A dramatic naval battle...
Item # 172496
August 24, 1861
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Aug. 24, 1861 Half of front page shows: "Presentation of Prince Napoleon by Secretary Seward to the President", which shows Abraham Lincoln. Other prints within include a full page: "General McClellan & His Staff" & fullpg: "Splendid Charge of U.S. Cavalry at the Battle of Dug Spring, Missouri" & "Scenes in the Brooklyn Navy Yard" including a print of a gun boat under construction.
Perhaps the most dramatic print in this issue is the doublepage centerfold of: "The U.S. Frigate 'St. Lawrence' Sinking the Privateer 'Petrel' At Sea...". Other prints include: "Camp Warren, Burlington, Iowa, the Rendezvous for the Iowa Troops" "Interior of Upper Batter at the Chain Bridge, Washington, D.C." & Interior of Lower Batter at the Chain Bridge" plus "Col. Beridan of the Beridan Sharpshooters, Practicing at a Target at Weehawken, New Jersey" "The U.S. War Steamer 'Minnesota', flagship of the Blockading Squadron" plus there are nice prints of "Brigadier-General Burnside" and "The Rebel General Lee" with biographies of both.
The back page has two political cartoons. Complete in 16 pages.
Perhaps the most dramatic print in this issue is the doublepage centerfold of: "The U.S. Frigate 'St. Lawrence' Sinking the Privateer 'Petrel' At Sea...". Other prints include: "Camp Warren, Burlington, Iowa, the Rendezvous for the Iowa Troops" "Interior of Upper Batter at the Chain Bridge, Washington, D.C." & Interior of Lower Batter at the Chain Bridge" plus "Col. Beridan of the Beridan Sharpshooters, Practicing at a Target at Weehawken, New Jersey" "The U.S. War Steamer 'Minnesota', flagship of the Blockading Squadron" plus there are nice prints of "Brigadier-General Burnside" and "The Rebel General Lee" with biographies of both.
The back page has two political cartoons. Complete in 16 pages.
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