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The Alabama delegation secedes from the Union...
The Alabama delegation secedes from the Union...
Item # 695406
February 09, 1861
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, Feb. 9, 1861
* Alabama delegation in U.S. Congress prints
* Secession from the Union - pre-Civil War
The full front page is a print of: "The Seceding Alabama Delegation In Congress" showing nine men. Text on the men takes over half of page 2.
Other prints within include: "Captain J. G. Foster, Engineer Corps U.S.A., On Duty at Fort Sumter" "Arrival of the United States Steam Sloop 'Niagara' At Jeddo, Japan, with the Japanese Ambassadors on Board..." "The Old Indian Agency at Des Moines, Iowa"; a half page map of: "The Harbor of Pensacola, Florida, Showing the Forts, Navy Yard, etc." "The City of Montgomery, Alabama, Showing the State House Where the Congress of the Southern Confederacy Meets on February 4, 1861" "Interior of Fortress Monroe, Virginia" "The City of Vicksburg, Mississippi, Where the Battery Was Raised to Stop Passing Vessels" "The New Iron-plated Warship 'Warrior' As She Will Be..." "The New Iron-plated Warship 'La Gloire' As She Will Be."
There is also a serialized portion of "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens. Most of the back page is taken up with 5 cartoons headed: "The North And The South".
Sixteen pages, in uncommonly nice condition.
AI notes: The February 9, 1861 issue of Harper’s Weekly reported on Alabama’s recent secession and the withdrawal of its congressional delegation from Washington. It described the empty seats left by the departing Southern members and highlighted Alabama’s role in the formation of the Confederate States of America, which had just been established in Montgomery. The article captured the seriousness of the secession crisis and the mounting tensions between North and South.
Category: The Civil War
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