Harper's Weekly Illustrated Newspapers

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, JUNE 10, 1865

Front page illustration of the Grand Review at Washington; General Meade and Staff Passing the Principal Reviewing Stand. Other illustrations: Grand Review at Washington; Public School Children Greeting the Soldiers From the Steps of the Capitol. Sheridan's Cavalry Passing Down Capitol Hill Towards Pennsylvania Ave. Sheridan's Cavalry Passing Through Pennsylvania Ave. General Sherman's Veterans Marching Through Pennsylvania Ave. Sherman's Veterans Crossing Long Bridge. Jefferson Davis's Cell at Fort Monroe. Abraham Lincoln, Our Martyred President....  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, MAY 27, 1865

Lincoln Assassination issue!

Front page illustration of Lewis Payne, The Assassin. Front page stories of Lewis Payne, and the capture of Jeff Davis. Other illustrations: President Lincoln's Funeral Procession In Chicago, Illinois. President Lincoln's Funeral Catafalque In The City Hall, Springfield, Ill. President Lincoln's Funeral, Burial Service At Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield, Ill. Charge of the Ninth Corps On Fort Mahone, Va., April 3, 1865. The Fight Before Mobile, Storming Of Fort Blakely, April 9, 1865. The Gun Boat Genesee. James...  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, NOVEMBER 14, 1863

Front page illustration of Adjutant General Lorenzo Thomas Addressing Negro Troops in Louisiana. Other illustrations: Lookout Mountain, Tenn. The Rebels Shelling Our Camps. The Army of the Potomac. Scene of a Cavalry Skirmish With General Stuart. Building the Dunderberg, the Greatest Man-Of-War in the World. Portrait of the late General Lytle Killed at Chickamauga. Portrait of the Reverend Henry Ward Beecher, and more. Light age toning and wear.

HARPER'S WEEKLY, OCTOBER 15, 1864

Front page illustration of General Henry J. Hunt, Chief of Artillery and Major Duane, Chief Engineer, Army of the Potomac. Other illustrations: the 6th Corps in action on the Opequan. General Jubal A. Early's Army falling back on Winchester. Individual portraits of Generals' David B. Birney, E.O.C. Ord, George Crook and Alfred T.A. Torbert. Full double centerfold titled The Chicago Platform. Rebels moving south from Atlanta. View of the Railroad Depot at Atlanta. Sally Port at Fort Morgan, Mobile, Ala. Portrait of General Richard J. Oglesby, and more....  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, JUNE 14, 1862

Front page illustration of the Flagship Hartford being attacked by the Rebel Ram Manassas in the Mississippi River. Other illustrations: Portrait of Escaped Slave Robert Smalls. The Steamer Planter run out of Charleston, S.C. by Robert Smalls. Feeding the negro children under charge of the military authorities at Hilton Head, S.C. Union troops with shovels marching into the trenches before Richmond. The Confederate Military Prison at Salisbury, N.C. Release of Union prisoners at Salisbury, N.C. Full centerfold with 6 vignettes drawn by Winslow Homer. The...  

HARPER'S WEEKLY, OCTOBER 7, 1865

Front page illustration of The Naval Festival at Portsmouth, England. Other illustrations: portraits of Union Generals' Henry W. Slocum, Francis C. Barlow and the late Alexander Schimmelfenning. The National Horse Fair at Springfield, IL. Portrait of the late Thomas Wildey, founder of Odd Fellowship in America, plus his monument. The 36th Annual Fair of the American Institute at the Armory of the 2nd Regiment, 14th Street, N.Y. Full page illustration of the Grounds at Andersonville Prison, Ga. where there are buried 14,000 Union soldiers who died in...  

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

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 "Champion Nine," of the Atlantic Baseball Club of Brooklyn, N.Y. Excursion to...  

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, FEBRUARY 20, 1864

Front page illustration of General Grant crossing the Cumberland Mountains. Other illustrations: The Negro sentinel shooting the Guerrilla Burroughs. Railroad accident in Kentucky. Military Ball of the 3rd Corps, Army of the Potomac. Full centerfold with numerous vignettes celebrating St. Valentine's Day 1864. The new Rebel ram at Mobile. Scenes in and around Richmond Jail, Columbia, South Carolina. Fort Fisher commanding the entrance to Cape Fear River, North Carolina. The destruction by fire of Colt's Arsenal, Hartford, Conn., and more. Light age toning...