Harper’s Weekly – February 18, 1865

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | February 18, 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/4296702/posts

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Scene in the House on the Passage of the Proposition to Amend the Constitution, January 31, 1865 – 1
Free America – 2
The Conference in Hampton Roads – 2
The Amendment – 2
Crows – 2-3
Spain at the Confessional – 3
Our Prisoners in Rebel Hands – 3
How to Cheer the Soldiers – 3
Drowned – 3
Humors of the Day – 3-4
Domestic Intelligence – 4
The Peace Commission: Flying to Abraham’s Bosom – 4
Lady Clerks Leaving the Treasury Department at Washington – 5
Spot of M’Pherson’s Death – 6
The Peace Commission – 6-7
The Light-House – 6
Winfred’s Eyes – 7-9
A Wife’s Secret – 9, 11
St. Valentine’s Day – 10
The Valentine – 11
Clement Carew: A Story in Four Chapters – 11-13
Interesting Items – 13
Military Prisons in Charleston, South Carolina – 14, 17
Eastport, Mississippi – 14, 17
Gen. John C. Breckinridge – 15
General N.B. Forrest – 15
A Military Execution – 16-17

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Continued from February 17 (reply #24).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4296702/posts#24

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

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

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Major Charles Wright Wills: February 18, 1865 (“Two-thirds of the city burned last night. At 4 this morning the 40th Illinois cleared the streets with bayonets and order again reigned.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/03/captain-charles-wright-wills-february_2.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Daniel L. Ambrose: February 18, 1865—4 a.m. (“The question is now asked, ‘Who will be held responsible for the burning of the capitol of South Carolina.’”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/05/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-daniel-l_27.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, February 18, 1865 (“The people certainly have paid dearly for the privilege of seceding from the Union.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_35.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 18, 1865 (“But how dark and dismal the aspect of our military affairs! Columbia fallen and Charleston (of course) evacuated.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-february_31.html

General Robert E. Lee to Congressman Ethelbert Barksdale, February 18, 1865 (“I can only say that in my opinion the negroes, under proper circumstances, will make efficient soldiers.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/06/general-robert-e-lee-to-congressman.html

Diary of Malvina S. Waring, February 18, 1865 (“The people of Charlotte received us with unbounded kindness, and are treating us with royal hospitality.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/03/diary-of-malvina-s-waring-february-18.html

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Today’s posts:

“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” reply #3
John Jackman, #4
Mary B. Chesnut, #5
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #6

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

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Brigadier-General Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, February 19, 1865 (“A cripple of my regiment from Fremont goes home in [a] day or two. I think he is a first-rate man — Lejune. [He] captured twenty-five Rebels at South Mountain.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/01/brigadier-general-rutherford-b-hayes-to_0.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: February 19, 1865 Another block of the city burned to-day. Our regiment was out and stopped the fire from spreading further.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/03/captain-charles-wright-wills-february_16.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Sunday, February 19, 1865 (“We heard the sounds today of heavy explosions down in Columbia, and it is reported that our men have blown up the new State House.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_10.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 19, 1865 (“Hence if Beauregard has fought a battle, it is to be apprehended that he did not gain the day; and if this be so, South Carolina lies at the conqueror’s feet.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-february_48.html

Lydia McLane Johnston to Louise Wigfall, Sunday, February 19, 1865 (“I left [Columbia] at the last moment on the car that brought the powder out. We only saved our clothes.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/lydia-mclane-johnston-to-louise-wigfall.html

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Today’s posts:

Elisha Hunt Rhodes, reply #8
John Jackman, #9
Mary B. Chesnut, #10
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #11

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Continued from February 18 (reply #3).

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

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

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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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Major Charles Wright Wills: February 20, 1865 (“The Provost Guards were the last to leave town. Fifty families of Columbians accompany us; have no idea how many negroes. Hard day’s march.”)

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

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Monday, February 20, 1865 (“When Sherman heard of it, he is said to have remarked that one of his soldiers was worth more than all that ammunition or even the city of Columbia.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/01/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_11.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 20, 1865 (“My belief is that the only chance for Lee—and a desperate one—is to beat Grant immediately, before the grand junction can be formed.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-february_72.html

Diary of Malvina S. Waring, February 20, 1865 (“this same soldier reports having seen a tremendous illumination in the sky, which all who saw believed to be Columbia in flames. My God! How terrible, if true!”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-adulation-we-receive-in-this-city.html

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Today’s posts:

“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” reply #13
George Templeton Strong, #14
John Jackman, #15
Lincoln letter to Governor of Missouri, #16
Links to 4 items at Civil War Notebook, #17

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Continued from February 5 (reply #9).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4294855/posts#9

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David Herbert Donald, Lincoln

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Continued from February 6 (reply #18).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4294855/posts#18

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