Harper’s Weekly – April 9, 1864

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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 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/4228473/posts

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The Metropolitan Fair Buildings – 1-2, 6
The Torn Battle-Flag – 1
The National Convention – 1, 3
Mr. “Tear ‘Em” in Parliament and in Congress – 3
Owen Lovejoy – 3
Douglas as a Union Man – 3
Under Which? – 3
The Metropolitan Fair – 3-4, 7
General Burnside and Colored Troops – 4
Domestic Intelligence – 4
Foreign News – 4-5
Army and Navy Items – 5
New Styles of Coiffure – 5
The United States Sanitary Commission – 6, 8
Quite Alone, by George Augustus Sala, Ch. XI – 9-11
Humors of the Day – 11
Views About Knoxville – 11-12
Our Little Friend – 11
At the Fair – 11, 13
Aunt Debby’s Brown Cottage – 13-14
Military Ball at Huntsville, Alabama – 15, 17
Negroes Leaving Their Home – 16-17

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Bruce Catton, Never Call Retreat

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Continued from March 19 (reply #3).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4225326/posts#3

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Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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Continued from April 4 (reply #16).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4228473/posts#16

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, April 9, 1864 (“I remarked to each of the gentlemen that the Smiths had nothing to apprehend if they had done no wrong.” Huh.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/01/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-april-9.html

Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, April 9, 1864 (“I am of the opinion that Lee’s force is much larger than is stated above, but this statement does not vary much from the estimate made by Generals Meade and Butler.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_10.html

Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, April 9, 1864 (“I feel confident that we are more than half through with the work of crushing [the] Rebellion.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/08/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sophia.html

Captain Charles Wright Wills: April 9, 1864 (“Don’t be alarmed and imagine that I have “photos” on the brain.” Gen. Corse, Johnny Clem)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/05/captain-charles-wright-wills-april-9.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: April 9, 1864 (“See here Mr. Confederacy, this is going a little too far. You have no business to kill us off at this rate. About thirty or forty die daily.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/05/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom_31.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 9, 1864 (“As long as we hold Richmond and Virginia, the “head and heart” of the “rebellion,” we shall not only be between the enemy (south of us) and their own country, but within reach of it.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-9.html

General Robert E. Lee to Brigadier General G. W. Custis Lee, April 9, 1864 (“I want all the aid I can get now. I feel a marked change in my strength since my attack last spring at Fredericksburg, and am less competent for my duty than ever.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/general-robert-e-lee-to-brigadier.html

Diary of Private Louis Leon: April 9, 1864 (“Were relieved to-day by Doles’ Georgia Brigade. Got to camp at I in the evening, raining very hard all day. Nothing more up to the 14th.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/12/diary-of-private-louis-leon-april-9-1864.html

Francis H. Wigfall, April 9, 1864 (“The sham battle of General Hardee’s Corps took place on Thursday, and was witnessed by a large number of ladies from all parts of the State.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/10/francis-h-wigfall-april-9-1864.html

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Today’s posts:

“Never Call Retreat,” reply #3
“Grant,” #4
“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” #5
John Jackman, #6
Links to 9 items at Civil War Notebook, #7

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Why the Star of David signs in the windows of the Metropolitan Fair buildings?

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“Why the Star of David signs in the windows of the Metropolitan Fair buildings?”

Good question. I will watch for an explanation in the NY Times articles. There is a Metropolitan Fair piece every day for the duration, I believe.

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Likely just decorative. The hexagram only became uniquely associated with Jews in the last hundred or so years. It shows up in some European cathedrals and other older or ancient decorative situations.

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With Lincoln in the White House: Letters, Memoranda, and Other Writings of John G. Nicolay, 1860-1865, edited by Michael Burlingame

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

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Continued from March 24 (reply #32).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4225326/posts#32

Jean Edward Smith, Grant

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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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Continued from April 4 (reply #17)

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4228473/posts#17

Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography, by Jack Hurst

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Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis

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Major Charles Fessenden Morse: April 10, 1864 (“The Twelfth Corps has officially ceased to exist, and General Slocum has issued his farewell order, a copy of which I enclose.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/06/major-charles-fessenden-morse-april-10.html

Diary of 1st Sergeant John L. Ransom: April 10, 1864 (“Rations have settled down to less than a pint of meal per day, with occasionally a few peas, or an apology for a piece of bacon, for each man.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2017/06/diary-of-1st-sergeant-john-l-ransom.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 10, 1864 (“To-day I saw two conscripts from Western Virginia conducted to the cars (going to Lee’s army) in chains.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/04/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-10.html

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Today’s posts:

John G. Nicolay, reply #12
George Templeton Strong, #13
“Grant,” #14
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #15
“Nathan Bedford Forrest: A Biography,” #16
John Jackman, #17
Links to 3 items at Civil War Notebook, #18

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