Harper’s Weekly – February 11, 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/4294855/posts

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Armstrong Gun – 1
Before Petersburg – 1-2
Missing – 2
Peace Again – 2-3
A Scape-Goat – 3
France in Mexico – 3
The Black Laws – 3
Our Canadian Neighbors – 3
The Latest Aspect of the Peace Question – 3-4
A Model Letter – 4
Interesting Items – 4
Deep Speculation – 5
The Monitor “Monadnock” – 6, 18
Burning of the Smithsonian Institute – 6, 18
General Kenner Garrard – 7
General Wagner – 7, 17
“The E’en Brings A’ Hame” – 8
Escort Duty by a Red Bear – 8-10
Virginians Drawing Their Rations from the Federal Commissary – 8
The Vampire – 10
From Savannah – 11, 16
Humors of the Day – 12
The Wind-Mill – 12
Captain Jack Ballast’s Story – 12-13
Clement Carew: A Story in Four Chapters – 13-14
The Scout – 15, 17
General Hazen – 17
Correspondence: Letter from a Soldier – 17-18

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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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Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, February 11, 1865 (“A letter from the Secretary of the Treasury on the subject of trade regulations was got up by one who did not understand what he was writing. There is great swindling and rascality in carrying out these regulations.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/10/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, February 11, 1865 (I see the Tribune, with its usual malice, charges the recent movement as a failure, and puts the blame on me.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/major-general-george-g-meade-to.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: February 11, 1865 (“Received my commission as major to-day”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/03/captain-charles-wright-wills-february_14.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, February 11, 1865 (“There was some skirmishing in front, and our forces routed the enemy from some strong positions.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_84.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 11, 1865 (“Yesterday a bill was introduced into both houses of Congress authorizing the enlistment of 200,000 slaves, with consent of their owners, which will probably be amended.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-february_50.html

General Robert E. Lee’s General Orders No. 2, February 11, 1865 (Deserters pardoned if they return to duty within 20 days.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/03/general-robert-e-lees-general-orders-no.html

Diary of Malvina S. Waring, February 11, 1865 (“Is he coming, that terrible Sherman, with all his legions? Well, and if he does, Beauregard is coming too”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/diary-of-malvina-s-waring-february-11.html

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Continued from February 7 (reply #29).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4294855/posts#29

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

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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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Brigadier-General Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, Sunday, February 12, 1865 (“General Crook has become a convert to negro soldiers thinks them better than a great part of the sort we are now getting”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/brigadier-general-rutherford-b-hayes-to_53.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: February 12, 1865 (“The men of this army surprise me every day with their endurance, spirit and recklessness.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/03/captain-charles-wright-wills-february_36.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 12, 1865 (“No doubt many would fall out of the ranks, if Virginia were abandoned; but Lee could have an army of 100,000 effective men for years.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-february_76.html

Diary of Malvina S. Waring, February 12, 1865 (“My grandsires fought for liberty in the war of the Revolution; my great-grandmother faced the British, nor quailed so much as an eyelash before them! Is it for me to be afraid? I am not afraid.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/diary-of-malvina-s-waring-february-12.html

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Today’s posts:

“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” reply #5
Johnny Green, #6
John Jackman, #7
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #8
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #9

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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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Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, February 13, 1865 (“There is no chance for peace now. The South has determined to fight another campaign, and it is to be hoped the North will be equally united”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/02/major-general-george-g-meade-to_4.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: February 13, 1865 (“There is not much destruction of property since Logan’s last order. Hear of no skirmishing.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/03/captain-charles-wright-wills-february_68.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Monday, February 13, 1865 (“Our corps started out at 7 o’clock this morning and after destroying twenty-six miles of railroad, marched fifteen miles, on the State road from Charleston to Columbia”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/12/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_31.html

Alexander H. Stephens to Senator Louis T. Wigfall, February 13, 1865 (“the only peace that the sword alone will bring us in fighting the United North will be the peace of death and subjugation.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/alexander-h-stephens-to-senator-louis-t.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 13, 1865 (“There will be more fighting yet before Richmond is abandoned, probably such a carnival of blood as will make the world start in horror.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-february_23.html

Diary of Malvina S. Waring, Monday, February 13, 1865 (“my father does not consider the track of a great army the safest place for young women; hence he wants me to leave; go; get out of the way! But where? Where shall I fly from Sherman’s army?”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/diary-of-malvina-s-waring-monday.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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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 Brigadier-General Rutherford B. Hayes: Tuesday, [February] 14, 1865 (“Took command of First Division today. General Duval gone to Cincinnati for treatment of his hearing. Came down in a sleigh; sleighing almost all winter.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/diary-of-brigadier-general-rutherford-b_73.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: February 14, 1865 (“Lee is said to be in front with 40,000 men. It seems to be the opinion that we will have a fight.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/03/captain-charles-wright-wills-february_17.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Tuesday, February 14, 1865 (“We started to move forward at 9 a. m. and after an easy march of twelve miles1 went into camp for the night. The rebels are still retreating before us.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_32.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 14, 1865 (“Yesterday some progress was made with the measure of 200,000 negroes for the army. Something must be done—and soon.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/03/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-february.html

Lieutenant-General James Longstreet to General Robert E. Lee, February 14, 1865 (“The only thing, then, that will insure our rations and our national existence is gold. Send out the gold through Virginia and North Carolina and pay liberal prices, and my conviction is that we shall have no more distress for want of food.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/05/lieutenant-general-james-longstreet-to_20.html

Diary of Malvina S. Waring, Tuesday, February 14, 1865 (“There are other reasons why I should like to remain here to receive Sherman: it is high time I was having some experiences out of the ordinary”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/diary-of-malvina-s-waring-tuesday.html

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Today’s post:

Elisha Hunt Rhodes, reply #14
John Jackman, #15
George Templeton Strong, #16
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #17

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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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Senator Charles Sumner to John Bright, February 15, 1865 (“Mr. Stanton thinks that peace can be had only when Lee’s army is beaten, captured, or dispersed, and there I agree with him.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/02/senator-charles-sumner-to-john-bright.html

Brigadier-General Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, Wednesday, February 15, 1865 (Gen. Hayes wants Mrs. Hayes to accompany him to Lincoln’s second inauguration.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/brigadier-general-rutherford-b-hayes-to_63.html

Brigadier-General Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, February 15, 1865 (Gen. Hayes’s chaplain has set up a school for men and boys in the West Virginia mountains.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/brigadier-general-rutherford-b-hayes-to_64.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: February 15, 1865 (“They opened artillery on us and fought stubbornly. It was the Kentucky brigade of Wheeler’s ‘Critter Co.’”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/03/captain-charles-wright-wills-february_42.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Wednesday, February 15, 1865 (“The Fifteenth Corps on our right drove them back this afternoon behind their fortifications on the south bank of the Congaree river, then we had a regular artillery duel until after dark”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_97.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 15, 1865 (“It is surprising that the Federal authorities do not seem to perceive that in the event of a forced reconstruction of the Union, and a war with any European power, the South would rise again and join the latter.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-february_34.html

Diary of Malvina S. Waring, February 15, 1865 (“We catch, now and again, peculiar whizzing sounds—shells, they say. Sherman has come”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/03/diary-of-malvina-s-waring-february-15.html