Harper’s Weekly – January 14, 1865

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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/4288550/posts

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The Capture of Savannah – 1-2, 5, 11, 15-16
Sherman – 2
Wilmington – 2
Then and Now – 2-3
Bounties – 3
Mr. Adams – 3
The “Florida” Correspondence – 3
The Governor’s First Word – 3
Public Gifts – 3-4
Literary – 4
In the Shadow – 4
Humors of the Day – 4
General Burbridge’s Raid in Southwestern Virginia – 6-7, 16
Domestic Intelligence – 8
A Charge at the Battle of Nashville – 8, 12
Interesting Items – 8
Sherman’s March, by a Soldier – 8
“Mad as a March Hare” – 8-9
Map of Wilmington and its Defenses – 10
“By-and-By” – 13
Margaret Miller: A Story in Nine Chapters, Ch. VII-VIII – 13-15
A Soldier’s Dream – 15
A Nice Distinction – 15
The Late Hon. William L. Dayton – 16, 18
Our Released Prisoners at Charleston – 17-19
Out of Bondage – 20

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Continued from January 13 (reply #32).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4288550/posts#32

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, January 14, 1865 (“The week has been one of interesting incidents, incessant occupation.” Duly reported in the diary entry.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/09/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-january_99.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, January 14, 1865 (“I am sorry to hear what you write people say of Grant, because it is unjust, and I do not approve of injustice to any one.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/major-general-george-g-meade-to_22.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant John S. Morgan, Saturday, January 14, 1865 (“Cross the river and spend the day in Col Whipples camp, his men appear well.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/10/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-john-s-morgan_17.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, January 14, 1865 (“The expedition consists of the Seventeenth Army Corps with General Foster’s command on our left.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_1.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 14, 1865 (“F. P. Blair, Sr., has been here several days, the guest of Mr. Ould, agent of exchange. He left this morning for Grant’s lines below the city.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-january_94.html

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Today’s posts:

“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” reply #3
John Jackman, #4
George Templeton Strong, #5
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #6

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

Continued from December 22, 1864 (reply #31).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4284958/posts#31

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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Continued from January 14 (reply #3).

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

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Continued from December 25, 1864 (reply #9).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4286258/posts#9

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

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Continued from January 1 (reply #10).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4287319/posts#10

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from January 12 (reply #23).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4288550/posts#23

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

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Home Letters of General Sherman, edited by M.A. DeWolfe Howe, 1909

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

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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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Brigadier-General Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, January 15, 1865 (“I am now once more fairly in the field, and at the head of my command.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/brigadier-general-thomas-kilby-smith-to.html

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Fessenden Morse: January 15, 1865 (“Sherman’s last general order to his army was a capital one; it told every man what this campaign had accomplished, and was written in his piquant style.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/lieutenant-colonel-charles-fessenden_9.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant John S. Morgan, Sunday, January 15, 1865 (“The 40th Iowa ordered to Lewisburg where it is reported our cavalry are attacked; they start at 2.30 P. M. on steam ferry boat Davenport.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/10/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-john-s-morgan.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Sunday, January 15, 1865 (“The rebels fell back last night and our men pushed forward this morning. We moved six miles and again went into camp.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 15, 1865 (“It is now rumored that Mr. Blair came to negotiate terms for the capitulation of Richmond, and that none were listened to.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-january_35.html

General Robert E. Lee to James A. Seddon, January 15, 1865 (“General Early reports that Rosser, at the head of 300 men, surprised and captured the garrison at Beverly, Randolph County, on the 11th instant”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/general-robert-e-lee-to-james-seddon.html

Major Robert Strange to Colonel John B. Sale, January 15, 1865 (“Official information from General W. H. C. Whiting, at Fort Fisher, of 8 o’clock this p.m., reports enemy’s attack on Fort Fisher unsuccessful. Fresh troops are being sent to him.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/major-robert-strange-to-colonel-john-b.html

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Today’s posts:

American Battlefield Trust map, “Never Call Retreat,” reply #8
“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” #9
“Jefferson Davis, American,” #10
“Team of Rivals,” #11
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” #12
Gen. Sherman letter to Mrs. Sherman, #13
John Jackman, #14
President Lincoln note to Grenville Dodge, #15
John G. Nicolay, #16
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #17

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