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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

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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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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

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Charles A. Dana, May 22, 1865 (“Brevet Major-General Miles is hereby authorized and directed to place manacles and fetters upon the hands and feet of Jefferson Davis and Clement C. Clay”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/01/charles-dana-may-22-1865.html

Diary of Captain Luman Harris Tenney: May 22, 1865 (“After breakfast M. and I called at Electa’s and visited the capitol. Strawberries. Went to Patent Office, met the Holtslanders. When we got home found Stanton with horse.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/07/diary-of-captain-luman-harris-tenney_25.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Monday, May 22, 1865 (“It is quite warm. Still in camp, and there’s nothing of importance. We had company inspection at 2 o’clock this afternoon.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_23.html

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Continued from April 16 (reply #24).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4311134/posts#24

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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Continued from May 3 (reply #18).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4313970/posts#18

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from April 21 (reply #58).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4311134/posts?q=1&;page=51#58

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Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

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Diary of Gideon Welles: May 22 & 23, 1865 (“On the 22d and 23d, the great review of the returning armies of the Potomac, the Tennessee, and Georgia took place in Washington.” Actual dates 23 and 24th.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/05/diary-of-gideon-welles-may-22-23-1865.html

Lieutenant Colonel Charles Fessenden Morse: May 23, 1865 (“Everybody is scrubbing up for the review to-morrow, which will be a great affair.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/09/lieutenant-colonel-charles-fessenden_29.html

Diary of Captain Luman Harris Tenney: May 23, 1865 (“Got ready early for the review. The whole Division in red neckties. Custer bade us farewell.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/07/diary-of-captain-luman-harris-tenney_12.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Tuesday, May 23, 1865 (“The Army of the Potomac was reviewed by the president of the United States and Lieutenant General Grant. Sherman’s army is to be reviewed tomorrow.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_22.html

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Diary of Gideon Welles: May 24, 1865 (“I went with Postmaster-General Dennison and a portion of our families and a few friends on board the Santiago de Cuba, one of our fast vessels of about fourteen hundred tons, on a trip to Savannah.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/05/diary-of-gideon-welles-may-24-1865.html

Diary of Captain Luman Harris Tenney: Wednesday, May 24, 1865 (“Twelve of us officers went to town with orderlies. Ran guard. Saw Johnson, Stanton, Welles, Speed, Grant, Sherman, Howard, Slocum, Logan, Cadwallader, Sanford, Farragut and several other distinguished men.”)

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

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Daniel L. Ambrose: May 24, 1865 (“Flowers and wreaths, plucked and formed by the hands of the nation’s fair ones, fell thick and fast at the feet of the tramping army as it surged like an ocean wave in the great avenue.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/08/diary-of-1st-lieutenant-daniel-l_28.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Wednesday, May 24, 1865 (“The Army of the Tennessee was in the advance, with the Army of Georgia following. General Sherman was riding at the head of his army and he passed down the avenue amidst loud cheering.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_24.html

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The following items are from the Harper’s Weekly of June 10, 1865.

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Continued from May 18 (reply #26)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4316700/posts#26

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Thursday, May 25, 1865 (“Now that we are so near Washington, the boys are waiting their turns for passes to go to the city”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/03/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_59.html

Diary of Gideon Welles: May 25 & 26, 1865 (“Most of the passengers and some others were sick this and the following day, when we passed Cape Hatteras and Frying-Pan Shoals. Unexpectedly to myself, I was not seasick.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2022/05/diary-of-gideon-welles-may-25-26-1865.html

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Last word, part II:

Continued from May 10 (reply #25).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4315314/posts#25

Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat