Harper's Weekly, May 4, 1861

Front page illustration of the House Tops in Charleston, S.C., during the Bombardment of Fort Sumter. Other illustrations: The Heroes of Fort Sumter, Major Robert Anderson and his Officers. Full page map showing the theatre of War in Maryland and Virginia. The Great Meeting in Union Square, N.Y. Supporting the Government. Harper's Ferry, Virginia. Massachusetts Volunteers; The Boston Regiments Embarking for Washington in the Jersey City Cars. First Blood; The 6th Massachusetts Regiment Fighting Their Wat Through Baltimore, April 19, 1861. The Seventh N.Y....  

Harper's Weekly, November 26, 1864

Front page illustration of the captured Rebel Privateer, the Florida. Portraits of Captain Napoleon Collins and Captain C.M. Morris. Other illustrations: Before Petersburg; Fortifications on the Weldon Railroad. A view of the Weldon Railroad. Reinforcements going to the front. Mounted infantry punishment. The case of a blockade runner. Full page map of the field of operations of Generals' Grant and Sherman, and Admiral Farragut. Portraits of Major General Gershom Mott, W.W. Wood, Chief Engineer, U.S. Navy. The home of President Lincoln, in Springfield,...  

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,...  

Harper's Weekly, July 8, 1865

Front page illustration of Peace, on the Fourth of July, 1865. Other illustrations: Portraits of the Late Luther C. Ladd and Addison O. Whitney, 6th Massachusetts Infantry, who were killed by a citizen mob in Baltimore on April 19, 1861, as the first troops President Lincoln had called for were passing through that city on their way to Washington. Dedication of the Monument in Memory of Ladd and Whitney, Lowell, Mass. Full centerfold with several vignettes showing Peace, July 4, 1865 with soldiers returning home to their families, etc. The Ruins in the...  

Harper's Weekly, April 15, 1865

Front page illustrations of General E.R.S. Canby, plus General U.S. Grant's headquarters at City Point, Va. Other illustrations: General Wade Hampton's mansion in Columbia, S.C. General Wade Hampton's garden. Colonel Wells crossing the North Edisto River, S.C. General Sherman & staff crossing the Broad River, S.C. The battle at Black River, near Averysborough, N.C. General Logan's Corps crossing the Saluda River, above Columbia, S.C. Final charge of 9th Corps and recapture of Fort Stedman. The Rebel attack on Fort Stedman. Rebel prisoners coming into...  

Harper's Weekly, November 25, 1865

Execution of Captain Henry Wirz, Commandant of Andersonville Prison

Front page illustrations of the home where General U.S. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio, and Dedication to the Monument for Fallen Civil War Heroes of Erie County, at Girard, Pa. Other illustrations: Execution of Captain Henry Wirz, the Andersonville Commandant; adjusting the rope around his neck on the scaffold; lowering the body; members of the press awaiting the execution of Wirz; Old Capitol Prison where the execution took place. Individual portraits of the...  

Harper's Weekly, September 16, 1865

Front page illustration of the trial of Andersonville Commandant, Henry Wirz, at Washington, D.C. Other illustrations: the Mass Meeting held at Richmond, Va. Our Baby Show; a collage of images from Alexander Gardner. The centerfold of the paper has a dozen various scenes from Andersonville Prison. Portraits of Major General Robert B. Potter, and Major General John G. Parke, and more. Light age toning and edge wear. Very desirable Andersonville Prison related issue.
 

Harper's Weekly, January 28, 1865

Front page illustrations of General Henry W. Slocum, Postmaster General William Dennison and the monitor, Dictator. Other illustrations: Union sailors relaxing between decks. New Year's day in Savannah, Ga., General Sherman's reception. Christmas Day in Savannah, General Sherman's Christmas dinner. Bombardment of the fortifications on Federal Point during the embarkation of General Butler's Army. Landing of General Butler's Army. The Late Edward Everett. The Howlett House Battery. Paris fashions for 1865. The new water works at Chicago, Ill., and more....  

Harper's Weekly, December 31, 1864

Front page illustration of children celebrating Christmas Morning with their new toys. Other illustrations include: General Warren's Raid, The 5th Corps Tearing Up the Weldon Railroad. Destruction of Water Tanks at Jarret's Station, Weldon R.R. Soldier's Making a Greek Cross Out of Heated Railroad Ties. Chase and Capture of the Blockade Runner Armstrong by Federal Gunboats. Nashville and its Fortifications. Admiral Porter's Fleet Leaving Fortress Monroe. Paris Fashions for December 1864. Map of Nashville, Tenn. Map of the Field of Gen. Sherman's...  

Harper's Weekly, October 26, 1861

Front page illustrations of a night reconnoissance on the Potomac, and Lieutenant Braine, U.S. Navy, Commander of the U.S.S. Monticello. Other illustrations: Grand cavalry and artillery review at Washington. The U.S.S. Monticello shelling the Rebels near Hatteras. Camp of the 6th Regiment New York Volunteers, Wilson's Zouaves, on Santa Rosa Island, Florida. The war balloon at General McDowell's headquarters departing for a reconnoissance. General Fremont's camp near Jefferson City, Mo. Our new gunboats. Merchant steamers converted into gunboats. Maps of...  

Harper's Weekly, October 12, 1861

Front page illustrations of Union General Samuel D. Sturgis and Confederate General Sterling Price, and The Burning of the Privateer Judith at Pensacola, Florida. Other illustrations: Major General Fremont and staff, Camp Benton, St. Louis, Mo. Charge of the Irish Regiment of Colonel Mulligan over the breastworks at Lexington, Mo. Burning the Pensacola Dry Dock, off Fort Pickens, Fla. The gunboat New Era, St. Louis, Mo. Building pontoons on the Mississippi. The city of Maysville, Ky. Camp of General Rosseau's Brigade, near Muldraugh's Hill, Ky. Full...  

Harper's Weekly, December 16, 1865

Front page illustration of The Bible and the Monk. Other illustrations: The Catacombs of Paris. A Visit to the Gallery of Bones. Shipwreck of the Schooner Enigma. The British Pirate Ship Shenandoah in the Mersey River, Liverpool. The Grand Drive Through Central Park, N.Y. (full double page centerfold). General J.W. Lamothe. Elizabeth Street, Brownsville, Texas. Captain Waddy Arresting Gonzales. Jose Gonzales in Chains. Francisco Genez Y Salvador Alias Pellicer, and more. Light edge wear.