 18, 1864 (“Do you see how bravely the colored soldiers have fought at Petersburg? They have been praised by the generals on the field for their courage. Still, Government can pay them only seven dollars a month!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/james-freeman-clarke-to-e-c-c-june-18.html

Ford’s Theatre Advertisement: Second Grand Concert (This concert must have been Sun. June 19. See Hay’s letter linked within dated June 20 and speaking of attending the concert “last night”.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/fords-theatre-advertisement-second.html

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Today’s posts:

West Point Atlas of War map, “Never Call Retreat,” reply #3
American Battlefield Trust map, “Lee,” reply #4
“Grant,” #5
“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” #6
Johnny Green, #7
John Hay, #8
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #9

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Continued from June 18 (reply #4).

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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Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Sunday, June 19, 1864 (“En route to Liberty [Bedford], sleepy, tired; hot, and dusty. All goes well however so far. Twenty-six miles.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_39.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, June 19, 1864 (“General determined to send a flag to get a short armistice, as at Cool Arbor. I was again selected to undertake the mission”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_3.html

Senator James W. Grimes to Elizabeth Nealley Grimes, June 19, 1864 (“Grant’s campaign is regarded by military critics as being thus far a failure.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/senator-james-w-grimes-to-elizabeth_5.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: June 19, 1864 (“This is the 50th day of the campaign. Our brigade has been under musketry fire 12 days, artillery about 30. We have as a brigade fought three nice little battles”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/02/captain-charles-wright-wills-june-19.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Sunday, June 19, 1864 (“Generals Grant and Butler rode along the lines together at Bermuda Hundred this afternoon. It was my first sight of Butler; queer-looking man; his beauty won’t kill him.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_12.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: June 19, 1864 (“Received marching orders yesterday and the Second Division went on board transports today. Saw nine rebels and captured two at Tuinca bend.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-george-g-smith_20.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: June 19, 1864 (“When a man is shot now it is called being ‘parolled.’”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_11.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Sunday, June 19, 1864 (“We have outflanked the rebels’ right and they have fallen back from their first line of rifle pits and have placed their heavy guns on high points of ground.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_19.html

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Continued from June 9 (reply #44)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4242085/posts#44

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Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from June 18 (reply #5).

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes

https://randomthoughtsonhistory.blogspot.com/2017/02/fates-irony-sgt-major-george-f-polley.html

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

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John Hay to John G. Nicolay, June 20, 1864 (“Madame is in the North. The President has gone to-day to visit Grant. I am all alone in the White pest-house.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/john-hay-to-john-g-nicolay-june-20-1864.html

John Hay to George William Curtis, June 20, 1864 (“Your letter to the President is not yet received. Please cause a copy to be made.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/john-hay-to-george-william-curtis-june.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: Monday, June 20, 1864 (“It has been my policy to discourage these Presidential excursions. Some of the Cabinet favored them. Stanton and Chase, I think, have given them countenance heretofore.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/06/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-june-20.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Monday, June 20, 1864 (“Enemy following attacked our cavalry at Liberty yesterday evening with some loss to us. Today at Buford Gap we got ready for battle, but Rebels not ready.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/07/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_56.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: June 20, 1864 — 11 a.m. (“We are all exceedingly anxious to see what is the other side of these mountains, but this abominable Johnston has no idea of letting us take a look until he is forced to.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/03/captain-charles-wright-wills-june-20.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Monday, June 20, 1864 (“The City of Petersburg looks lovely at a distance, but our guns command it and can at any time lay it in ruins.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_13.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: June 20, 1864 (“It is starvation and disease and exposure that is doing it Our stomachs have been so abused by the stuff called bread and soups, that they are diseased.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_12.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Monday, June 20, 1864 (“The rebels have fallen back, but still hold Kenesaw mountain and have their heavy batteries planted on the very top”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_20.html

Diary of Private Daniel L. Ambrose: Monday, June 20, 1864 (“We proceed to the Chattanooga depot where we take the cars and are soon moving towards Atlanta.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/09/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_76.html

Letter from 8th Iowa Cavalry (“Stoneman’s and McCook’s (the 8th belongs to his command) Cavalry captured Lost Mountain the 17th with but slight resistance.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2008/09/letter-from-8th-iowa-cavalry.html

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Today’s posts:

“Team of Rivals,” reply #14
“Grant,” #15
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #16
Johnny Green, #17
George Templeton Strong, #18
Links to 10 items at Civil War Notebook, #19