Harper’s Weekly – November 5, 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/4274240/posts

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Phil Sheridan Riding to the Front – 1-2
Oh, Wanton Wind! – 2
The Jacksonian Democracy – 2
Sheridan – 2
Agreeable to Rebels – 2
Mr. Pendleton’s “Old Faith” – 2-3
The Tennessee Test Oath – 3
Colonel Lowell – 3
Cheerful for the “Ultimate Convention” – 3
Mr. Pendleton and the Rebellon – 3
Davis at Augusta – 3
The Same Record – 3
Generals at Play – 3
The President’s Speech – 4
General Sherman and the Army Vote – 4
Judge Vanderpoel upon the Crisis – 4
For Boston – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4
Foreign News – 4
Union Refugees – 5, 16
Adams Express Company – 6, 8
Valley of the Shenandoah-Paying Sheridan’s Troops at Night in Sutler’s Tent – 7
The Price of a Kiss – 8-9
Retaliation – 9-10
About “Little Things” – 10
Before Petersburg – 11, 15, 17-18
The Dove in Her Nest – 12
Quite Alone, by George Augustus Sala, Ch LII-LIII – 12-14
Interesting Items – 14
The Late Colonel Gardner – 14
Impetuous Charge of the First Colored Rebel Regiment – 15
The Late Major James P. Jones – 15-16
Humors of the Day – 19
In the Wilderness – 19

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Continued from November 4 (reply #31)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4274240/posts#31

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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

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Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, November 5, 1864 (“I have at length finished my report of the campaign. It was a pretty difficult task, to recount the operations of this army for the past six months”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/major-general-george-g-meade-to_28.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: November 5, 1864 (“I was under the civilizing influence of a white woman’s society to-day for five minutes, and in consequence feel duly amiable.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/08/captain-charles-wright-wills-november-5.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: November 5, 1864 (“To-morrow is election day at the North; wish I was there to vote — which I ain’t.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/04/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_48.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, November 5, 1864 (“We left our fires early this morning and marching toward Marietta, went into bivouac for the remainder of the day and night within five miles of the town.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_22.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 5, 1864 (“Gen. Beauregard writes from Gadsden, Ala., October 24th, that his headquarters will be at Tuscumbia, Ala.; will get supplies from Corinth to Tuscambia.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_72.html

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

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Major-General William T. Sherman to Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant, November 6, 1864 (“that devil Forrest was down about Johnsonville and was making havoc among the gun-boats and transports.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/04/major-general-william-t-sherman-to_9.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, November 6, 1864 (“there is not a General in this army from whom the nigs might expect a judicious helping hand more than from Meade.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_11.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: November 6, 1864 (“We are going to shake up the bones of the rebellion. I would not miss this campaign for anything.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/08/captain-charles-wright-wills-november-6.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: November 6, 1864 (“Abe Lincoln is a good man and a good president, but he is controlled by others who rule the exchange business as well as most other things.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/04/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_20.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Sunday, November 6, 1864 (“We pulled down vacant houses and proceeded to build bunks and “ranches” with the lumber, covering them with our rubber ponchos.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_24.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: Sunday, November 6, 1864 (“All quiet below. Another day, and if it remains quiet, we may know that Lincoln will be re-elected.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-sunday.html

General John Bell Hood to Jefferson Davis, November 6, 1862 (“General Wheeler reports from Blue Mountain that Sherman is moving one corps to Chattanooga and one corps to Tennessee and three to Marietta.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/general-john-bell-hood-to-jefferson.html

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Today’s posts:

Elisha Hunt Rhodes, reply #6
John Hay, #7
George Templeton Strong, #8
Mary B. Chesnut, #9
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #10

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Continued from October 31 (reply #10).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4274240/posts#10

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David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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Continued from November 4 (reply #30).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4274240/posts#30

William J. Cooper, Jr., Jefferson Davis, American

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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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John Hay to John G. Nicolay, November 7, 1864 (“I have nothing to say till the day after to-morrow. God save the Republic!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/john-hay-to-john-g-nicolay-november-7.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, November 7, 1864 (“I should, however, regret [Stanton] leaving the War Department, for I do not know who there is to take his place, who would be as satisfactory.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/12/major-general-george-g-meade-to_29.html

Major-General Henry W. Slocum to His Family, November 7, 1864 (“Then both armies (the Armies of the Tennessee and the Cumberland) will assemble here, and after destroying this city will commence the march. I fear their track will be one of desolation.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/09/major-general-henry-w-slocum-to-his.html

Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to Edwin M. Stanton, November 7, 1864 (“I think I may be able to punish some of the rascals for their crimes after election.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/02/major-general-benjamin-f-butler-to.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: November 7, 1864 (“A man belonging to the Masonic order need not stay here an hour. It seems as if every rebel officer was of that craft, and a prisoner has but to make himself known to be taken care of.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/05/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 7, 1864 (“By the Northern papers we see that Mr. Seward has discovered a ‘conspiracy’ to burn all the Northern cities on election day. It may be so—by Northern incendiaries.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_70.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Monday, November 7, 1864 (“There is a report that the army of the Tennessee is going on a long expedition further south.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_66.html

Jefferson Davis to General John Bell Hood, November 7, 1864 (“The policy of taking advantage of the separated divisions of Sherman’s forces, by attacking him where he cannot reunite his army, is too obvious to have been overlooked by you.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/jefferson-davis-to-general-john-bell.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lincoln,” reply #12
“Jefferson Davis, American,” #13
John Hay, #14
George Templeton Strong, #15
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #16

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Continued from October 19 (reply #21).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4271129/posts#21

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from November 7 (reply #12).

David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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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