Harper’s Weekly – November 26, 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/4279390/posts

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Capture of the “Florida” – 1-2, 8-9
November 8, 1864 – 2
The Situation – 2
Sherman – 2-3
The Feeling of the North – 3
Party and Faction – 3
Goldwin Smith – 3
The Boston Sailors’ Fair – 3
Domestic Intelligence – 4
Foreign News – 4
Interesting Items – 4-5
Before Petersburg – 5-8
Running the Blockade – 9, 12
Dreamland – 9
Golden Pippins – 9-10
An Adventure of a Young Man from the Country – 10-11
The Song of the Drum – 11
Joe Boynton’s Cousin – 13-14
Humors of the Day – 14
Map Showing the Entire Field of Operations under Grant, Sherman and Farragut – 15
Major-General Mott – 16
Chief-Engineer W.W. Wood – 16
President Lincoln’s Home, Springfield, Illinois – 17
View in Atlanta, Georgia – 18
Paris Fashions for November – 19
Long Abraham Lincoln a Little Longer – 20

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Continued from November 18 (reply #38)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4277826/posts#38

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: [Saturday, November 26, 1864] (Sec. Welles hasn’t been writing in his journal much lately. Here he gives a lengthy update on momentous events in Washington and the administration.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/06/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday_28.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes, Saturday, November 26, 1864 (“A jolly wine-drinking in the evening with Captains Stanley and Stearns, Thirty-sixth, who leave on resignation.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/09/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes_14.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: November 26, 1864 – 12 p.m. (“Howard wrote Osterhaus a letter congratulating him on the success in the Griswoldville fight, and had it published to us to-day.” Letter follows.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/10/captain-charles-wright-wills-november_78.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Saturday, November 26, 1864 (“have been up town today; very dilapidated looking place and dull; hardly know what to do with myself.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_27.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Daniel L. Ambrose: Saturday, November 26, 1864 (“Here the enemy endeavored to check our advance, but from this great army’s front they are hurled away like chaff.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_52.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: November 26, 1864 (“All able bodied men are conscripted into the army in the South. It is possible I may be captured by some of these hunting parties.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/07/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_31.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, November 26, 1864 (“It is reported that the rebels are concentrating some fifty miles ahead of us and are strongly fortifying themselves on the Ogeechee river.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_12.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 26, 1864 (Two dispatches from Bragg received concerning the situation in Georgia.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_9.html

Diary of Dolly Lunt Burge: November 26, 1864 (“Every one we meet gives us painful accounts of the desolation caused by the enemy.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/diary-of-dolly-lunt-burge-november-26.html

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Today’s posts:

“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” reply #3
Johnny Green, #4
John Jackman, #5
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #6
George Templeton Strong, #7
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, #8

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Continued from November 26 (reply #3)

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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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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Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, November 27, 1864 (“Yesterday I accompanied General Grant on a visit to General Butler’s lines and the famous Dutch Gap Canal, which I had never seen.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/major-general-george-g-meade-to_9.html

Brigadier-General Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, November 27, 1864 (“My visit to the headquarters of General Grant was very agreeable and of very considerable advantage to me.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/brigadier-general-thomas-kilby-smith-to_24.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, Sunday, November 27, 1864 (“We had a jovial Thanksgiving. A fair supply of turkeys and other good things from the cities, together with good weather, made the day cheerful.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/09/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sophia_22.html

Diary of Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes, Sunday, November 27, 1864 (“A ride with Colonel Comly; a visit to General Crook. A fine day; a brigade dress parade. All pleasant.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/09/diary-of-colonel-rutherford-b-hayes.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, November 27, 1864 (“I think I will occupy the remainder of this letter with an account of our picnic yesterday to Butlerdom.” And so he does.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_26.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: November 27, 1864 (“We crossed the head waters of the Ohoopee river to-day. Saw a magnolia tree by the road.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/10/captain-charles-wright-wills-november_54.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Sunday, November 27, 1864 (“hope I shan’t have to remain here long, it’s so dull; shall go to the front in the morning if they will let me.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_30.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Daniel L. Ambrose: Sunday, November 27, 1864 (“This morning our brigade moves on three miles to the Macon and Savannah Railroad, and for our allotment destroy six miles of track.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_98.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: November 27, 1864 (“Before daylight came where I now am. Saw alligators — small ones This out in the woods life is doing me good.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/07/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_64.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Sunday, November 27, 1864 (“This is a fine country and there is plenty of forage. All is quiet in front, the rebels retreating without puffing up a fight.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_94.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 27, 1864 (“But if the time should come for flight, etc., I predict many will have abundance of funds in Europe.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_22.html

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Continued from November 27 (reply #10)

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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

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Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, November 28, 1864 (Gen. Meade’s party inspects the Dutch Gap Canal.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_27.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: November 28, 1864 (“Lieutenant Dorrance swallowed his false teeth a few nights ago, and complains that they don’t agree with him.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/10/captain-charles-wright-wills-november_30.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Monday, November 28, 1864 (“when the examiner who had charge of the case returned and said that I could have my choice, take my discharge or return to the front, I was delighted, and chose the latter.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/07/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_31.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Daniel L. Ambrose: Monday, November 28, 1864 (“General Corse with the Second Brigade takes the wrong road and gets lost in the Pineries”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/diary-of-private-daniel-l-ambrose_12.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: November 28, 1864 (“The closing of the fifth day of my escape. Must speak to somebody tomorrow, or starve to death.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/08/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_8.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Monday, November 28, 1864 (“Our division took up the rear on our march today and we had good roads for marching, with the exception of a small swamp which lay in our path.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_69.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: November 28, 1864 (“I am informed by Capt. Warner that there are 12,000 graves of Federal prisoners at Andersonville, Ga. That climate is fatal to them”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-november_1.html

Dr. Spencer G. Welch to Cordelia Strother Welch, November 28, 1864 (“The Yankees have not shelled Petersburg for several weeks, and it is beginning to have quite an air of business.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/06/dr-spencer-g-welch-to-cordelia-strother_2.html

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Today’s posts:

“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” reply #13
Johnny Green, #14
George Templeton Strong, #15
Mary B. Chesnut, #16
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #17

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Shelby Foote, The Civil War Narrative, Volume Three, Red River to Appomattox

Continued from November 28 (reply #13)

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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