Historic Newspapers: Harper's Weekly Issues from 1864

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 30, 1864 (Print only)

This single page illustration is from the last page of the issue. This features a political cartoon of Jeff Davis entitled "Cold Comfort". The remainder of the page is comprised of variety of ads which one is for Remington's Revolver.

The page measures approximately 11.25" x 16" and is in good condition (see photos for details).

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 30, 1864 (Print only)

This single page illustration is comprised of two half-page illustrations: "The New English Six Hundred-Pounder Armstrong Gun" and "Launch of Her Majesty's Screw Steamship 'Minotaur,' Fifty Guns, at Blackwall, England".

The page measures approximately 11.25" x 16", has a slight irregular left edge, otherwise is in good condition (see photos for details).

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, January 30, 1864 (Print only)

This single page illustration is from the front page of the issue and is comprised of three separate illustrations: "The Church of the Compania in the Distance"; "The Church of the Compania"; and "Nuns of the Church of the Compania, at Santiago, Chili, After the Conflagration".

The page measures approximately 11.25" x 16" and is in good condition (see photos for details).

HARPER'S WEEKLY dated October 22, 1864 (print only)

This is a single-page print. The page contains an engraving entitled "Grant's Campaign - The Battle at Chapin's Farm, September 29, 1864". See photos for details.

The print size is approximately 11 x 15.75 inches.

HARPER'S WEEKLY dated April 19, 1864 (print only)

This is a single-page print. The page contains an engraving entitled "'The Metropolitan Fair Buildings on Fourteenth Street New York". See photos for details.

The print size is approximately 11 x 15.75 inches.

HARPER'S WEEKLY dated April 16, 1864 (print only)

This is a single-page print. The page contains an engraving entitled "'Floral Department of the Great Fair". See photos for details.

The print size is approximately 11 x 15.75 inches.

HARPER'S WEEKLY dated Janaury 23, 1864 (print only)

This is a single-page print. The page contains an engraving entitled "'Sufferings in a Snow-Storm on the Michigan Central". See photos for details.

The print size is approximately 11 x 15.75 inches.

HARPER'S WEEKLY dated March 19, 1864 (print only)

This is a single-page print. The page contains several Civil War era ads. See photos for details.

The print size is approximately 11 x 15.75 inches.

HARPER'S WEEKLY dated November 5, 1864 (print only)

This is a single-page print. The page contains several Civil War era ads. See photos for details.

The print size is approximately 11 x 15.75 inches.

HARPER'S WEEKLY dated February 20, 1864 (print only)

This is a single-page print. The page contains several Civil War era ads. See photos for details.

The print size is approximately 11 x 15.75 inches.

HARPER'S WEEKLY dated January 30, 1864  (print only)

This is a single-page print. The page contains several Civil War era ads including a political cartoon entitled "Cold Comfort". See photos for details.

The print size is approximately 11 x 15.75 inches.

Published by Charles Dickens... a 6 issue set...

Harper's WEEKLY, January 23 - March 5, 1864  This is a six issue set of Harper's Weekly issues containing all 6 installments of "A White Hand and a Black Thumb", by Henry Spicer, originally published by Charles Dickens' in All the Year Round.  The set provides more than a 10% discount over purchasing the issues individually.  The individual issues are described as: 

Slaves being liberated...
Jan. 23, 1864 Full ftpg: 'Suffering in a Snow storm on the Michigan Central'. Nice fullpg: 'Colored…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Dec. 24, 1864  The full front pager is taken up with prints of: "The Chief Justices of the United States" with Salmon Chase as the central print, surrounded by John Jay, Oliver Ellsworth, Roger B. Taney, and John Marshall.
Many nice prints within including a full page: "View of the Stations on Grant's Military Railroad from City Point to His Extreme Left" showing 12 prints. Other prints include: "The Attack on Fort Bateman at the Capture of Plymouth, North Carolina"…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Dec. 17, 1864  The full front page is a print of: "Major-General George H. Thomas". Prints inside include: "Major-General John M. Schofield" "General David S. Stanley" "Torpedo Raft in Mobile Bay", a full page showing: "Our Fleet in Hampton Roads" and "Fort Wool (rip rap), Hampton Roads"; a full page showing: "Southern Gentleman" along with: "Little Child", and a half page showing: "Dr. Von Eisenberg's Aesthetico-Neuralgicon" machine.
The doublepage centerfold is a…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Dec. 10, 1864  The full front page is: "Arrival Of Union Refugees at Kingston, Georgia".  Inside has a full page print: "Thank God! Reception of Our Exchanged Prisoners on Board the 'Eliza Hancox' ". Other prints within include: "Serving Out Rations to Our Exchanged Prisoners on Board the 'New York' " "Sunday Morning Inspection on Board the gunboat 'Metacomet' " "The Battlefield--At The Front" "The Battlefield--At the Rear" "Deacon John Phillips" "Brigadier-General…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, Dec. 3, 1864  The front page has: 'The Rebel Flag of Truce Boat 'Beauregard' with Savannah in the Distance" & "The Rebel Flag of Truce Boats Coming down the Savannah River". Nice fullpg. prints include 2 scenes of: "Our Blockading Fleet Off Wilmington, N.C." and three views of: "In & Around Martinsburg, Virginia". A nearly halfpg: "Capture of the Blockade Runner 'Annie' " and a one-quarter pg: "Great Tunnel Under Pittsburg, Penna." Also a print of: "The Late Mr. John Leech".
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HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Nov. 26, 1864  The prime piece of this issue is the very famous back page political cartoon captioned: "Long Abraham Lincoln A Little Longer." showing an elongated version of him since he just won his second presidential election (see). This cartoon has become quite famous.
The entire front page is taken up with prints of: "Captain Napoleon Collins" "Capt. C.M. Morris" & one of: "The Captured Rebel Privateer' Florida' & the U.S. Steamer 'Wachusett' ".
Other halfpg.…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Nov. 19, 1864  The front page has prints of: "Lieutenant William B. Cushing" and "Destruction of the Rebel Ram 'Albemarle' at Plymouth, North Carolina".
Inside page prints include: "Confederate Iron-clads on the James, Below Chaffin's Bluff" "Gen. Butler & Staff Watching the Battle from Johnson House" "General Terry's Corps Engaging the Rebel Works on the Darbytown Road" "Captain Jerry. Z. Brown" "Capture of Rebel Fort in Front of Petersburg by the 148th…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York Nov. 12, 1864  The front page contains a nice print captioned: "General Custer Presenting Captured Battle Flags at the War Department, Washington" showing him and many others holding flags.
Many other Civil War prints within, including a half pg: "Valley of the Shenandoah--Gen. Sheridan's Wagon Trains..." & a full page Thomas Nast cartoon: "How the Copperheads Obtain Their Votes" showing names being copied from tombstones. Another fullpg. has 2 scenes: "Army of the…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Nov. 5, 1864  The full front page is a nice print of: "Phil Sheridan's Ride to the Front." showing him on horseback. Inside has a full page print: "Union Refugees Coming Into the Federal Lines" and half page prints: "Adams Express Office at City Point, Virginia, on Pay Day" "Valley Of the Shenandoah--Paying Sheridan's Troops at Night in Sutler's Tent" "Bomb-Proof Rifle Pit in Front of Petersburg" & "The Late Residence of the Rebel Colonel Pegram, with Federal Fort…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 29, 1864  The full front page is a print of: "A Group of Cavalry Officers" on horseback, being Merritt, Kautz, and Wilcox. Pages 2 & 3 have various reports on the Civil War. Other prints within include: "Headquarters Army of the James--Pennsylvania Soldiers Voting" "Headquarters Army of the James--Rebel Prisoners & Deserters at the Guard-House" "The Late Chief Justice Roger B. Taney" with an article on him; "The Battle of Darbytown Road" a full page: "The…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 22, 1864  The full front page is a print of: "Major-General Butler After the Battle of September 25, 1864". Inside has four full page Civil War prints captioned: "Grant's Campaign--The Battle at Chapin's Farm" & "...The Rebel Assault & Attempt to Recapture Fort Harrison" & "...Charge of the Fifth Corps on the Rebel Redoubt at Peebles's Farm" & "Sheridan's Army on the March Up the Shenandoah Valley".
Other prints include: "Major-General Godfrey Weitzel"…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 15, 1864  Most of the front page is taken up with a print: "General Hunt and Major Duane, Chief of Artillery & Chief engineer of the Army of the Potomac" with a related article. Other prints within include: "The Sixth Corps in Action on the Opequan" "Early's Army Falling Back Upon Winchester" "Major-General David B. Birney" "Major-General E.  O. C. Ord" "Major-General George Crook" "Major-General Torbert"; a nice full page: "Rebels Moving South From Atlanta"…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 8, 1864  The entire front page is a nice print captioned: "Major-General Philip H. Sheridan". Inside has a full page and very dramatic print: "The Cavalry Charge at Winchester, Virginia". Other prints within include: "Whitehall Street, Atlanta, Georgia" "Whitehall Street (Looking Eastward) Atlanta, Georgia"; a full page & very detailed: "Map of the Virginia Campaign, Showing the Theatre of General Grant's Combinations" "Charge of the Federal Troops On the…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 1, 1864  The front page shows: "General Warren Extending & Fortifying His Lines Across the Weldon Railroad". Inside has a full page: "The Halt" by Thomas Nast; a full page: "General Sherman's Victory--Rebel Prisoners Being conducted to Atlanta From Jonesborough"; a half pg: "Destruction of Cars by General Hood Previous to the Evacuation of Atlanta"; a halfpg: "General Sherman's Army Destroying the Macon Railroad Between Rough & Ready and Jonesborough,…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Sept. 24, 1864  The front page has prints of: "The Late Rebel General John Morgan" with a biography on him. Also: "Rebel Torpedo Boat" with a related article as well. Other prints within include: "General Grant's Campaign--In The Trenches Before Petersburg" "Plan of the Battle of August 5, 1864" "Fort Morgan Just After the Surrender" "Lighthouse at Fort Morgan" "The 'Brooklyn' Showing the Shots Received on Her Starboard Side During the Engagement of August 5, 1864"…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 17, 1864  The full front page is a very dramatic print: "Harry Davis Capturing the Battle Flag of the 13th Louisiana Regiment, at the Battle of Ezra Church".  Other prints within include: "Admiral Farragut's Fleet Bombarding Fort Morgan" "Rear-Admiral David G. Farragut, U.S.N." "View of Petersburg, Virginia, From the North Side of the Appomattox", a full page: "Map Showing the Entire Field of Operations Under Grant, Sherman, and Farragut"; "General Grant's…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 10, 1864  The front page has a print of: "The Most Rev. John McCloskey, D.D., Archbishop of New York" with an article on him as well. Inside has a full page: "Isometric View of General Grant's Virginia Campaign" as well as: "Farragut's Victory in Mobile Bay--The Capture of the Rebel am 'Tennessee' ".
Other prints include: "Grand Water-spout in Albemarle Sound" "Shot & Shell Extracted from the 'Brooklyn' " "Destruction of the Monitor 'Tecumseh' by a Rebel…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 3, 1864  The full front page is taken up with a print: "Gen. Sherman's Campaign--Council of War Held at Gen. Wood's Headquarters".
Certainly the best print in this issue is also one of the more famous by Thomas Nast. This print (see) shows a triumphant Confederate soldier shaking hands with a peg-legged Union veteran as what appears to be Lady Liberty wept over a grave of Union heroes from a "Useless War".  Titled "Compromise With the South" the cartoon…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 27, 1864  The full front page is a dramatic print: "General Grant's Campaign--Explosion at City Point". Full page prints inside include: "General Grant's Campaign--The Charge on Cemetery Ridge, After the Explosion" and "Quarters of the Union Officers Exposed to the Federal Fire in Charleston" and also: "General Sherman's Campaign--Battle of Ezra's Church (General Wood's Division)". Smaller prints include: "General Sherman's Campaign--Ezra's Church" "Dead…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 20, 1864  The front page has prints; "Before Petersburg--Carrying Powder to the Mine" "Col. Pleasant Superintending the Arrival of the Powder" "General Grant's Campaign--Hancock's Corps Crossing the James River from Jones's Neck" plus an article: "Before Petersburg."
Prints inside include a small map captioned: "Map of Mobile Bay and the Defenses of the City"; two full page prints: "General Grant's Campaign--Capture of Four 20 Pound Parrott Guns in Miles's…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Aug. 13, 1864  The front page has: "General Hooker Riding Along His Lines on the Morning of July 21, 1861" and "The Late Major-General James McPherson" & "Major-General Oliver C. Howard".
Other prints within include: "Army of the Potomac--Inspection of the Second Pennsylvania, Colonel Gibson" "...General Stannard's Headquarters" "...General Hancock and Staff" "...General Warren and Staff" "General Sherman's Advance--Howard's Corps Crossing the Chattahoochee"…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 6, 1864  The front page shows a man with a scythe and a poem: "The Mower In Oho". The prints within include: "General Sherman's Advance--View of Kenesaw Mountain, from Little Kenesaw" "...Little Kenesaw" "...View of the Public Square, Marietta, Georgia" "...Gallant Action of Colonel Walcot's Brigade" "...View of Atlanta from the Signal Station" "General Grant's Campaign--Return of Kautz's Cavalry Expedition from It's Raid in Virginia" "The Anglo-Rebel…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 30, 1864  Desired prints include: "The Rebels Pillaging at the Hagerstown Depot", "The Rebels Robbing the Flour Mills in Maryland", "The Rebels Retreating with Their Plunder Across the Potomac River", "The Rebels Destroying the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal", "General Grant's Campaign--Captain Ashby's New York Battery in the Trenches Before Petersburg", "...The gunners of the 18th Corps  Protected by Mantelets", "...Shelling the Enemy from  the Cohorns", "General…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 23, 1864  The entire front page is a print of: "The Sinking of the 'Alabama' Off Cherbourg". Other prints within include: "View on the Appomattox, Below Port Walthall" "Jones's Neck, From General Foster's Head-Quarters, Near Malvern Hill, on the James" "Divine Service at General Baldy Smith's Headquarters in Front of Petersburg" "General Meade & His Staff" "General Burnside and His Staff", a full page: "Map Illustrating the Rebel Invasion in Maryland" "General…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 16, 1864  The full front page is taken up with a print of the famous photo: "Lieutenant-General Grant at His Headquarters". Other prints within include: "The Naval Contest Off Cherbourg Between the 'Alabama' and the 'Kearsarge' " "General Sherman's Campaign--the Crest of Pine Mountain Where General  Polk Fell" "...Lost Mountain at Sunrise" "...View of Kenesaw From Pine Mountain" "Rebel Desertrers Coming Within the Union Lines" with a related article; "The…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 9, 1864  The front page has prints of: "Capt. J. Henry Sleeper, Commanding the 10th Massachusetts Battery" and "Sleeper's Battery" with a related article. Pages 2 & 3 have reports on the Civil War and includes a letter signed in type: Abraham Lincoln.
Other prints within include a full page: "General Grant's Campaign--Transportation of Hancock's Corps Across the James at Wilcox's Landing. Also: ""The Late Brigadier-General Hays" "Brigadier-General F. C. Barlow"…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, July 2, 1864  Certainly the prime content in this issue is the very nice front page illustration of: "The Rebel General Robert Edmund Lee" with a short biography on him as well.
Other prints include a fullpg. of 5 scenes in Georgia including Resaca, Woodlands, Kingston & Adairsville. Another page shows: "Fighting Johnny Logan" and "The Late Rev. Gordon Winslow" and a halfpg: "General Sherman's Campaign--General Hooker's Escort Charging Through the Woods".
Great &…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 25, 1864  The front page shows: "Burning of the Steamer 'Berkshire' on the Hudson River...." as well as prints of: "Governor Andrew Johnson of Tennessee" and "The Late Joshua R. Giddings". Pages 2 and 3 have much text on the Civil War.
Other prints within include: "Grant's Great Campaign--Stevens's Battery at Cold Harbor" "Grant's Great Campaign--the New York 14th Heavy Artillery Crossing Chesterfield Bridge on the North Anna, Under a Heavy Fire" "Grant's Great…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 18, 1864  The front page is taken up with 3 prints: "Porter's Gunboats Passing the Dam in the Red River, Near Alexandria" and 2 scenes of: "Rebel Cruelty--Our Starved Soldiers" which has a related article on page 3 & an editorial: "Further Proofs of Rebel Inhumanity".
Other prints within include: "The Campaign in Georgia--Charge of Logan's Troops at the Battle of Resaca" "...Robinson's Brigade of Hooker's Corps Saving the Fifth Indiana Battery" "Geary's…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 11, 1864  Inside has a great full page illustration of: "President Lincoln & His Secretaries" which is a nice full-figure view of Lincoln. Other prints include: "Great Central Fair Buildings, Logan Square, Philadelphia" "General Gouverneur K. Warren" "General Horatio Gates Wright" "Belle Plain, Virginia--General Grant's Late Base of Supplies" "Army of the Potomac--General Warren Rallying the Marylanders" "Spottsylvania Court House, Virginia" 'Batteries on…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 4, 1864  The full front page is a very nice print of: "Major-General William T. Sherman". Other prints within include a full page: Major-General Wadsworth Fighting in the Wilderness", and other prints of: "...Our Wounded Escaping from the Fires in the Wilderness" "Army of the Potomac--Scene of General Sedgwick's Death" "General Wright's Corps running in 1200 Rebel Prisoners" "Generals Hancock & Wright Fighting For the Enemy's Riflepits" "Sherman's…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 28, 1864  The full front page is taken up with a nice print of: "Major-General Winfield Scott Hancock". There is much reporting on the war with articles: "Our Armies" "The Dead Heroes" "The Army of the Cumberland" "The Early Hopes of the Rebels" "The Army of the Potomac" "The Battles in the Wilderness" and much more.
The doublepage centerfold is by Winslow Homer: "Army of the Potomac - Sleeping On Their Arms".
Other prints include a full page of Ulysses S. Grant…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, News York, May 21, 1864  The full front pager is a print: "General Sherman's Advance--Buzzard's Roost Pass, Georgia". Inside has a full page: "Grand Musical Festival in Philadelphia In Aid of the Sanitary Commission"; a full page: "Map of Virginia showing the Military Operations of Generals Grant and Butler"as well as: "Map of Richmond, Virginia, Showing Its Defenses & Railroad Connections".
Other prints include: "Arrival of General Butler's Advance at City Point,…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 14, 1864  The full front page is a print: "Rebel Attack on Our Gunboats in the Red River". Other prints within include: "Views of the Great Aqueduct, Washington, District of Columbia" which has 9 vignettes; "Major-General Philip Henry Sheridan" "General Thomas E. Greenfield Ransom" "Shakespeare and Schiller"; full page prints: "The Pet Parrott on the U.S. Steamer 'Richmond' In a Storm" and: "Union Refugees in the Swamps of Louisiana" as well as: "Foraging in…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 7, 1864  The full front page is a print: "Union Scouts In Louisiana". Inside has a very notable full page print: "Negroes Escaping Out of Slavery" as well as "Stock Gambling at Gallagher's Evening Exchange" and "Repulse of the Rebels at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana". Other prints include: "Freedman's Village, Arlington, Virginia" and scenes of "The Great Lake Tunnel at Chicago". Also: "Brigadier-General David Gregg" "Adj. General Lorenzo Thomas" "The Shakespeare…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 30, 1864  The front page shows a group of officers making a toast, along with a poem concerning the third anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War. Prints within include: "In The Fair" "Admiral Porter's Flotilla" "the Steam Ram 'Switzerland". Some articles include: "Sketches of the Red River Expedition" "The Massacre at Fort Pillow" "The War In Georgia" "The Spirit of the Campaign" "The Waste of War" "the Military Situation" and more.
Other prints…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 23, 1864  The full front page is a print: "Ladies In Attendance in Regulation Costume at the Metropolitan Fair". Most prints within relate to the Fair, including: "War Dance--Indian Department" "Book Dept." "Boat-Builders' Dept." "Department of Arms & Trophies" "Army & Navy Swords" "Sword Surrendered by General Burgoyne to General Gates". Also a full page: "International Dept. of the Metropolitan Fair" & also: "The Metropolitan Fair--The Children's Dept., Union…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 16, 1864  The full front page is a print: "Floral Department of the Great Fair". Other full page prints within are: "Picture Gallery of the Fair, 14th Street Building" & "The Fire Department in the Fair" "New Jersey Department of the Metropolitan Fair". Also prints of: "Brigadier-General Andrew Jackson Smith" & "The Late Hon. Owen Lovejoy" and: "Grand Opening of the Metropolitan Fair. The doublepage centerfold is: "Grand Hall of the Fair Building, Fourteenth…