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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/4315314/posts

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President Andrew Johnson – 1-2
Marching Home – 3
The Rebel Chiefs – 3
Mobs – 3
President Lincoln’s Amnesty – 3
Extraordinary Conduct – 3-4
Mr. Edwin Booth – 4
“The Northern Whig” – 4
The Exhibition of the National Academy – 4
From Thomas’s Army – 4
The Lincoln Hospital – 4
Half a Million of Money – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 5
Foreign News – 5
Humors of the Day – 5
About the Size of It – 5
The Assassin’s End – 6-10
Half a Million of Money, by Amelia B. Edwards, Chapters II-III – 10-12
Interesting Items – 12
Baby is King – 12
A Dinner by Mistake – 12, 14-15
President Lincoln’s Funeral – 13, 16
The Red Hat – 15-17
Richard Cobden – 17, 19
The “Stonewall – 18-19

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Continued from May 10 (reply #26)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4315314/posts#26

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

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Continued from May 9 (reply #20)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4315314/posts#20

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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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

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Edwin M. Stanton to Edwards Pierrepont, May 13, 1865 – Sent 5:20 p.m. (“I have proof of express personal malice against me by Greeley, and believe that I can establish a combination between him and others which may end in accomplishing my death”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/01/edwin-m-stanton-to-edwards-pierrepont.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: May 13, 1865 (“It always puts me out of humor to see Southern women cheer Yanks in public.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/major-charles-wright-wills-may-13-1865.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, May 13, 1865 (“Details of our men are stationed all along the way, guarding their homes and property, to keep the army from destroying things.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_20.html

Diary of Julia Ward Howe: May 13, 1865 (“In the evening said to Laura: ‘Jeff Davis will be taken tomorrow.’ Was so strongly impressed with the thought that I wanted to say it to Chev, but thought it was too silly.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/05/diary-of-julia-ward-howe-may-13-1865.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: May 13 & 14, 1865 (“I met Stanton this Sunday P.M. at Seward’s, who says Davis was taken disguised in women’s clothes.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/04/diary-of-gideon-welles-may-13-14-1865.html

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Brigadier-General Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, May 14, 1865 (“I now intend to leave the army so as to get settled up and ready for home by the 10th to 15th of June.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/08/brigadier-general-rutherford-b-hayes-to_68.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: May 14, 1865 (“We passed the place where McClellan’s famous seven days’ fight commenced. The whole country is waste.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/major-charles-wright-wills-may-14-1865.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Sunday, May 14, 1865 (“We crossed the Pamunky river at 2 o’clock, after which the army divided, in order to get better roads.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_67.html

Diary of Dolly Lunt Burge: May 14, 1865 (“I had a long conversation with my man Elbert to-day about freedom, and told him I was perfectly willing, but wanted direction.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/07/diary-of-dolly-lunt-burge-may-14-1865.html

Diary of Julia Ward Howe: May 14, 1865 (“The first thing I heard in the morning was the news of the capture of Jeff Davis. This made me think of my preluding the night before.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/05/diary-of-julia-ward-howe-may-14-1865.html

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: May 15, 1865 (“Had an interview with Seward on the subject of the Stonewall. He is confident the English will deny her hospitality”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/04/diary-of-gideon-welles-may-15-1865.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: May 15, 1865 (“One of them was quite pleasant. She inquired if we Yankees were really all going to Mexico.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/major-charles-wright-wills-may-15-1865.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant John S. Morgan: Monday, May 15, 1865 (“a regt of Jonnies from the state of La. came in on the cars they look pretty rough”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-john-s-morgan_15.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Monday, May 15, 1865 (“Went into bivouac for the night near the Fay river. The weather is quite warm and the roads are very bad.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_66.html

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Tuesday, May 16, 1865 (“Great questions not taken up at the Cabinet. Several minor matters considered.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/04/diary-of-gideon-welles-tuesday-may-16.html

Senator John Sherman to Major General William T. Sherman, May 16, 1865 (“The feeling has so subsided and reacted that you can afford to be calm and cautious. Grant is a jewel.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/09/senator-john-sherman-to-major-general_8.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: May 16, 1865 (“Passed through Bowling Green this a. m., only 11 miles from where Booth was killed.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/major-charles-wright-wills-may-16-1865.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant John S. Morgan: Tuesday, May 16, 1865 (“This evening 300 Negros Ft. Pillow prisonors are brought down the river which proves they were not all killed at least”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/03/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-john-s-morgan_16.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Tuesday, May 16, 1865 (“On coming into Fredericksburg we marched along that stone wall by the bend of the river and looked down upon the lowland below where so many of our boys were marched to their death”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_33.html

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Continued from May 11 (reply #32).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4315314/posts#32

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Wednesday, May 17, 1865 (“The Stonewall has gone to Havana. Seward promises to have Tassara posted. Is confident the Spaniards will exclude her from their ports”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/04/diary-of-gideon-welles-wednesday-may-17.html

Brigadier-General Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, May 17, 1865 (“I have been for a few days past, and still am, a very favored guest of Madame Octavia Walton LeVert”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/09/brigadier-general-thomas-kilby-smith-to_88.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: May 17, 1865 (“We passed over the whole line of Burnside’s battle ground this morning. (It was no fight, only a Yankee slaughter.) Through Fredericksburg, the most shelled town I ever saw”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/major-charles-wright-wills-may-17-1865.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Daniel L. Ambrose: May 17, 1865 (“we arrive at Alexandria and go into camp two miles from the city, and from or camp we can behold the Union’s capital this evening.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/08/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-daniel-l_40.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Wednesday, May 17, 1865 (“We started at 4 o’clock this morning and marched thirty miles today. It was very hot and a great many of the boys gave out.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_46.html

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Thursday, May 18, 1865 (“Notice is given to-day of a grand parade of the armies of the Potomac, of the Tennessee, and Georgia, etc., etc., to take place on Tuesday and Wednesday next.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/05/diary-of-gideon-welles-thursday-may-18.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, May 18, 1865 (“the Army of the Potomac, consisting of the cavalry, Ninth, Fifth and Second Corps, will, under my command, march through Washington and be reviewed by the President.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/major-general-george-g-meade-to_6.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: May 18, 1865 (“Heavy rain and thunder storm commenced ten minutes before our wagons got in, and then the wind blew so hard that we could not get our tent up for an hour, and everybody got thoroughly soaked.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/major-charles-wright-wills-may-18-1865.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Thursday, May 18, 1865 (“We marched fifteen miles and went into bivouac after crossing the Acon river, wading it just below the mouth of Bull Run creek”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_21.html

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Friday, May 19, 1865 (“Stanton is mercurial, - arbitrary and apprehensive, violent and fearful, rough and impulsive, — yet possessed of ability and energy.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/05/diary-of-gideon-welles-friday-may-19.html

Major-General William T. Sherman to Brevet Major-General John A. Rawlins, May 19, 1865 (“let some newspaper know that the vandal Sherman is encamped near the canal bridge. Though in disgrace he is untamed and unconquered.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/01/major-general-william-t-sherman-to_25.html

Major Charles Wright Wills: May 19, 1865 (“Thus closes this diary of one of the most memorable year’s campaigns in the history of modern times.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/08/major-charles-wright-wills-may-19-1865.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Friday, May 19, 1865 (“Sherman’s entire army arrived today and all, including the artillery, which we kept with the infantry all the way, are in camp near Alexandria.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_82.html