Harper’s Weekly – January 14, 1865

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Harper’s Weekly – January 14, 1865
Harper's Weekly archives ^ | January 14, 1865

Posted on 01/14/2025 6:17:46 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson

TOPICS: History
KEYWORDS: civilwar

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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.
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Link to previous Harper’s Weekly thread

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The Capture of Savannah – 1-2, 5, 11, 15-16
Sherman – 2
Wilmington – 2
Then and Now – 2-3
Bounties – 3
Mr. Adams – 3
The “Florida” Correspondence – 3
The Governor’s First Word – 3
Public Gifts – 3-4
Literary – 4
In the Shadow – 4
Humors of the Day – 4
General Burbridge’s Raid in Southwestern Virginia – 6-7, 16
Domestic Intelligence – 8
A Charge at the Battle of Nashville – 8, 12
Interesting Items – 8
Sherman’s March, by a Soldier – 8
“Mad as a March Hare” – 8-9
Map of Wilmington and its Defenses – 10
“By-and-By” – 13
Margaret Miller: A Story in Nine Chapters, Ch. VII-VIII – 13-15
A Soldier’s Dream – 15
A Nice Distinction – 15
The Late Hon. William L. Dayton – 16, 18
Our Released Prisoners at Charleston – 17-19
Out of Bondage – 20

2 posted on 01/14/2025 6:19:46 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

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Continued from January 13 (reply #32).

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4288550/posts#32

Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two

3 posted on 01/14/2025 6:20:25 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

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

4 posted on 01/14/2025 6:20:53 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

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

5 posted on 01/14/2025 6:21:26 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

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Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, January 14, 1865 (“The week has been one of interesting incidents, incessant occupation.” Duly reported in the diary entry.)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2021/09/diary-of-gideon-welles-saturday-january_99.html

Major-General George G. Meade to Margaretta Sergeant Meade, January 14, 1865 (“I am sorry to hear what you write people say of Grant, because it is unjust, and I do not approve of injustice to any one.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/01/major-general-george-g-meade-to_22.html

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant John S. Morgan, Saturday, January 14, 1865 (“Cross the river and spend the day in Col Whipples camp, his men appear well.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/10/diary-of-2nd-lieutenant-john-s-morgan_17.html

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Saturday, January 14, 1865 (“The expedition consists of the Seventeenth Army Corps with General Foster’s command on our left.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2015/11/diary-of-5th-sergeant-alexander-g_1.html

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 14, 1865 (“F. P. Blair, Sr., has been here several days, the guest of Mr. Ould, agent of exchange. He left this morning for Grant’s lines below the city.”)

https://civilwarnotebook.blogspot.com/2024/02/diary-of-john-beauchamp-jones-january_94.html

6 posted on 01/14/2025 6:21:59 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

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Today’s posts:

“Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Volume Two,” reply #3
John Jackman, #4
George Templeton Strong, #5
Links to 5 items at Civil War Notebook, #6

7 posted on 01/14/2025 6:23:27 AM PST by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation gets the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))

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