HARPER'S WEEKLY, APRIL 16, 1864

Front page illustration of the Floral Department at the Great Metropolitan Fair, New York. Other illustrations: the Picture Gallery at the Great Fair, 14th Street Building, New York. The New York Fire Department in the Fair. Grand Hall of the Fair Building, 14th Street. The New Jersey Department at the Metropolitan Fair. Grand Opening of the Metropolitan Fair. Portraits of the Late Owen Lovejoy and General Andrew Jackson Smith. There are 5 tiny holes at the left edge of the paper where it was once bound. Binding remnants at extreme edge. Light age toning....  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, OCTOBER 22, 1864

Front page illustration of General Benjamin F. Butler in front of his tent. Other illustrations: the Battle of Chapin's Farm, Va. The Rebel Assault and Attempt to Recapture Fort Harrison. Charge of the 5th Corps on the Rebel Redoubt at Peebles Farm. Sheridan's Army on the March up the Shenandoah Valley. Portrait of General Godfrey Weitzel. Arrival of Recruits During the Fight at Peeble's Farm. Colonel Welch Leaping Into the Rebel Works. U.S. Sloop of War Lackawanna Ramming the Tennessee in Mobile Bay. General Granger's Army in the Rear of Fort Morgan, and...  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, MAY 21, 1864

Front page illustration of General Sherman's Advance at Buzzard's Roost Pass, Georgia. Other illustrations: Grand Musical Festival in Philadelphia in Aid of the Sanitary Commission. Departure of the Union Fleet From Newport News, Va. Arrival of General Butler's Advance at City Point, Va. Rebel Atrocities with numerous individual vignettes such as Fort Wagner, Fort Pillow, Milliken's Bend, Negro Teamsters Tied to a Tree and Shot, General Forrest Shooting a Free Mulatto, Belle Island Prison, etc. Full page maps of Virginia Showing the Military Operations of...  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, AUGUST 20, 1864

Front page illustration of Col. Pleasant, 48th Pennsylvania Infantry, supervising the arrival of the powder to be used in the tunnel that resulted in the explosion at Petersburg, Va. and the battle of The Crater. Carrying the powder to the mine at Petersburg. General Hancock crossing the James River from Jones's Neck. Other illustrations: The Christian Commission in the field. General Grant's Campaign; Capture of four 24 pound Parrot guns by Miles's Brigade, Barlow's Division. The explosion of the mine and assault, Petersburg, Va. Three different views of...  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1864

Front page illustration of General William T. Sherman and his council of war. Other illustrations: portrait of the late General Daniel McCook. Capture of a Rebel wagon train by General McCook near Fayetteville, Ga. Nassau, the principal rendezvous of Confederate blockade runners. Full double page centerfold showing Admiral Farragut's fleet at the entrance of Mobile Bay. Portrait of Clement L. Vallandigham. Portrait of Mayor of New York City, Fernando Wood. View of Democratic Convention, Chicago, 1864, and more. Light age toning and wear. Some small edge...  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, NOVEMBER 5, 1864

Front page illustration of General Philip H. Sheridan on his famous ride to the front for the battle of Cedar Creek, Va., October 19, 1864. Other illustrations: Union refugees coming into the Federal lines. Adams Express Office at City Point, Va. on pay day. Paying Sheridan's Troops in the sutler's tent, Valley of the Shenandoah. General Butler's canal at Dutch Gap, Va. U.S. Military Railroad before Petersburg. Union soldiers building roads in front of Petersburg. Portrait of the late colonel Alexander Gardiner. The late residence of the Rebel Colonel...  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, OCTOBER 11, 1862

Front page illustrations of Picket Firing Across the Potomac River near Shepherdstown, and Flight of the Inhabitants of Sharpsburg at the Approach of the Rebels. Other illustrations: The 1st Maryland Battery in Action at Antietam. Burying the Rebel Dead After the Battle of Antietam. The Ladies of Hagerstown, Md. Ministering to Our Wounded Soldiers. General Kenly's Maryland Brigade Advancing to the Potomac. General Mansfield's Troops in Action at Antietam. Burning of the Mumma House and Barns at Antietam. Carrying off the Wounded After the Battle of...  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, MAY 20, 1865

Lincoln Assassination!

Front page illustrations of the Ruins of Garrett's barn and outhouses, near Port Royal, where Lincoln Assassin John Wilkes Booth was shot. The Garrett house where Booth died. Lincoln Conspirator David Herold's house near the Washington Navy Yard. Other illustrations: President Lincoln's Funeral; Building erected for the reception of his remains, at Cleveland, Ohio. The Catafalque at the City Hall, Chicago. Reception of the remains at Chicago, Ill. Fold out centerfold illustration by Thomas Nast titled Palm Sunday. The...  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, NOVEMBER 17, 1860

Front page illustration of Garibaldi. Other illustrations: Fort Moultrie, Sullivan's Island, Charleston Harbor. Portraits of favorite American horses. Training Day, Autumn 1860, and more. Very fine.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, NOVEMBER 12, 1864

Front page illustration of General George A. Custer Presenting Captured Confederate Battle Flags at the War Department, Washington, D.C. Other illustrations: General Sheridan's Wagon Trains in the Shenandoah Valley. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton and Secretary of the Treasury William P. Fessenden Visiting General Meade's Works in Front of Petersburg, Va. How the Copperheads Obtain Their Votes By Robbing Names From Tombstones in the Cemetery. Centerfold titled, "Election Day, The Veteran's Vote." General Butler's Headquarters, the Army of the...  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1872

Front page illustration of General John A. Dix and his famous General Orders; "If any man attempts to haul down the American Flag, shoot him on the spot. Excellent vignette of General Dix pointing to an American Flag with the motto, The Union Must and Shall be Preserved. Uncle Sam shouldering a musket stands beneath the flag with the U.S. Capitol and the White House in the background. Other illustrations: portraits of Presidents' Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson and Ulysses S. Grant. Andersonville Prison. New Uniforms of the United States Army....  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, OCTOBER 21, 1865

Front page illustrations of the Trial of Captain Henry Wirz, the Andersonville Jailer, and Lieutenant Tappan discovering Dr. Mudd in the hold of the Steamer Thomas A. Scott. Other illustrations: portrait of General Francis C. Barlow, of Gettysburg fame. Tent of the American Union Commission, Capitol Square, Richmond, Va. Don Pedro II, Emperor of Brazil. Donna Theresa, Empress of Brazil. Rio De Janeiro, capital of Brazil. Street characters of Brazil; parrot vender, negress carrying her young, fish monger, slave picking cotton, fruit girl, street porter,...