Harper's Weekly Illustrated Newspapers

Harper's Weekly, July 15, 1865

Front page illustration titled, "Rustic Courtship," which shows a young man gazing intently through an open window at a young lady as she washes clothes in a wash tub. Other illustrations: excellent full page view of Lieutenant General U.S. Grant and Staff which includes Generals Ingalls, Williams, Babcock and Rawlins, as well as Colonel Ely S. Parker, and several other officers. Portraits of General Peter J. Osterhaus and Admiral Louis M. Goldsborough. The U.S. Frigate Colorado, Flag Ship of Admiral Goldsborough. The double centerfold page is...  

Harper's Weekly, September 9, 1865

Front page illustration of young lady and young girl picking flowers titled, "In The Woods." Other illustrations: Lieutenant General Grant's reception at Galena, Illinois. View of the sidewalk which General Grant designed. The house presented to General Grant by the citizens of Galena. Ornaments presented to Mrs. Grant by Messrs. Brown & Spaulding, Jewelers and Silversmiths, N.Y. Full centerfold with numerous illustrations of the New York City Metropolitan Police including portraits of prominent officials. Portraits of Maximillian, Emperor of...  

Harper's Weekly, March 11, 1865

Front page illustrations of Issuing Rations of Whiskey & Quinine Before Petersburg, and Admiral Porter's Boats Removing Torpedoes And Buoying the Channel in Cape Fear River. Other illustrations include: View of Petersburg From the Signal Station. Exterior View of Hospital Tent. Interior View of Hospital Tent. Field Hospital, 9th Corps, Before Petersburg. Operating Room. Interior of a Hospital Ward. U.S. Arsenal at Harper's Ferry. General Stevenson's Hdqtrs. at Harper's Ferry. Junction of the Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers From the Heights Above Harper's...  

Harper's Weekly, August 3, 1861

Front page illustrations of 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. Other illustrations: Map of the Battle of Bull Run. Portrait of Major-General George B. McClellan. Presentation of a flag to the Webster Regiment, Boston, Mass., by Hon. Edward Everett, on behalf of the Ladies of Boston. The Schooner "S.J. Waring" recaptured from the pirates by the negro Wm. Tillman. The attack on the second mate. The Battle of Carthage, Mo. Graves of the Ohio...  

Harper's Weekly, April 13, 1861

Front page illustration of Mrs. General Gaines and Point Isabel, Texas with the Daniel Webster sailing with U.S. Troops onboard. Other illustrations: American Home Scenes; the Apple Cut, the Dance, Quilting, Husking Corn, the Breakdown and Raffling. View of the boat house and landing at Fort Pickens, Florida. Interior view of casemate at Fort Pickens. Numerous views of the fashions of 1800. Lincoln & Columbia, and more. Light edge wear and age toning.
 

Harper's Weekly, July 9, 1864

Front page illustrations of Capt. J. Henry Sleeper, 10th Massachusetts Battery and Sleeper's Battery inside the fortifications. Other illustrations: Transportation of Gen. Hancock's Corps across the James River at Wilcox's Landing. Portrait of the late Union Gen. Alexander Hays. Portrait of Union Gen. Francis C. Barlow. View on the Pamunkey River. Gen. Grant's campaign; Landing of cattle for the use of the army. Map of Gen. Grant's campaign in Va. Gen. Grant's Council of War at Massaponax Church, Va. Big Shanty Station, Ga. Gen. Sherman's campaign;...  

Harper's Weekly, November 24, 1860

Front page illustrations of the Tomb of John C. Calhoun in St. Philip's Church Yard, Charleston, S.C., plus the Palmetto Flag, The Palmetto Cockade, and The Old Powder Magazine on Cumberland St. Other illustrations: Charles Dickens, Memories of the Union; Sergeant Jasper raising the South Carolina flag on Spring Hill Redoubt, Savannah, October 9, 1779. Execution of Nathan Hale on the site of East Broadway, corner of Market Street, New York, Sept. 21, 1776. The explosion of the propellor Globe at Chicago, and more. Light age toning and wear. Some small...  

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, 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....