Large Civil War map on the front page...

NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 7, 1861  The front page is dominated by a very large & very detailed Civil War map headed: "THE SEAT OF WAR IN WESTERN VIRGINIA". Plus many front page column heads on the war: "THE REBELLION" "Interview Between Generals McClellan & Banks" "Important News from the Cherokee Nation" "The Scene of War in Western Virginia&q... See More  

More on the Battle of Gettysburg...

NEW YORK HERALD, July 11, 1863  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "The Battle At Gettysburg - The Second Fire Zouaves at the Battle of Gettysburg" "Incidents of the Battle" "Rebel Accounts of the Fight" "They Claim a Great Victory & the Capture of 40,000 Yankee Prisoners" "THE IMPENDING BATTLE" "The Position of t... See More  

Two front page Civil War maps...

NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 15, 1862 



* Roanoke Island North Carolina

* Edenton & Elizabeth City NC



The front page is dominated by two nice Civil War maps, headed: "THE BRILLIANT VICTORY AT ROANOKE" and: "EDENTON AND ELIZABETH CITY".

First column heads report much on the war including events relating to the two maps. Some include: "The Integrity of the Union&qu... See More  

Map shows the Cumberland River...

NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 9, 1862  The front page features a Civil War map headed: "The Rebel General Zollicoffer's Position On the Cumberland River.", plus several columns have war-related heads including: "Great Activity at the Headquarters of the Army" "Gen. Sherman's Report of Gen. Stevens' Operations on the Coosaw River" "Important From Western ... See More  

Civil War map of the New Orleans vicinity...

NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 27, 1861  Much of the front page is taken up with a large & extremely detailed Civil War map headed: "Map Of Orleans And Surrounding Country...".

Among the front page column heads on the war are: "THE REBELLION" "Additional Particulars of the Ball's Bluff Conflict" "Rebel Official Reports of the Affair" "The Battle of... See More  

Terrific Civil War era map of New Orleans...

NEW YORK HERALD, April 26, 1862  



* Capture of New Orleans in progress

* United States Navy - Officer David Farragut



Most of the front page is taken up with a huge & terrific Civil War map headed: "IMPORTANT FROM NEW ORLEANS. Terrific Bombardment of Fort Jackson on the Mississippi---The Rebel Defenses at New Orleans". Related reports are on page 3.

Page 4 has anothe... See More  

Intercepted letter from Beauregard indicates some hopelessness...

NEW YORK HERALD, April 21, 1862 



* Siege of Yorktown - Virginia

* McClellan's Peninsula Campaign



The front page features a nice map headed: "The Siege of Yorktown - Diagram of the Scene of the Engagement on Wednesday, April 16."

Among the ftpg. column heads on the Civil War are: "Union Forces at Falmouth, Commanding the City of Fredericksburg" "Gallant Ach... See More  

Civil War map on the front page...

NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 7, 1864  The front page features a map headed: "The Smithfield and Ben's Church Affair".

Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "Rebel Attempt Capture Cumberland Gap" "Brisk Skirmishing and Repulse of the Enemy" "News From Chattanooga" "Details of the Rebel Demonstration on Newbern, N.C." "The F... See More  

Civil War map of the Savannah vicinity...

NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 31, 1862  The front page features a nice map headed: "THE NEW EXPEDITION. Scene of Operations of Commodore Dupont & Gen. Sherman's Expedition to the Rear of Fort Pulaski".

Also on the front page is a wealth of war heads including: "Important From Savannah" "Splendid Naval Movement" "Interesting From the South" "The Fr... See More  

Map of Charleston Harbor...

NEW YORK HERALD, April 13, 1863



* First Battle of Charleston Harbor - South Carolina



The front page features a nice Civil War map headed: "OPENING FIGHT OFF CHARLESTON - Scene of Action Between the Union Iron-Clads & the Rebel Batteries".

Among the first column heads: "The Fight At Charleston" "The Keokuk Destroyed by a Torpedo" "Tremendous Fire of the... See More  

Two Civil War maps: front page and back page...

NEW YORK HERALD, Feb. 13, 1862  



* Battle of Roanoke Island w/ map

* Ambrose Burnside & Louis M. Goldsborough



Taking close to half of the front page is a great map: "Brilliant Operations At Roanoke Island -- Scene of General Burnside and Commodore Goldsborough's Victories--Roanoke Island & Elizabeth City." The map and reports take all of the front page and conclud... See More  

Fine column headlines on Lincoln's funeral... Letter by John Wilkes Booth...

NEW YORK HERALD, April 20, 1865  



* Abraham Lincoln's assassination & funeral

* John Wilkes Booth letter re. the infamous plot



This is one of the more displayable issues on the funeral of Abraham Lincoln printed just 5 days after his death.

Uncommonly large type used in the one column headlines which take two-thirds of the first column on the front page, beginning with: &... See More  

The most famous of all Lincoln assassination newspapers...

THE NEW YORK HERALD, April 15, 1865  



* Abraham Lincoln assassination (1st report)

* Ford's Theater - John Wilkes Booth



This issue would rank among the most famous of all Lincoln assassination newspapers, as almost all issues found on the market today are one of the many reprint editions that have turned up for decades.

This is the genuine issue. And better yet it is the &quo... See More  

Great graphic presentation on the division of the nation during the Civil War...

NEW YORK HERALD, March 5, 1862 



* Fantastic American Civil War map

* Shows current Union & Confederate states 



If there was a definitive newspaper from the Civil War that would be great for display, this very well might be it.

Most of the front page is taken up with a large & very detailed map headed: "THE PRESENT AREA OF THE REBELLION. The Loyal States and Territori... See More  

Perhaps the very best issue reporting the Monitor vs. the Merrimac...

NEW YORK HERALD, March 14, 1862  This is arguably the best newspaper to have on the famous naval battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac, with the front page dominated by a large and detailed map headed: "THE BATTLE OF THE IRON-CLAD STEAMERS. Scene of the Great Trial Battle Between the Monitor and Merrimac, Sunday, March 9, 1862."  

There are related first column heads: &q... See More  

The attack upon Fort Fisher...

NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 17, 1865  



* Second Battle of Fort Fisher

* Wilmington, North Carolina

* Admiral David Dixon Porter



Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "WILMINGTON" "Another Naval Attack on Fort Fisher" "Evidence of Rebel Deserters as to the Weakness of the Rebel Works & Garrison" "RICHMOND" "Reported ... See More  

Siege of Fort Sumter... War events near Chattanooga...

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 25, 1863  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "SIEGE OF FORT SUMTER" "Interesting Correspondence Between General Gilmore and General Beauregard" "Details of the Bombardment of the 18th Inst." "Important From Tennessee" "General Rosecrsans' Army in Front of Chattanooga" "Fire Opened on the City... See More  

Huge front page map shows much of Texas...

NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 30, 1861 An extremely decorative issue, as the entire front page is taken up with a huge map headed: "THE GREAT EUROPEAN ALLIANCE AGAINST THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC" with a subhead: "The Gulf Slope of Mexico--The Harbor of Vera Cruz and the National Road to the Capital--Scene of Operations of the English, French and Spanish Expedition." with the map showing much... See More  

Map shows the Cumberland River...

NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 9, 1862  The front page features a Civil War map headed: "The Rebel General Zollicoffer's Position On the Cumberland River.", plus several columns have war-related heads including: "Great Activity at the Headquarters of the Army" "Gen. Sherman's Report of Gen. Stevens' Operations on the Coosaw River" "Important From Western ... See More  

Capture of New Orleans, Louisiana...

NEW YORK HERALD, April 30, 1862  



* Capture of New Orleans, Louisiana

* Mississippi River naval engagement

* Siege of Yorktown, Virginia



Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "THE CAPTURE OF NEW ORLEANS" "Desperate Naval Engagement on the Mississippi River" "THE UNION LOSS VERY HEAVY" "Evacuation of the City by the Rebel Forces" &... See More  

Huge front page map shows much of Texas...

NEW YORK HERALD, Nov. 30, 1861 



* Gulf of Mexico coast map

* Texas - Mexico



An extremely decorative issue, as the entire front page is taken up with a huge map headed: "THE GREAT EUROPEAN ALLIANCE AGAINST THE MEXICAN REPUBLIC" with a subhead: "The Gulf Slope of Mexico--The Harbor of Vera Cruz and the National Road to the Capital--Scene of Operations of the English, Fren... See More  

Sherman's work against Atlanta... Capture of Memphis...

NEW YORK HERALD, Aug. 25, 1864 



* Atlanta Georgia GA

* William T. Sherman

* 2nd Battle of Memphis

* Nathan Bedford Forrest



Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "GRANT" "Retirement of the Enemy from the Front on the Weldon Railroad' "Statements of Rebel Deserters" "SHERMAN" "Progress of the Siege of Atlanta" "The... See More  

Eleven Civil War newspapers with front page maps...

This is a damaged lot of eleven Civil War issues of the famous titles: New York Herald, New York Tribune, and Philadelphia Inquirer. Each has a front page Civil War map (one has a print of a general; no map) but each issue is damaged by tears, stains, margin chipping with some loss, loose at the spine, separation at the central fold, perhaps a missing leaf, etc. Map issues are typically priced in ... See More  

Two Civil War maps, one taking over half of the front page...

NEW YORK HERALD, May 16, 1863  Over half of the front page is taken up with a huge map headed: "THE REBEL PRIVATEERS FLORIDA AND ALABAMA. Their Cruising Ground--Their Course on the Atlantic and in the Gulf--What They Have Done."

Front page column has include: "The Rebel Privateers" "The Doings of the Sumter, Alabama and Florida" "Over Eight Millions Worth o... See More  

Map shows rebels advancing into Pennsylvania...

NEW YORK HERALD, Oct. 11, 1862 



* 1st rebel invasion of Pennsylvania

* Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

* Battle of Perryville, Kentucky



The front page features a map headed: "INVASION OF PENNSYLVANIA. The Dash of Stuart's Cavalry Across the Potomac and Into Chambersburg." which also shows portions of Maryland and West Virginia including Harper's Ferry.

Among the front pa... See More