Harper's Weekly - Feb. 22, 1862 - Civil War Issue w/ nice woodcut illustrations
| Cartographer: | Harpers |
| Full Title: | "Harper's Weekly A Journal of Civilization New York, Saturday, Feb. 22, 1862" |
| Published: | New York - 1862 |
"Why the Army of the Potomac Doesn't Move"
Harper's
Weekly Vol. 6 - No. 270, Saturday, Feb 22, 1862
Issue is c. 11" W x 16" H sheet. New York: Harpers, 1862
Harper's Weekly Vol. 6 - No. 269, Saturday, February 22, 1862, VG+, mostly clean
and fresh condition.
Front cover wood-cut portrait of Commodore Foote above a half page illustration of the "Gun-Deck of the Mississippi Gun-Boats Engaged in the Attack on Fort Henry". Included in this issue: portraits of Lord Lyons, the British Minister to Washington, M. Mercier, the French Minister to Washington, Baron Stoeckel, Russian Minister to Washington, Baron Von Gerolt, Prussian Minister to Washington, a full page illustration depicting "The Prisons and Jailers at Richmond", a nice inset "Map of the Theatre of the War in Western Tennessee", a wonderful birds-eye view of "The Union Gun-Boats Advancing up the Tenessee River to the Attack of Fort Henry, Tennessee", a full page illustration depicting the hardships of traveling faced by the army of the Potomac entitled "Why the Army of the Potomac Doesn't Move", a half page illustration of the "Battle Between the Mexicans and the Allied Invaders" with mountains and the National Bridge near Vera Cruz in the background, a half page illustration of flooding along the Ohio River at Cincinnati, a charming full page illustration of a "Skating Carnival in Brooklyn, February 10, 1862", along with many articles and commentaries, many dealing with the time-period's most prominent news story, the Civil War.
Issue is 16 pages.
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| Item #: | 53209 |
| Item Title: | Harpers - March 1, 1862 |
| Price ($US, shipping not incl.): | $85 |
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