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The Siege of Charleston...
Item #172718
October 10, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 10, 1863 The full front page is a nice portrait of: "Major-General George H. Thomas, the Hero of Chickamauga". Inside has a full page: "The Siege of Charleston--the New Black Island Batteries, Four and a Half Miles from Charleston". Another full page has 2 prints: "...Shot & Shell Piled in Front of General Gilmore's Tent... See More
The Siege of Charleston and much more...
Item #172716
October 03, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 3, 1863 The full front page has 2 scenes of: "The Siege of Charleston--Attack on Battery Gregg" and "...The Boats for the Attack of Gregg on Their Way." Inside has two other full pages with 4 prints on Charleston: "...Soldiers Exploding Torpedoes by Throwing Pieces of Shell on Them from the Saps" and "...Explosion of t... See More
The Siege of Charleston... Deserters are shot...
Item #172714
September 26, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 26, 1863 The full front page has two prints: "The Siege of Charleston--Evacuation of Morris Island by the Rebels..." and "Siege of Charleston--Charge of the 24th Massachusetts Regiment Upon the Rebel Rifle Pits...". Inside has a full page: "The Siege of Charleston--View from the Sea Face of Fort Wagner" and another: "... See More
Item #538490
September 19, 1863
FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWS dated September 19, 1863 (print only)
This is a single-page print. The print contains three engravings "Chesapeake General Hospital, Formerly Cheaspeake Female Seminary, Near Hampton, VA - from a Sketch by our Special Artist, V. C. H. Donwill" and "Siege of Charleston - General Gillmore's Headquarters, Morris Island - from a Sketch ... See More
The Siege of Charleston, Fort Wagner, & the ruin of Lawrence, Kansas...
Item #172712
September 19, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 19, 1863 The full front page shows: "The Secretary of State and the Diplomatic Corps at Trenton Falls". Inside has a full page: "The Siege of Charleston--The Morning Call to the Rebels" and another full page has 3 prints: "The Siege of Charleston--The Swamp Angel" & "Diagram Showing the Torpedo Buried in the Sand... See More
Morris Island... Charleston harbor...
Item #172706
August 29, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 29, 1863 The front page features an illustration of: "Rear-Admiral David G. Farragut, U.S.N." and an article on him as well. Inside has 4 halfpg. prints: "The 'Hartford,' Admiral Farragut's Flag-Ship, Arriving at New York and Returning the Salutes of Foreign Frigates", "Explosion of a Torpedo Under the Bow of the Unit... See More
Charleston and vicinity...
Item #172702
August 15, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 15, 1863 Half of the front page is a nice print captioned: "Morgan's Raid--Entry of Morgan's Freebooters into Washington, Ohio.", the balance of the ftpg. taken up with an article on it.
Inside has a full page: "Bird's-Eye View of Charleston, South Carolina and its Environs, Showing the Scene of General Gilmore's Operation... See More
The Battle of Gettysburg...
Item #172700
August 08, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 8, 1863 Certainly one of the more desired issues of the Civil War with the nice content on the Battle of Gettysburg. The front page has 2 prints: "Saluting the Old Flag at Port Hudson" and "The Formal Surrender of Port Hudson". Inside a 1/4 pg: "Siege of Vicksburg--Huts on the Hill-side"; a full page has two prints: "Po... See More
Capture of Vicksburg...
Item #172698
August 01, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 1, 1863 The front page is taken up with two halfpg. prints: "The Rebel General Bowen and Colonel Montgomery Arriving at General Burbridge's Head-Quarters" and "Capture of Vicksburg--Interview Between Generals Grant and Pemberton to Settle the Terms of Surrender".
Inside has two full pages on the "Riots of New York" whic... See More
Text and prints on the Battle of Gettysburg...
Item #172696
July 25, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 25, 1863 The full front page is a nice portrait of: "Major-General Ulysses S. Grant ("Unconditional Surrender" Grant)". Inside has a full page: "The Siege of Vicksburg--View Upon the Extreme Right, Showing the Mississippi River Above and Below Vicksburg"; a full page with 4 prints: "The Siege of Vicksburg--Blowing Up the ... See More
Moving on to Gettysburg...
Item #172694
July 18, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 18, 1863 The full front page is a print: "The Bombardment of Port Hudson--The 100-Pound Parrott Gun of the 'Richmond' at Work". Inside has another fullpg. with 2 scenes: "The Bombardment of Port Hudson--A Mortar Schooner at Work" & "Scene of General Paine's Assault on Port Hudson--carrying Off Our dead & wounded... See More
Harriet Tubman's historic Combahee River Raid frees 750 slaves...
Item #172690
July 04, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 4, 1863 Half of the front page is taken up with a somber print: "Execution, by Hanging, of Two Rebel Spies, Williams and Peters, In the Army of the Cumberland" with text as well.
The best print in this issue is the half page: "Raid of Second South Carolina Volunteers (Col. Montgomery) Among the Rice Plantations on the Combahee, S.C."&n... See More
The siege of Vicksburg...
Item #172688
June 27, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 27, 1863 The entire front page is a print: "In The Trenches Before Vicksburg--Lieutenant-Colonel Strong Takes a Shot". The prints inside include a full page: "The Approaches to Vicksburg--The Centre Under M'Pherson"; a smaller print: "Cotton Bridge Over the Black river"; half page: "The Arrival of Two Thousand Vicksbu... See More
The Battle of Jackson, Mississippi...
Item #172686
June 20, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 20, 1863 Most of the front page is taken up with 2 prints: "The Iron-Clad Gunboat 'Cincinnati', Sunk at Vicksburg." and "The Monster Tent Erected at Chicago for the Canal Convention." Among the prints inside are a full page: "Triumphal Entry of the Army of Major-General Banks Into Alexandria, Louisiana" and a fullpg: &... See More
Grant's charge before Vicksburg...
Item #172684
June 13, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 13, 1863 Perhaps the most notable print is the full page by famed artist Winslow Homer, titled: "Home From the War" showing soldiers embracing their wives & children.
The front page has prints of: "Major-General John A. Logan" and "General Logan Crossing the Bayou Pierre in Pursuit of the Rebels". Other prints include a f... See More
Triumphal march through New Orleans...
Item #172682
June 06, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 6, 1863 The full front page is an illustration of: "Colonel Grierson, Sixth Illinois Cavalry." Prints inside include a full page: "Triumphal Procession of Colonel Grierson, Commanding Sixth and Seventh Illinois Cavalry, Through Baton Rouge, May 2, 1863."; two half page illustrations: "Registered Enemies Taking the Oath of Allegianc... See More
One of the best Civil War centerfolds...
Item #172680
May 30, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 30, 1863 The front page has a print of: "The Tug 'Rumsey' Accoutred For Running the Rebel Batteries at Vicksburg" with a related article. Prints inside include a small: "Map of the Vicinity of Vicksburg & Jackson, Mississippi, Showing the Theatre of General Grant's Operations"; two prints of: "Banks's Campa... See More
Battle of Chancellorsville...
Item #172678
May 23, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 23, 1863 Nice full front page print of: "Major-General George Stoneman" on horseback. Prints within include a full page: "Capture of the Heights of Fredericksburg by the Sixth Maine Regiment, of Sedgwick's Corps" which is very displayable; a full page: "The Battle at Chancellorsville--Cough's Corps Forming Line of Battle to ... See More
Lincoln on horseback...
Item #172672
May 02, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 2, 1863 The full front page shows: "Collecting Confiscated Anglo-Rebel Cotton in the Southwest" with several vignettes. Inside has a half page: "Iron-clad 'Keokuk' Sinking on the Morning After the Battle of Charleston, South Carolina" and a nice halfpg. view of: "Suffolk, Virginia". Fullpg: "The President, General ... See More
Much concerning Charleston... Two Winslow Homer prints...
Item #172670
April 25, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 25, 1863 The full front page is a print of: "Admiral Samuel F. Dupont, Commanding the Fleet Off Charleston". Inside page prints include a full page by famed artist Winslow Homer: "Great Sumter Meeting in Union Square, New York"; a full page Thomas Nast cartoon: "A Group of Butternut Prisoners, Taken from Life"; a full page ma... See More
Blockade running at Vicksburg...
Item #172668
April 18, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 18, 1863 The front page has a print: "The Rams 'Switzerland' and 'Lancaster' Running the Blockade at Vicksburg" with related text. Inside has two full pages with 7 images: "Headquarters at the Army of the Potomac--Blacksmiths Department--Stables and Negro Servants' Tent--General Hooker's Tent--Army Mail Leaving Headq... See More
Navigating the bayous in Dixie... Marriage of the Prince of Wales...
Item #172666
April 11, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 11, 1863 The full front page has 4 prints captioned: "Bayou Navigation in Dixie." Inside includes a full page of: "The Prince & Princess of Wales"; a three-quarter page: "Queen Victoria & the Princess Beatrice"; a doublepage centerfold: "Marriage of the Prince of Wales at St. George's Chapel, Windsor."; ... See More
Antonia Ford - female spy for the Confederacy... Dixie land... Vicksburg canal...
Item #172664
April 04, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 4, 1863 Page three has a 4 3/4" by 5" wood-cut illustration of Antonia Ford, a famous (infamous?) female confederate spy during the American Civil War.
The front page shows: "Break in the Mississippi Levee Near the Canal at Vicksburg" & "Cutting Away the Dam at the Head of the Vicksburg Canal". Inside prints include a fu... See More
A wealth of Civil War prints...
Item #172662
March 28, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 28, 1863 The front page is taken up with: "A Torpedo Exploding Under the 'Montauk' , In the Ogeechee River" and "The Destruction of the 'Nashville' by the Iron-clad Monitor 'Montauk'". Other prints within include: "Bombardment of Fort M'Allister by the Iron-Clad Fleet"; a bust of: "The Princes... See More
"Negro Regiment in Action"...
Item #172658
March 14, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 14, 1863 The full front page is a print of: "Teaching the Negro Recruits the Use of the Minie Rifle", a print showing Black soldiers.
Other nice prints within include a full page with three prints and a map: "Beulah Battery, at the Junction of Burnside and Vernon Rivers", "The Rebel Turtle Ram Just Launched at Savannah", "The... See More
Dramatic cavalry charge before Vicksburg...
Item #172656
March 07, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 7, 1863 The front page features a full-figure print of: "The Late Nicholas Longworth, the Western Millionaire" with the balance of the front page taken up with an article on him, carrying over to page 2.
Other prints within include a full page: "Paying Off The Teamsters in the Army of the Potomac" showing many African-Americans. Also ... See More
Louisiana Colored soldiers... Centerfold by Winslow Homer...
Item #172654
February 28, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 28, 1863 The full front page is a print of: "Major-General Hooker, Commanding the Army of the Potomac". .But perhaps the most notable print is the nice doublepage centerfold done by noted artist Winslow Homer: "Pay Day in the Army of the Potomac".
Other prints within include a half pg: "Our Colored Troops--Line Officers of the... See More
Marriage of Tom Thumb... Slaves escaping to the North...
Item #172652
February 21, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 21, 1863 The entire front page is a great (and rather famous) illustration of: "Mr. and Mrs. Charles S. Stratton (General Tom Thumb And Wife)." taken from a Brady photograph. Page 2 has an article on them.
Other prints within include a full page: "The Effects of the Proclamation--Freed Negroes Coming Into Our Lines At New Bern, North Ca... See More
Battle of Murfreesboro, Stonewall Jackson, Jim Crow, and more...
Item #172650
February 14, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 14, 1863 The full front page is captioned: "The Picket Guard in the Army of the Potomac". Inside has "General Stonewall Jackson In Camp", and the backpage has 2 cartoons, one captioned: "Jim Crow Jumping About So". The doublepage centerfold is: "Fruitless Attempt of the Army of the Potomac To Move Towards the Rappahannock..... See More
"Miss Lavinia Warren, The Little Queen of Beauty" in Barnum's American Museum...
Item #172648
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 7, 1863 The full front page is taken up with prints of: "Rear-Admiral David D. Porter, Commanding Mississippi flotilla" and "Major-General John A. M'Clernand" as well as a nice print showing: "Bombardment of the Post of Arkansas, January 11, 1863."Inside contains a full page with 3 view of: "Our New Western gunb... See More
Homer print... Nast Emmancipation illustration... Slave auction...
Item #172644
January 24, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 24, 1863 This issue contains a fine centerfold by Thomas Nast: "The Emancipation of the Negroes, January, 1863--The Past and the Future" with several vignettes. This also has an accompanying article which explains the illustration and references the famous Mr. Pierce M. Butler slave auction which took place on March 2-3, 1859 outside of Savann... See More
This historic Emancipation Proclamation... Winslow Homer print...
Item #172642
January 17, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 17, 1863 Certainly the most historic content would be the page 2 complete printing of: "By the President of the United States of America - A Proclamation" which is the full text of the Emancipation Proclamation, signed in type by the President: Abraham Lincoln.
Half of the front page: "The Teamsters' Duel" showing two Black men ... See More
Negro soldiers for the Confederacy...
Item #172640
January 10, 1863
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 10, 1863 The front page has an interesting circular illustration of "Rebel Negro Pickets as Seen Through a Field-Glass", with a related article: "Rebel Negro Pickets".
A full page with 3 views of: "The Battle of Goldsborough..." and "Battle of Kinston..." and "Battle of Whitehall..."; half page print: &... See More
The Attack on Fredericksburg... Nast centerfold...
Item #172636
December 27, 1862
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 27, 1862 The full front page is a very dramatic battle scene captioned: "The Attack on Fredericksburg--The Forlorn Hope Scaling the Hill" which would a nice print for display. Other prints inside include: "The Bombardment of Fredericksburg by the Army of the Potomac", and a full page & very detailed map of Eastern Virginia from Fredericksburg to Richmond. The ... See More
A centerfold view of Fredericksburg... Charles Dickens...
Item #172634
December 20, 1862
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 20, 1862 The full front page shows: "Identification of Indian Murderers in Minnesota by a Boy Survivor of the Massacre". Other prints inside include: "Belle Plains, on the Potomac--Burnside's Principal Commissary Depot" showing a long wagon train. Fullpg. has three prints: "Seminary at La Grange, Tennessee, Now Used as a Pr... See More
Several town views in Virginia...
Item #172632
December 13, 1862
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, December 13, 1862 The full front page is taken up with: "Major-General Burnside and the Division Commanders of the Army of the Potomac" including Hooker, Sumner, Sigel and Franklin. Other prints inside include: "General Banks's Expedition--Encampment of Troops on the Union Course, Long Island, New York"; a nice full page view of: 'Th... See More
Winslow Homer's vision of Thanksgiving during the Civil War...
Item #172628
November 29, 1862
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Nov. 29, 1862 The most desired print in this issue would be the very nice full page by noted artist Winslow Homer titled: "Thanksgiving In Camp".
The front page has a nice portrait of: "Major-General A. E. Burnside, Commander of the Army of the Potomac" with an article on him. Other prints inside include: "The Army of the Potomac--Thor... See More
Item #538507
November 29, 1862
FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWS dated November 29, 1862 (print only)
This is a single-page print. The print contains two engraving entitled "Mr. T. Moason Jones, The Celectrated Lecturer - from a photograph by Brady" and "Dinner Time at the Camp of the 22d Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers - from a Sketch by our Special Artist".
The print size is a... See More
Most famous of all Homer Civil War prints...
Item #172624
November 15, 1862
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 15, 1862 Although there are many fine prints in this issue certainly the most desired would be the full page Winslow Homer print titled: "The Army of the Potomac--A Sharp-Shooter on Picket Duty."
Other nice prints in this issue include the full front page captioned: "Convalescent Soldiers Passing Through Washington to Join Their Regimen... See More
Battle of Corinth... Battle of Perryville...
Item #172620
November 01, 1862
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 1, 1862 The full front page shows: "The Town of Perryville, Kentucky, Scene of the Recent Battle" and "The Pirate 'Alabama'". Other prints inside include: "The Rebel Foray in Pennsylvania--General View of Chambersburg" and two other quarter page scenes at Chambersburg. Halfpg: "Camp Dick Robinson, Kentucky...&... See More
Nast on "After the Battle"... Civil War maps...
Item #172618
October 25, 1862
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 25, 1862 The full front page is a print of: "Garibaldi, Wounded and A Prisoner". The prints within this issue include 3 scenes: "The Campaign in Maryland--Flag of Truce from the Rebels" "Battle of South Mountain--Franklin's Corps Storming Crampton's Pass" showing 4 views, including Boonesborough, Maryland, and Middl... See More
Aftermath of Antietam...
Item #172616
October 18, 1862
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 18, 1862 The full front page is a print of: "Major-General Franz Sigel, Commanding Twelfth Corps Army of the Potomac" on horseback. Prints inside include: "General Buell's Army Entering Louisville, Kentucky" with a good view of the city; "Shelbyville, the Only Union Town of Tennessee" "The Veterans of the Army of t... See More
Battle of Antietam...
Item #172614
October 11, 1862
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 11, 1862 The front page has two illustrations: "Flight of the Inhabitants of Sharpsburg at the Approach of Their Rebel Deliverers" and "Ford Near Shepherdstown, On the Potomac--Picket Firing Across the River".
Prints inside include a full page of: "The Battle of Antietam--First Maryland Battery in the Fore-Ground" and anot... See More
Nice views of Hagerstown and Frederick, Maryland...
Item #172610
September 27, 1862
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 27, 1862 The front page shows: "The City of Cincinnati" and "Volunteers Crossing the Ohio To Covington". Other prints within include: "The First Virginia (Rebel) Cavalry at a Halt" "The Rebel Army Crossing the Fords of the Potomac for the Invasion of Maryland"; a great full page city view of: "Frederick Cit... See More
Second Battle of Bull Run...
Item #172608
September 20, 1862
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 20, 1862 Dramatic full front page illustration: "A Gallant Color-Bearer" is by Thomas Nast. Prints inside include: "General Buell's Campaign" showing many views; "Preparations for Defense at Cincinnati--Citizens in the Trenches" showing "Troops Crossing to Covington" and 2 other images.
Historic & drama... See More
Lincoln's famous letter to Greeley... Homer centerfold...
Item #172604
September 06, 1862
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Sept. 6, 1862 Of special note is the pg. 3 (563) historic letter headed: "The President On the Negro Question". This was one of the more famous letters from Abraham Lincoln, being his reply to Horace Greeley's editorial of August 20, "A Prayer of Twenty Millions", which urged emancipation. Lincoln replies in his letter with his famo... See More
Battle of Cedar Mountain, Stonewall Jackson, and more...
Item #172602
August 30, 1862
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 30, 1862 The full front page is a print of: "Brigadier-General Michael Corcoran, Late Colonel 69th Regiment New York State Militia". Prints inside include: "John Morgan's Highwaymen Sacking a Peaceful Village in the West" "Negroes Building Stockades Under the Recent Act of Congress" "The Late General R. L. M'Coo... See More
Much on the Civil War...
Item #172600
August 23, 1862
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 23, 1862 The full front page shows the: "Great War Meeting at Washington, District of Columbia", being a huge crowd in front of the Capitol. Prints inside include: "General View of the Encampment of the Army of the Potomac at Harrison's Landing" "Kimmidge's Creek, Left Defense of the Camp at Harrison's Landing" "M... See More
Item #538509
August 23, 1862
FRANK LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWS dated August 23, 1862 (print only)
This is a single-page print. The print contains three engravings entitled "Federal Troops Working on the Fortifications of Gen. M'Clellan's Camp, Near Harrison's Landing, James River, Va - from a Sketch by our Special Artist, Mr. J. H. Schell"; "Brigadier-General Willis A Gorman - from a ... See More
Morgan the highwayman... Scenes along the Mississippi...
Item #172598
August 16, 1862
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 16, 1862 The front page has an illustration of: "John Morgan, The Highwayman of Kentucky" with an article on him. Also on the ftpg: "Searching For Rebels In A Cave In Alabama" and a small print of: "Aunt Charlotte".
Prints inside include: "Sunday At General McClellan's Head-Quarters" "Scene Near Trent'... See More
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