Harper’s Weekly – February 16, 1861

Harper's Weekly archives ^ | February 16, 1861

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Posts today:

The Coming Fury, reply #17
Jefferson Davis, American, #18
Mary B. Chesnut, #19
Maj. Thomas Jackson to Mrs. Jackson, #20

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" . . . not so ugly as his portraits.”

I don't see a cult of personality developing just yes.

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

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Continued from February 13 (reply #X).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3932940/posts#24

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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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Continued from February 18 (reply #9, part 1).

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Bruce Catton, The Coming Fury

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Continued from February 21 (reply #23).

Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals

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

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Continued from November 10, 1860 (reply #8).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3904291/posts#8

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

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James Buchanan to John Tyler, February 22, 1861

WASHINGTON, February 22, 1861.

My Dear Sir: I found it impossible to prevent two or three companies of the Federal troops from joining in the procession to-day with the volunteers of the District, without giving serious offence to the tens of thousands of people who have assembled to witness the parade.

The day is the anniversary of Washington's birth, a festive occasion throughout the land, and it has been particularly marked by the House of Representatives.

The troops everywhere else join such processions in honor of the birthday of the Father of our Country, and it would be hard to assign a good reason why they should be excluded from the privilege in the Capital founded by himself. They are here simply as a posse comitatus, to aid the civil authorities in case of need. Besides, the programme was published in the National Intelligencer of this morning without my personal knowledge, the War Department having considered the celebration of the national anniversary by the military arm of the Government as a matter of course.

From your friend, very respectfully,

JAMES BUCHANAN.

PRESIDENT TYLER.

SOURCE: Samuel Wylie Crawford, The Genesis of the Civil War: The Story of Sumter, 1860-1861, p. 274-5

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/09/james-buchanan-to-john-tyler-february.html

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Today's posts:

Catton, The Coming Fury, reply #26
Goodwin, Team of Rivals, #27
Lincoln speech at Independence Hall, #28
William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, McDonough, #29
Letter from James Buchanan to John Tyler, #30.