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The Civil War in Texas...   The Alamo...
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The Civil War in Texas... The Alamo...

Item # 172452 ·
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, March 23, 1861  The front page is taken up with: "Major Anderson's Command at Fort Sumter" which includes 9 officers, one of whom is "Capt. A. Doubleday".
Other prints inside include: "Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, South Carolina" "Surrender of Ex-General Twiggs, Late of the United States Army, to the Texan Troops in the Gran Plaza, San Antonio, Texas" Fort Brown, Texas" "Fort Lancaster, Texas" "The Alamo, San Antonio, Texas, Late Headquarters of Ex-General Twiggs" "Washington the Mediator" and a print of: "Hon. Salmon P. Chase, of Ohio, Secretary of the Treasury".
This issue also contains a serialized portion of "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. The back page is mostly taken up with 4 cartoons. Complete in 16 pages.
Categories: The Civil War, 1861-1865
Price
$98
Second rate
$50

A more affordable copy with minor flaws. What is a second rate?

100% Authentic: Original printing, never a reproduction.