Posted on 04/23/2024 6:39:11 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson
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
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Link to previous Harper’s Weekly thread
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4231517/posts
“Anger is the poorest of counselors . . .” – Elizabeth Blair Lee, sister of Frank and Montgomery Blair, in a letter to husband Adm. Samuel Phillips Lee, written on this date.
Doris Kearns Goodwin, Team of Rivals
Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis
Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, April 23, 1864 (“We have met with some disaster in North Carolina. Am apprehensive the army has been a little delinquent.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/04/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-april.html
Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, April 23, 1864 (“In Sherman, Meade and Butler, General Grant has three Generals, all in important commands, whom he can trust.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_26.html
Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: April 23, 1864 (Lt. Smith describes a battle on the Cane River involving the 1st Louisiana.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-george-g-smith_21.html
Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 23, 1864 (“how can Grant run away, when Mr. Chase, the Federal Secretary of the Treasury, openly proclaims ruin to the finances unless they speedily achieve success in the field?”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-23.html
Diary of Private Louis Leon: April 23, 1864 (“Went to Moulton’s Ford, met Stonewall Brigade on our way, and had some lively talk with them, all in fun, of course.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2023/12/diary-of-private-louis-leon-april-23.html
Today’s posts:
“Team of Rivals,” reply #3
George Templeton Strong, #4
John Jackman, #5
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #6
What are they serving at the bar on page 14? Certainly not alcohol?
I’m guessing non-alcoholic punch. No booze for the kiddies.
Super socialist Doris Kearns Goodwin, being lauded on the pages on Free Republic.
Who woulda’ thought?
Do you have a critique of her book?
Continued from March 24 (reply #33).
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4225326/posts#33
James Lee McDonough, William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life
Inside Lincoln’s White House: The Complete War Diary of John Hay, edited by Michael Burlingame and John R. Turner Ettlinger
All for the Union: The Civil War Diary and Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes, edited by Robert Hunt Rhodes
Diary of a Confederate Soldier: John S. Jackman of the Orphan Brigade, Edited, with an introduction, by William C. Davis
Senator James W. Grimes to Elizabeth Nealley Grimes, April 24, 1864 (“Frank Fessenden has been wounded and captured. It is not known how badly he is wounded. His regiment behaved well, and so did he.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/senator-james-w-grimes-to-elizabeth_28.html
Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Mead, April 24, 1864 (“[Grant] puts me in mind of old Taylor, and sometimes I fancy he models himself on old Zac.” Perceptive.)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/10/major-general-george-g-meade-to_3.html
Brigadier-General John A. Rawlins to Mary Emeline Hurlburt Rawlins, April 24, 1864 (“General Butler had asked permission to withdraw the troops from Plymouth some time since”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/03/brigadier-general-john-rawlins-to-mary_27.html
Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Sophia Birchard Hayes, April 24, 1864 (“General Averell is here and large additions are daily arriving to our force.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2019/09/colonel-rutherford-b-hayes-to-sophia_27.html
Captain Charles Wright Wills: April 24, 1864 (“The order is from McPherson and says: ‘Not one tent will be taken into the field, only two wagons will be allowed the regiment, one for the officers and one for the cooking utensils of the men.’”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2018/05/captain-charles-wright-wills-april-24.html
Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: April 24, 1864 (“Thousands of negroes followed us from Caney river bringing all their belongings with them”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2016/12/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-george-g-smith_22.html
Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 24, 1864 (“It is still believed that Lee’s and Grant’s armies are in motion on the Rappahannock; but whether going North or coming South, no one seems to know. Our people unanimously look for a victory”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/06/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-april-24.html
General Robert E. Lee to Major General William H. Fitzhugh Lee, April 24, 1864 (“If victorious, we have everything to hope for in the future. If defeated, nothing will be left us to live for.”)
https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2014/02/general-robert-e-lee-to-major-general.html
Today’s posts:
“William Tecumseh Sherman: In the Service of My Country, A Life,” reply #12
John Hay, #13
George Templeton Strong, #14
Elisha Hunt Rhodes, #15
John Jackman, #16
Links to 8 items at Civil War Notebook, #17
It is ever thus: some being so heavenly-minded as to be no earthly good.
Hi Professor.
Got to say again the illustrations of the Harper’s are great.
5.56mm
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