Harper’s Weekly – May 20, 1865

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TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: civilwar

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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/4316700/posts

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The Assassination – 1-2, 18
Valentine Mott – 1, 19
President Lincoln’s Funeral – 1, 3, 6-8, 19
The Soldier’s Wife – 3
The Blacks and the Ballot – 3
The President and the Secretary of State – 3-4
The Assassination Plot – 4
Labor at the South – 4
The Christian Commission – 4
Goldwin Smith – 4
Exhibition of the National Academy – 4-5
Palm Sunday – 5, 12
Mr. Peter F. Rosenquest – 5
Domestic Intelligence – 5
Foreign News – 5
End of the Rebel Ram “Webb” – 5, 18
The Return Home – 5
The Great Cathedral Window – 9
One of Many – 9
Love – 10
Brother’s Love – 10
The Loves of Beethoven – 10-11
Interesting Items – 11
Human Life – 11
Half a Million of Money, by Amelia B. Edwards, Chapters IV-V – 13-14
Waiting – 14-15
Humors of the Day – 15
President Lincoln’s Old Home – 16-18
Explosion of the Steamer “Sultana,” April 28, 1865 – 17

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Continued from May 17 (reply #21).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4316700/posts#21

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

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Continued from May 13 (reply #3)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4316700/posts#3

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

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, May 20, 1865 (“General Sherman is here. I have not yet met him, but I understand he is a little irate towards Stanton and very mad with Halleck.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/05/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-may-20.html

Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, May 20, 1865 (“The soldiers are leaving for home very rapidly. They are all in excellent spirits and glad to go.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/08/rutherford-b-hayes-to-sophia-birchard.html

Rutherford B. Hayes to Lieutenant-Colonel Russell Hastings, May 20, 1865 (“I hope to get to Washington to the great doings to come off next week.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/08/rutherford-b-hayes-to-lieutenant.html

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Daniel L. Ambrose: May 20, 1865 (“We part from our mules this time without any regrets, inasmuch as we need them no more, having finished our work in the south-land.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/08/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-daniel-l_95.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, May 20, 1865 (“We received orders that the Army of the Potomac would be reviewed by Lieutenant-General Grant on the 23d inst., and the armies under General Sherman on the 24th.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_41.html

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Today’s posts:

“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” reply #3
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #4
George Templeton Strong, #5
“Jefferson Davis, American,” #6
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #7

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

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Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant to Congressman Elihu B. Washburne, May 21, 1865 (“I feel very grateful to the citizens of Illinois generally, and to those of Jo Daveiss County and yourself in particular, for the uniform support I have received from that quarter.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2013/08/lieutenant-general-ulysses-s-grant-to_29.html

Diary of Captain Luman Harris Tenney: May 21, 1865 (“Moved through Washington with drawn sabres in platoon column. Passed by Willard’s. Sheridan standing on the balcony.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/07/diary-of-captain-luman-harris-tenney_67.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Sunday, May 21, 1865 (“News came that Jefferson Davis had been captured by General Wilson at a small place in Georgia, called Irwinville, in the county of Irwin.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_90.html