Harper’s Weekly – March 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/4303523/posts

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Lincoln Taking the Oath at His Second Inauguration, March 4, 1865 – 1
South Carolina 1865 – 2
The Inaugural Address – 2
The Perils of the Rail – 2
The Old Sophistry – 2
Mr. Powell’s Picture – 2-3
Mr. Gilmer’s Little Joke – 3
The Southern People Undeceived – 3
Blowing Hot and Cold – 3
Social Heroism – 3
Colonel Colyer – 3
Literary – 3
Domestic Intelligence – 3-4
Foreign News – 4
Humors of the Day – 4
The Three Wishes – 4
The President’s Inaugural – 4-5, 11
Human Nature – 5
A Visit to Fort Sumter – 6-7, 15
Let Us Make the Best of It – 8
An Apparition – 8-9
Miss Preciosa’s Principles – 9-10
A Troubled Tenancy – 12-13
Wili and Wilinik – 13-14
Interesting Items – 14
Gen. Ewell’s Head-Quarters – 15-16
Our Returned Prisoners – 15, 17

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Continued from February 6 (reply #19).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4294855/posts#19

Douglas Southall Freeman, Lee, an abridgement by Richard Harwell

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

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

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Brigadier-General Rutherford B. Hayes to Sardis Birchard, March 18, 1865 (“If an enemy threatens any place, I am to send men there when ordered. My time is wholly occupied drilling and teaching tactics and the like.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/04/brigadier-general-rutherford-b-hayes-to_12.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, March 18, 1865 (“I sent you a telegraph to ask you to pay a day’s visit here, and see the army, as a curiosity. Mrs. Meade is coming with a party in a special boat from Washington”)
[[Mrs. Meade, with a large party, including Mrs. Lyman, arrived at City Point on the evening of March 22.]

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/04/lieutenant-colonel-theodore-lyman-to_30.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: March 18, 1865 (“Came near scaring Wade Hampton’s chivalry out of their boots; four dead Yanks, and 11 Rebels is said to be the result.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/06/captain-charles-wright-wills-march-18.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Daniel L. Ambrose: March 18, 1865 (“A great many refugees are now following the army, seeking to be freed from the Davis tyranny; they are enduring much suffering.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/05/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-daniel-l_95.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, March 18, 1865 (“A great many of the men are almost barefooted and their clothing is nearly worn out.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_81.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 18, 1865 (“By consulting the map, I perceive that after the battle of Thursday (day before yesterday), Hardee fell back and Sherman advanced, and was within less than thirty miles of Raleigh.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/10/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-18.html

Diary of Malvina S. Waring, March 18, 1865 (“Somebody was as cross today as Sir Fretful himself, and as cold as an irate step-grandmother.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/08/diary-of-malvina-s-waring-march-18-1865.html

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Today’s posts:

“Lee,” reply #3
President Lincoln annuls fraud convictions, #4
George Templeton Strong, #5
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #6

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

Continued from March 9 (reply #38).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4301991/posts#38

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

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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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Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant to Jesse Root Grant, March 19, 1865 (“The rebellion has lost its vitality and if I am not much mistaken there will be no rebel army of any great dimensions in a few weeks hence.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/09/city-point-va.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: March 19, 1865 (“Very heavy artillery and musketry on our left (14th and 20th Corps) all day. Hear this evening that our men suffered heavily.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/06/captain-charles-wright-wills-march-19.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Daniel L. Ambrose: March 19, 1865 (“Advancing, General Slocum discovered that Johns[t]on with his army was strongly posted in the vicinity of Bentonville.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/05/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-daniel-l_94.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Sunday, March 19, 1865 (“There was some heavy cannonading off on the left in front of the Twentieth Corps.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_59.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 19, 1865 (“the official dispatch of Gen. Johnston says Hardee retired, and Sherman advanced after the fighting was over.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/10/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-19.html

Diary of Malvina S. Waring, March 19, 1865 (“Made two new acquaintances today. One is a soporific, and the other—well, I don’t understand him, and I haven’t got time to try to understand everybody.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/08/diary-of-malvina-s-waring-march-19-1865.html

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Today’s posts:

American Battlefield Trust map, “William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” reply #8
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #9
John Jackman, #10
Links to 6 items at Civil War Notebook, #11

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

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Continued from March 12 (reply #6).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4303523/posts#6

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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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 Charles Wright Wills: March 20, 1865 (“yesterday one division of the 14th was worsted at first and driven some distance, but rallied . . . charged four to six times, and slaughtered the Rebels awfully”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/06/captain-charles-wright-wills-march-20.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Daniel L. Ambrose: March 20, 1865 (“The Seventh are soon deployed on the skirmish line, and are soon skirmishing, for on such occasions the Seventh with their sixteen-shooters are always called upon.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/05/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-daniel-l_26.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Monday, March 20, 1865 (“we found the rebels fortified on the west side of the Neuse river near Bentonville. We drove them back inside of their works”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/02/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_67.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 20, 1865 (“the official dispatch of Gen. Johnston says Hardee retired, and Sherman advanced after the fighting was over.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/10/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-march-20.html

General Robert E. Lee to John C. Breckinridge, March 20, 1865 (“Gen. J. E. Johnston reports that about 5 P.M. on the 19th inst. he attacked the enemy near Bentonsville, routed him, capturing three guns.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/10/general-robert-e-lee-to-john-c_72.html

Lieutenant-General James Longstreet to General Robert E. Lee, March 20, 1865 (“I presume that the enemy’s next move will be to raid against the Danville railroad, and think that it would be well if we begin at once to make our arrangements to meet it”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/06/lieutenant-general-james-longstreet-to_9.html

Diary of Malvina S. Waring, March 20, 1865 (Malvina Waring is reunited with her brother, who has escaped from Yankee captivity and made his way to Richmond.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/08/diary-of-malvina-s-waring-march-20-1865.html

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Today’s posts:

American Battlefield Trust map, Bentonville, NC, reply #13
“Team of Rivals,” #14
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #15
Links to 7 items at Civil War Notebook, #16

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

Continued from March 19 (reply #8).

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

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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