Harper’s Weekly – December 10, 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

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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/4282220/posts

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Union Refugees – 1, 7
Welcoming Back the Flag – 2
Sherman’s March – 2
The Late Plot – 2
“Serfs” – 2
Railroad Travel – 2
The Police – 2-3
Truth-Telling – 3
Benedict Arnold Redivivus – 3
The Camden and Amboy Nuisance – 3
Camps of Prisoners – 3
Richard Hildreth – 3
Charles Wesley’s Poetry – 3-4
To the Sanitary Commission – 4
The Soldier’s Child – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4
Foreign News – 4
Stirring Appeal – 4
Our Exchanged Prisoners – 5-6
Allatoona – 7
Inspection On Board the “Metacomet” – 7
Front and Rear – 7, 14-15
The Stone River Monument – 7, 17
Capture of the “Hope” – 7, 17
Humors of the Day – 7-8
The Belle of the Village – 8-9
Interesting Items – 9, 11
Sherman’s March – 10
“Quite Alone,” by George Augustus Sala, Ch. LX – 11-12
Autumn Leaves – 12-13
Deacon John Phillips – 16-17
General John G. Rawlings – 16-17

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Continued from December 8 (reply #35).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4282220/posts#35

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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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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Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, December 10, 1864 (“Blair’s present view is to go into the Senate, in place of Governor Hicks, who wishes to be made collector of Baltimore.”)

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

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, December 10, 1864 ( Lyman describes the actions of Gen. Miles, at Hatcher’s Run and General Warren, on the Weldon Railroad)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_9.html

Capt. Theodore McMurtrie to Corydon E. Fuller, December 10, 1864 (“Your application for a clerkship, forwarded by Hon. Schuyler Colfax, has been favorably considered.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/08/capt-theodore-mcmurtrie-to-corydone-e.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: December 10, 1864 (“We are now five miles from Savannah. Have just got our works up and got our suppers.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/12/captain-charles-wright-wills-december_40.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Saturday, December 10, 1864 (“roomed with Captain Briggs of the One Hundred and Sixth N. Y. Infantry, but he was out all night; went to the German Opera at Graver’s Theater last evening”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_15.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Daniel L. Ambrose: December 10, 1864 (“Meeting increased obstructions and encountering rebels in our front, we only succeed in getting about four miles, when we go into camp for the night.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/03/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-daniel-l_56.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: December 10, 1864 (“Our destination is probably Charleston, from what I can learn. We three will escape on the road, or make a desperate effort to do so, anyway.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/10/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_28.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, December 10, 1864 (“General Sherman was riding with our column, and when informed of what had taken place, ordered that the prisoners of our division be placed in front to pass over the road first.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_65.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: December 10, 1864 (“It is said Gen. Hampton has got in front of the enemy’s column at the Weldon Railroad, and is driving them back.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-december.html

General Robert E. Lee to James A. Seddon, December 10, 1864—11 o’clock (“Hampton, after driving enemy’s cavalry upon his infantry, on afternoon of 8th recrossed the Nottoway and reached Belfield at daylight yesterday.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/10/general-robert-e-lee-to-james-seddon_0.html

General Robert E. Lee to James A. Seddon, December 10, 1864 (“General Longstreet made a reconnaissance of enemy’s lines to-day on north side of James River”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/10/general-robert-e-lee-to-james-seddon_6.html

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Today’s posts:

“Grant,” reply #3
Johnny Green, #4
George Templeton Strong, #5
Mary B. Chesnut, #6
Links to 11 items at Civil War Notebook, #7

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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

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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

"Water Babies," by Charles Kingsley=> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Water-Babies

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Major-General George H. Thomas to Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant, December 11, 1864 – 10:30 p.m. (“I will obey the order as promptly as possible, however much I may regret it, as the attack will have to be made under every disadvantage.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/02/major-general-george-h-thomas-to.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, December 11, 1864 (“to-day Warren is returning, having, undisturbed, effectually destroyed some twenty miles of the road.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/major-general-george-g-meade-to_15.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Henry A. Cram, December 11, 1864 (“Do you know that the last loud call for five hundred thousand men has produced just one hundred and twenty thousand?”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/major-general-george-g-meade-to-henry_16.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, December 11, 1864 (“Sherman has disappeared in Georgia and nobody knows what awful strategy he contemplates. Not so Hood”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_10.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: December 11, 1864 (“Corse’s Division is just on our right. He woke me up this morning by firing a volley of eight 12-pounders, in real old Atlanta fashion.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2020/12/captain-charles-wright-wills-december_59.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Sunday, December 11, 1864 (“Arrived at Fortress Monroe at 7 o’clock a. m.; grand old place; never saw so much shipping at one time before”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_71.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Daniel L. Ambrose: December 11, 1864 (“This morning we cross the Ogeechee, and do not advance far until skirmishing commences”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/03/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-daniel-l_8.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: December 11, 1864 (“We are strongly guarded, and it augurs not for us to get away to night.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/11/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_4.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Sunday, December 11, 1864 (“Skirmishing is not very brisk because of the wide swamp between us and the rebels.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_52.html

Francis Lieber to Senator Charles Sumner, December 11, 1864 (“Let us have no ‘slavery is dead.’ It is not dead. Nothing is dead until it is killed. I trust our President feels this in his inmost soul.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/08/francis-lieber-to-senator-charles_7.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: Sunday, December 11, 1864 (“A battle must certainly occur near Savannah, Ga. Sherman must assail our lines, or perish between two fires.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/08/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-sunday.html

General Robert E. Lee to James A. Seddon, December 11, 1864 (“I have been informed by General Stevens that you have consented to the retention of our present negro force until Christmas.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/03/general-robert-e-lee-to-james-seddon_24.html

Captain Francis H. Wigfall: December 11, 1864 (“In each brigade a detail has been set at work making shoes for the barefooted men from leather obtained in the country.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/captain-francis-h-wigfall-december-11.html

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Today’s posts:

“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” reply #9
John G. Nicolay, #10
George Templeton Strong, #11
Links to 13 items at Civil War Notebook, #12

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

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Continued from December 7 (reply #28)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4282220/posts#28

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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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, December 12, 1864 (Lt. Col. Lyman describes the return of Gen. Warren’s raiders.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_11.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Monday, December 12, 1864 (“men are without quarters; have never seen the regiment so uncomfortably fixed.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/08/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-lemuel-abbott_76.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Daniel L. Ambrose: December 12, 1864 (“A defiant foe is before us disputing our advance; this day we may fight a battle”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/03/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-daniel-l_35.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: December 12, 1864 (“We will more than jump the first opportunity, We go to Charleston, via. Savannah.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/11/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom.html

Diary of Corporal Alexander G. Downing: Monday, December 12, 1864 (“We ran the blockade under cover of the night, the rebels opening their batteries on us, without doing any damage.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/diary-of-corporal-alexander-g-downing_28.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: December 12, 1864 (“Results of the movement unimportant, and the supposition is that both armies will now go into winter quarters, after a taste of this rigorous weather.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/10/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-december_20.html

General Braxton Bragg to Colonel John B. Sale, December 12, 1864 (“The telegraph having been cut we get nothing from Savannah. A dispatch from Wheeler gives copy of enemy’s order for the line of investment around Savannah.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/10/general-braxton-bragg-to-colonel-john-b_24.html

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Today’s posts:

Lincoln letter to Gen. Canby, reply #14
“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” #15
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #16
George Templeton Strong, #17
Mary B. Chesnut, #18
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #19