Harper’s Weekly – August 6, 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/4255075/posts

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The Mower in Ohio – 1-2
Tattoo – 3
The Peace Blondins at Niagara – 3
Liberty and Union – 3
The New Call – 3
Just Where He is Wanted – 3-4
A Scene in Parliament – 4
THEIR Terms of Peace – 4
Photographs of the Virginia Campaign – 4
New Publications – 4
Rebel Poetry – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4-5
Foreign News – 5
The Reason Why – 5
Gen. Sherman’s Advance – 6-9
Return of a Raiding Party – 9, 16
In the Trenches – 9, 12
A Bowl of Bread and Milk – 9-10
The Diamond Necklace – 10-11
The Prisoners of War – 11
Quite Alone, by George Augustus Sala, Ch. XXXVIII-XXXIX – 13-15
Humors of the Day – 15
Rebel Privateers – 17-18
The Late Confederate General J.E.B. Stuart – 17-18
Special Service – 18-19
To the Soldier – 19

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Continued from Continued from August 4 (reply #34).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4255075/posts#34

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, August 6, 1864 (Cabinet members and Pres. Lincoln discuss the Wade-Davis manifesto.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/11/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-august.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, August 6, 1864 (“Grant has not yet returned from Washington; no telegrams have been received from him since he left, so I presume the project of sending me to take command has fallen through.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/major-general-george-g-meade-to_20.html

Brigadier-General William F. Bartlett to Harriet Plummer Bartlett, August 6, 1864 (“Little better this morning; shall try to send this to-day. Write on one leaf, but send the whole sheet and an envelope.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/10/brigadier-general-william-f-bartlett-to_28.html

Diary of Brigadier-General William F. Bartlett: Saturday, August 6, 1864 (“Just a week since I was taken; what a week of misery.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-brigadier-general-william-f.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, August 6, 1864 (“I took a limited ride along our flank defences, where I discovered a patriotic sentry, sitting with his back to where the enemy might be supposed to come, and reading a novel!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_26.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Saturday, August 6, 1864 (“saw Grant at the Junction; looks like fighting ahead; is probably arranging the campaign in his car with others.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/02/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_19.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, August 6, 1864 (“This is general scrub-day for all the hospitals; the floors are scrubbed, clean sheets and pillow slips put on the cots, and clean underclothes are dealt out for the sick.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/it-is-warm-and-pleasant-again.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: August 6, 1864 (“we have been unfortunate in a naval engagement in the lower bay, at Mobile. We have lost Admiral Buchanan’s ram “Tennessee,” and several other steamers.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-august-6.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lee,” reply #3
Johnny Green, #4
John G. Nicolay, #5
George Templeton Strong, #6
Mary B. Chesnut, #7
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #8

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Continued from August 4 (reply #33).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4255075/posts#33

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

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Continued from July 31 (reply #13).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4255075/posts#13

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

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

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Diary of Brigadier-General William F. Bartlett: Sunday, August 7, 1864 (“Beautiful Sabbath morning, 11 A. M. I wonder if they are at church now at home.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-brigadier-general-william-f_2.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Sunday, August 7, 1864 (“It is rumored that General Sheridan is to command this army — good!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/02/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_20.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Sunday, August 7, 1864 (“A train came in this evening from the front loaded with the wounded from the Seventeenth Army Corps.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_15.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: August 7, 1864 (“Honor to Lee!—the savior of his country! and the noble band of heroes whom he has led to victory—but first to God.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-august-7.html

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Today’s posts:

“Grant,” reply #10
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #11
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #12
George Templeton Strong, #13
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #14

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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

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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: Monday, August 8, 1864 “General Grant has been to Frederick and placed Sheridan in command of the forces on the upper Potomac instead of Hunter, which is a good change”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/11/diary-of-gideon-welles-monday-august-8.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, August 8, 1864 (“Grant has not yet returned from Washington. It is reported he has gone to Harper’s Ferry to see for himself how matters stand.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/11/major-general-george-g-meade-to_32.html

Diary of Brigadier-General William F. Bartlett: Monday, August 8, 1864 (“Never passed such a horrible night as last; awake all night, passing blood freely. The doctor couldn’t know anything about his business, and doesn’t care.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/11/diary-of-brigadier-general-william-f_3.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, Monday, August 8, 1864 (“We are, for the present, part of a tolerably large army under Sheridan. This pleases General Crook and suits us all.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/11/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-lucy-webb_70.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, August 8, 1864 (“As soldiers in the field the Germans are nearly useless; our experience is, they have no native courage to compare with Americans. Then they do not understand a word that is said to them — these new ones.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_52.html

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Fessenden Morse: August 8, 1864 (“It was a twenty-pounder with a disagreeable whiz and end-over-end motion and it went into a squad of three men, breaking the thigh of one of them.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/major-charles-fessenden-morse-august-8.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: August 8, 1864 (“Our artillery is any amount better than theirs, and it plays on them from morning until night.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/12/captain-charles-wright-wills-august-8.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Monday, August 8, 1864 (“haven’t done much but read Harper’s Weekly and visit; baggage came up this evening; warm and sultry; rumors of a move tonight”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/02/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_21.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: August 8, 1864 (“It was the first time I had worn my sash over my shoulder and of course I did not feel altogether insignificant.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/01/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-george-g-smith_27.html

Diary of Sergeant David L. Day: August 8, 1864 (NED CARTER THE BLACKSMITH - Obituary)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/12/diary-of-sergeant-david-l-day-august-8.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Monday, August 8, 1864 (“This morning I was put in as head nurse of ward D, hospital number 4. My duty is to direct the nurses in dealing out medicine and attending to the needs of the sick.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/06/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_60.html

Lydia Slocum to Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant, August 8, 1864 (“these few lines from the trembling hand of the aged grandma of our beloved General James B. McPherson, who fell in battle.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/06/lydia-slocum-to-lieutenant-general.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: August 8, 1864 (“In the assault on the fortifications near Petersburg last week, it is said Hancock’s (enemy’s) corps lost half its men.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-august-8.html

Dr. Spencer G. Welch to Cordelia Strother Welch, August 8, 1864 (“I hope we will not be sent to the Valley again, for I detest those tedious marches. However, I am willing to do anything to whip out the Yankees.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/06/dr-spencer-g-welch-to-cordelia-strother_62.html

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Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher

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