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THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York City, November 12, 1862

* General George McClellan's army farewell address

This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration. Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "McCLELLAN'S FAREWELL", "His Address to the Army of the Potomac", "Closing Scenes On The Field", "Grand Ovation to Their Late Commander" and more.  Complete in twelve pages. This issue is not fragile as newsprint from this era…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, September 21, 1861  The full front page shows: "The Army Forge".  Inside has several half page prints including: "Hqts. of Major-General Fremont's Bodyguard at St. Louis, Missouri" "Camp Blood Near Pilot Knob, Missouri" "Gallant Exploit of Aid-de-camp Fiske at the Bombardment of Fort Hatteras" "View of Fort Hatteras Just Before the Surrender--Col.  Weber's Force Under the Walls" and "Fort Clark, At Hatteras Inlet (Interior)" "Fort Hatteras (Interior)" and "Interior…

NEW YORK HERALD, Jan. 15, 1864  Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC" "Reported Raid of Stuart's Rebel Cavalry to Leesburg" "M'CLELLANS REPORT" "Objects of War" "What His Plans Were as General-in-Chief" and more. (see)
Eight pages, some minor margin tears, nice condition.

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"…

RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Sept. 3, 1864 

* General George McClellan
* Presidential nomination
* Rare Confederate title

Not only a very nice newspaper from the Confederacy, but from its capital as well. The ftpg. has: "The War News with several subheads from various fields of operation: "From Atlanta" "From Mobile" "From Louisiana" and "From Charleston". Also on the ftpg: "Retaliation" and "The Battle of Reams" "City Intelligence" and a couple of items with small heads: "Life in the…

NEW YORK HERALD, November 12, 1862 

* General George B. McClellan 
* Farewell address to his troops 

Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "McClellan's Farewell", "His Address to the Army of the Potomac", "Affectionate Adieu to His Troops" and "Grand Ovation to Their Late Commander" with his address printed here & signed in type: Geo. B. McClellan (see photos). Also: "Burnside's Army", "Progress of The Advance", "Brilliant Skirmishes with the Enemy on the…

THE WORLD, New York, Aug. 11, 1864  

* General George McClellan
* Presidential nomination
* vs. Abraham Lincoln

Formatted very much like its competitors, the Times, Tribune & Herald. First column Civil War heads include: "The McClellan Furore" "Union Square in a; Blaze of Glory" "Metropolitan Honors to 'Little Mac' " "Gen. Geo. B. McClellan Nominated for the Presidency" "What The Ladies Think of the Hero of Antietam" and much more.
Eight pages, nice condition.

THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 7, 1862

* George McClellan address to his soldiers
* Post Seven Days Battles...  Booneville, Mississippi

This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration.

Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are:"M'CLELLAN ON THE PENINSULA" "Brilliant Address to His Army on the Birthday of the Nation" "Honor To The Army Of the Potomac" "The Rebel Capital Shall be Captured" "FROM GENERAL HALLACK'S ARMY"…

UNITED STATES ARMY AND NAVY JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT, New York, February 20 and 27, 1864  and the "regular" issue of February 27, 1864 

* General George McClellan's report : 3 issue lot 

This is a group of 3 issues, each of the Supplements filled with the: "Report of Major-General George B. McClellan...(from) July 26, 1861 to November 7, 1862" and concluding in the regular issue of Feb. 27 (see for portions). A fascinating and exceedingly detailed report on the Army of the Potomac from the…

UNITED STATES ARMY AND NAVY JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT, New York, Feb. 20 and 27, 1864 and the "regular" issue of Feb. 27, 1864

* General George McClellan official reports

This is a group of 3 issues, each of the Supplements filled with the: "Report of Major-General George B. McClellan...(from) July 26, 1861 to November 7, 1862" and concluding in the regular issue of Feb. 27 (see for portions). A fascinating and exceedingly detailed report on the Army of the Potomac from the early part of the…

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, January 25, 1862  This issue features a nice full front page print: 'Little Mac Out Again' which shows McClellan on horseback. Inside includes a full page with two prints: 'Fort Holt, Kentucky, Opposite Cairo' and 'Commodore Foote's Gun-Boat Flotilla on the Mississippi'. A full page: "Bird's-eye View of the Vessels Composing the Burnside Expedition at Fortress Monroe, and Showing Norfolk and Its Approaches"; and a half page: "Map Showing Pamlico and Albemarle Sounds,…

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…

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Sept. 9, 1864  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War: "General Grant's Preparations" "We Are On The Eve Of Battle" "Early Has Reinforced Lee" "Probable Attack From the Rebels" "Our Men Are Ready For Them" and more.
Additional reports inside including: "The Rebels Near the Last Ditch" which includes a letter signed in type: U. S. Grant; "Robbing the Cradle & the Grave For Men" "Peace Without Submission Would Enslave the North". Also content on General McClellan…

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, Sept. 9, 1864  Among the front page column heads on the Civil War: "General Grant's Preparations" "We Are On The Eve Of Battle" "Early Has Reinforced Lee" "Probable Attack From the Rebels" "Our Men Are Ready For Them" and more.
Additional reports inside including: "The Rebels Near the Last Ditch" which includes a letter signed in type: U. S. Grant; "Robbing the Cradle & the Grave For Men" "Peace Without Submission Would Enslave the North". Also content on General McClellan…

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Oct. 31, 1862 

* From the capital of the Confederacy 
* Major General Joseph Hooker letter
* Official account pf the Battle of Glendale

Not just a newspaper from the Confederates States, but from the capital of the Confederacy. The front page includes: "Confederate & State Authority" "Killed At Pocotaligo" "Southern Items" "The Courts" "City Intelligence" "The Way Whiskey is Smuggled Into Richmond" and several Acts from the Confederate Congress.
The…

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Feb. 17, 1862 

* From the capital of the Confederacy

A nice newspaper from the capital of the Confederacy, with war reports from the Confederate perspective. The front page includes: "A Lay Sermon "Traitors In Western Virginia" "Notes Of The War" which includes: "General McClellan Must Advance--Death of General Zollicoffer--How He Was Killed--How His Body Was treated--Arms of the Confederates..." and other smaller items.
Inside pages include: "The Late…

NEW YORK HERALD, July 11, 1862  

* President Abraham Lincoln
* Army of the Potomac visit
* General George B. McClellan

Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "McClellan's Army" "The Reception of the President In Camp" "Splendid Military Review by Moonlight" "Honest 'Old Age' Spends a Night Among the Troops" "The Well Fought Battles to be Inscribed on the Regimental Colors".
Page 4 has a nice, detailed account of: "The Visit of President Lincoln to the Headquarters of…

NEW YORK HERALD, May 13, 1862 

* Bottoms Bridge - Chickahominy River
* General George B. McClellan

The front page is dominated by a nice, detailed Civil War map headed: "THE BATTLE FIELD IN VIRGINIA - The Area of General McClellan's Operations--Bottom's Bridge on the Chickahominy." Column heads as well including: "State of Things In Richmond" "Starvation Prices in the Rebel Capital" "The City Panic Stricken" "The Fate of Richmond Depending on the Merrimac" and more.
Page 2 contains a…

BROUGHTON'S MONTHLY PLANET READER AND ASTROLOGICAL JOURNAL, Philadelphia, Jan., 1862 

* Uncommon title - General George McClellan
* Astrology - Horoscope

A fascinating and very unusual newspaper of small-size themed on predicting what would happen in the future as well as astrology and phrenology. The "science" of phrenology believed that a person's intelligence & personality were a factor of the shape of their skull.
The ftpg. has: "The Nativity of Gen. George B. McClellan" which is…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, November 22, 1862  The full front page shows: "Hon. Horatio Seymour, Governor-Elect of the State of New York". Prints inside include: "General McClellan Surrendering the Command of the Army of the Potomac to General Burnside" "View from Maryland Heights at Sunrise" "The Army of the Potomac--General Pleasanton's Cavalry Deployed as Skirmishers" and "The Army of the Potomac--Scouting in Loudon Valley".
The doublepage centerfold is captioned: "The Army of the Ohio on…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 21, 1862  The entire front page is taken up with 3 prints captioned: "Corinth, Mississippi, Now in Possession of Our Troops" which includes "Beauregard's Head-Quarters".
Among the prints inside are a full page: "Advance-guard of Major-General Pope's Army Entering Corinth..."; a full pg: "...The Rebels Evacuating Mechanicsville Under the Fire of Union Batteries"; a full pg. with 2 prints: "Rendezvous of Our Fleet in James River, Off City Point" & "...General…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Aug. 3, 1861  The front page features two prints on the Civil War, captioned: "The Death of the Rebel General Garnett, at the Battle of Laurel Hill" and "Bringing in the Misses Scott as Prisoners to Fall's Church, Va." with a related article.
Inside includes a print of "Major-General McClellan", a nearly half pg: "Presentation of a Flag to the Webster Regiment, Boston...", a nearly half pg: "The Attack on the Second Mate" which includes an African-American; small…

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 7, 1862 

* Gen. George B. McClellan
* Post Seven Days Battles
* Battle of Malvern Hill

Among the front page one column heads on the Civil War are: "Another Victory on the Mississippi" "Capture of Vicksburg" "The City Greatly Damaged" "It is to Be Utterly Destroyed" "From General McClellan's Army" "His Address to His Troops" with the full text printed here; "the Great Fight of Tuesday" "24 Rebel Guns Captured" "Rebel Reports of the Battles" and more. Inside page…

THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 8, 1862

* Post Seven Days Battles
* General George McClellan

This is a genuine Civil War newspaper from Abraham Lincoln's administration with one column headlines which include: "M'CLELLAN'S ARMY", "Skirmish with and Defeat of the Rebels on Friday", "One Thousand Prisoners and Three Batteries Captured", "THE OPERATIONS NEAR JAMES RIVER", "The Confidence of the Troops in Gen. McClellan Increasing", "The Rebel Loss Estimated at Seventy-five Thousand Men" and…

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, July 5, 1862 

* Seven Days' Battles
* George. B. McClellan

Among the front page column heads on the Civil War are: "From General McClellan's Army" "Rebel Account of Monday's Fighting" "A Most Terrible Conflict" "The Rebel Loss Immense" "They are Finally Obliged to Retire" "Cheering Along the Whole Yankee Line" "The Rebels Acknowledge a Loss of 3,000 in One Division on Friday" "The Enemy Again Badly Beaten" and more.
Eight pages, nice condition.

THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 12, 1862 

* Post Seven Days Battles 
* General George McClellan 

This is a genuine Civil War newspaper from Abraham Lincoln's administration with one column headlines which include: "NEWS FROM M'CLELLAN", "Heavy Cannonading Up the James River on Thursday", "Despatch from Gen. McClellan Stating the the Enemy has Retreated", "Probable Attack and Repulse of the Rebels", "News From Gen. Pope's Command", and more.

The issue is complete in eight pages. It is not…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, April 5, 1862  The full front page shows: "The Rebel Steamer 'Nashville' Running the Blockade at Beaufort, North Carolina". Other prints inside include: "Bird's-Eye View of the Attack on the Rebel Batteries on & Near Island Number Ten By Commodore Foote's Flotilla" "Bombardment of Island Number Ten by the Mortar Fleet"; a full page: "Birds-Eye View of the Course of the Mississippi & the Seat of War in Tennessee & the Vicinity" "Camp Douglas, Near Chicago, Where 7000…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, August 2, 1862  The entire front page is a print showing African-Americans: "Cutting the Canal Opposite Vicksburg".  Inside prints include: "View of The City of Vicksburg, Mississippi" "The City of Huntsville, Alabama" "The Battles Before Richmond--Ayers's Artillery (Smith's Division) Keeping the Rebels in Check at White Oak Swamp" "Major-General Dix" "Brigadier-General Couch" "Capture of the Rebel Gun-Boat 'Teaser' in the James River" "Rebel Batteries at Fort…

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's House, Formerly General McClellan's Headquarters--Franklin's Corps Falling Back" "Bayonet Charge of the Second Excelsior Regiment, Colonel Hall at the Battle…

THE NEW YORK HERALD, July 6, 1862

* 3 Civil War diagrams
* General George McClellan
* Vicksburg, MIssissippi

The front page features 3 graphics, they being diagrams of the fields of battle, with first column heads including: "IMPORTANT FROM M'CLELLAN" "The Great Union Victories of Monday & Tuesday" "Terrible Loss Among the Rebel Troops" "The Morale of M'Clellan's Army" "The Very Latest" and more.

Eight pages, a bit irregular at the spine, generally in very nice condition.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 7, 1862  The front page shows: "Brigadier-General Stoneman" and "Cold Harbor, Nine Miles From Richmond, Va., Near General M'Clellan's Head-Quarters". Other prints inside include: "Our Army In the Southwest" with 5 scenes; two halfpg. scenes: "Corduroying Roads to Corinth" and "General Buell's Army Crossing Lick Creek on the Way to Corinth"; a full page: "The General Hospital at Fortress Monroe" showing 7 scenes; half page: "The Army of the Potomac--Our Outlying…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, October 4, 1862  Page 3 contains the complete and historically significant printing of the Emancipation Proclamation signed in type by the President: Abraham Lincoln, & headed: "The Abolition of Slavery--A Proclamation". There is also a nice page 2 editorial concerning the Emancipation Proclamation headed: "Slavery Practically Abolished" which takes 1 1/2 columns.
Also within the issue is a nice full ftpg: "General McClellan Entering Frederick, Maryland"; nice…

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…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Oct. 5, 1861  The full front page is taken up with: "The New Hampshire Sharp-Shooters - The Telescopic Rifle" which has 6 prints of the "Berdan Sharpshooters at Weehawen" led by Capt. A. B. Jones.
Other prints inside include: "The Men-of-War in Our Harbor" "Munson's Hill, the Advanced Post of the Rebel Army on the Potomac" "Bailey's Cross Roads Advanced Post of the United States Army  Opposite Munson's Hill" "United States Mississippi Gunboats being Built at…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Nov. 9, 1861 (See Note Below - excludes multi-panel map)   The front page has a print of an: "Attack Upon the Camp of the Sixth Regiment New York Volunteers (Wilson's Zouaves), On Santa Rosa Island" as well as a print of: "Captain S. F. Dupont, Commanding the Great Naval Expedition".
Other prints inside include: "Our Army at Edwards' Ferry on the Potomac, Opposite Leesburg" "The Valley of the Shenandoah, Virginia" "Presentation of Colors to General Viele's Brigade…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 15, 1861  Most of the front page is a three-part print captioned: "Secessionist Prisoner Captured at Alexandria--The Marshall House at Alexandria" with some front page text headed: "The Murder of Ellsworth".
Three-quarters of a page shows: "Company of Secession Cavalry Surrendering to Colonel Wilcox of the First Michigan Regiment, in Front of the Slave Pen at Alexandria, Virginia". Other prints include: "General Bragg's Camp as Seen from Fort Pickens" and…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 3, 1862 The full front page is taken up with 11 photos of: "The Heroes Of The Battle of Pittsburg Landing." showing U.S. Grant and Buell among others. Inside has a full page with 3 prints: "General Buell's Army Crossing Duck River, at Columbia, Tennessee, to Reinforce General Grant" and a full page with 7 prints of: "The Second Trip of the 'Merrimac'--Scenes at and Around Fortress Monroe" with related text; a full page: "Map of Yorktown and the Vicinity, Showing…

ARMY & NAVY JOURNAL, New York, Aug. 5, 1865  Obviously a military-themed publication so a nice title for Civil War content, even for reports from shortly after the end of the war.
The front page report, in part, reflects upon events of just one year prior noting: "...This week a year ago our columns were laden to repletion with accounts of the Burnside Mine, or the tremendous Hood and Sherman battles around Atlanta, & of the astonishing &, it must be owned, to us extremely discreditable raid…

DAILY RICHMOND EXAMINER, Virginia, Aug. 12, 1862 

* From the capital of the Confederacy

 Not just a newspaper from the Confederate, but from the capital of the Confederate states. The front page has: "Important From the North--Call For 600,000 More Men--A Draft to Be Immediately made" "From Culpeper" "From The South Side" "Changing His Base" with the bulk of the front page taken up with a lengthy list of Acts of the Confederate Congress, many relating to the Civil War.
The back page…

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER, Aug. 2, 1861  Among the front page first column heads on the Civil War are: "THE REBELLION" "General McClellan's Position" "The Death of Filibuster General Wheat" "From General Rosecranz's Division" "A 'Wise' Retreat of a Rebel Leader" "The Kanawha Valley Free From Rebels" & more.
Eight pages, some foxing near the central fold, generally nice condition.

THE NEW YORK HERALD, New York, May 8, 1862 

* New Orleans, Louisiana
* Battle of Williamsburg, VA

This Genuine newspaper has a Wealth of Civil War reporting from during Abraham Lincoln's administration.

Among the one column headlines on the Civil War are: "The Capture Of New Orleans", "Progress of Operations to the 26th Ult.", "Fort Jackson In Flames", "McCLELLAN'S VICTORY", "The Desperate Struggle On Monday", "Arrival of General McClellan on the Field", "THE RESULT", "Williamsburg…

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, June 14, 1862  Perhaps the most notable print (with related text) is that of: "Robert Smalls, Captain of the Gun Boat 'Planter' " which includes a related article as well.  As Wikipedia notes, Robert Smalls was an enslaved African American who freed himself, his crew and their families from slavery by commandeering a Confederate transport ship, CSS Planter, in Charleston harbor, and sailing it from Confederate controlled waters to the U.S. blockade. His example and…

NEW YORK TRIBUNE, May 21, 1862  The front page features a large and very detailed Civil War map headed: "THE SEAT OF WAR IN EASTERN VIRGINIA". Among the ftpg. column heads are: "From General McClellan's Army" "Only Ten Miles To Richmond" "The Rebel Pickets Driven In" "The Enemy's Army Within Two Miles" "The Gunboat Expedition Up James River" and more.
More Civil War reporting inside. Eight pages, very nice condition.

BOSTON DAILY COURIER, June 17, 1864  See the photo for the front page one column headlines on the graduation at West Point, where General McClellan was the speaker. This lengthy text takes over 2 columns.
You get the complete, 4 page issue, some tears at the margins, and browning at folds, generally nice. Civil War content as well.