Harper’s Weekly – May 6, 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 25, 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/4313970/posts

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President Lincoln at Home – 1
Funeral Ode – 2
The President and the Rebel Chiefs – 2
General Sherman – 2
The Truest Mourners – 2-3
Richard Cobden – 3
The President’s Funeral in New York – 3
Napoleon’s Julius Cæsar – 3
In State – 3-4
Acknowledgements – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4
Nullus Aut Cæsar – 4
Scene at the Death-Bed of President Lincoln – 5
President Lincoln’s Funeral – 6-7, 10, 14, 16
Gathering Heart’s-Ease – 7
Dark White – 7-8
A Sailor’s Yarn – 8-9
Interesting Items – 9
Deserted – 11
Half a Million of Money, by Amelia B. Edwards – 11-13
Ford’s Theatre at Washington – 13
Secretary Seward’s Attempted Assassination, April 14, 1865-The Assassin Turning upon Mr. Frederick Seward at the Door of the Sick-Room – 15

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Continued from May 4 (reply #23)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4313970/posts#23

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

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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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Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a Confederate Soldier, Edited by A.D. Kirwan

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Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant to Jesse Root Grant, May 6, 1865 (“My going to Philadelphia and spending half my time there as I hope to do, will give me some leisure.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/09/lieutenant-general-ulysses-s-grant-to_27.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: May 6, 1865 (“We are fairly on classic ground. I hear that the 17th A. C. lost a number of men yesterday by a bridge falling.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/major-charles-wright-wills-may-6-1865.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, May 6, 1865 (“I was sick all day and in order to keep up with the command I had to have the doctor order my knapsack and accouterments carried for me.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_12.html

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Today’s posts:

“Jefferson Davis, American,” reply #3
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #4
Johnny Green, #5
Links to 3 items at Civil War Notebook, #6

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Continued from May 6 (reply #3)

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

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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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Johnny Green of the Orphan Brigade: The Journal of a Confederate Soldier, Edited by A.D. Kirwan

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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, May 7, 1865 (“The great armies are gathering here. Grant is here; also Sheridan. Sherman is expected soon.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/07/brigadier-general-rutherford-b-hayes-to_55.html

Brigadier-General Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, May 7, 1865 (“The President impresses me more favorably than I anticipated. He strikes one as a capable and sincere man”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/07/brigadier-general-rutherford-b-hayes-to_53.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: May 7, 1865 (“We struck the Weldon railroad two or three miles below Ream’s Station, where the 6th Corps was whipped last June”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/major-charles-wright-wills-may-7-1865.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Sunday, May 7, 1865 (“We bivouacked in some old camps which our men had built during the siege of Petersburg”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_18.html

Diary of Dolly Lunt Burge: May 7, 1865 (“He said that he left Jeff Davis at Washington in this State, on Thursday morning last. His enemies are in close pursuit of him, offering a hundred thousand reward to his captors.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/diary-of-dolly-lunt-burge-may-7-1865.html

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Today’s posts:

“Jefferson Davis, American,” reply #8
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #9
Johnny Green, #10
Mary B. Chesnut, #11
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #12

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Continued from April 26 (reply #28).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4312544/posts#28

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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Continued from May 7 (reply #8)

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

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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 Gideon Welles: Between May 3 & 8, 1865 (“At the Cabinet-meeting the plan of asserting the Federal authority and of establishing the State government in Virginia was fully considered.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/04/diary-of-gideon-welles-between-may-3-8.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: May 8, 1865 (“Right in front of Steadman 40 or 50 of our men are lying with only a few shovelfuls of dirt thrown over them, their heads and feet exposed.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/07/major-charles-wright-wills-may-8-1865.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Monday, May 8, 1865 (“We started at 7 a. m., and while passing through Petersburg by platoons, were reviewed by General Ord, in command at Petersburg.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_19.html

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Today’s posts:

“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” reply #14
Gen. Sherman letter to Mrs. Sherman, #15
“Jefferson Davis, American,” #16
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #17
Links to 3 items at Civil War Notebook, #18

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Continued from May 4 (reply #24)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4313970/posts#24

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst