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July 09, 1864

LESLIE'S ILLUSTRATED NEWSPAPER, New York, July 9, 1864  The front page has a dramatic print captioned: "The Colored Infantry Bringing in the Captured Guns Amid the Cheers of the Ohio Troops".
The doublepage centerfold has 2 large prints: "The War In Virginia--The Forts & Breastworks Near Petersburg Stormed by the 18th Army Corps" and: "...the Army of the Potomac Crossing the James river Near Fort Powhatan, on Pontoons".
Other prints within include a one-third page of: "Lieutenant-General Longstreet"; a full page: "Our Summer Resorts--Union Hall, Saratoga Springs" with two more prints of Union Hall; halfpg: "The 22nd Colored Regiment, Duncan's Brigade, Carrying the First Line of Rebel Works Before Petersburg"; and a halfpg: "The 18th Corps Storming a Fort on the Right of the Rebel Line Before Petersburg".
Sixteen pages, some light foxing, good condition.

Item from Catalog 341 (released for April, 2024)

Category: Yankee