Description: Harper's Weekly A Journal Of Civilization New York, Saturday, March 4, 1865 16 pages in total. about 11.5" x 16.5" An original issue of Harper's Weekly , Civil War era , 159 years old. This issue includes : Front cover illustration : Sherman's March through South Carolina - Road at the Swamp Crossings ( General William Tecumseh Sherman , March To The Sea ) " Fill Up The Army " ( an essay on enlarging the Union Army for the Spring campaign and endorsing the recruitment of former slaves into the military of the North ) Camp Ford , Texas ( Prison Of War camp in Texas , with full-page illustration ; it was the largest Confederate run prison west of the Mississippi ) The War in the Carolinas With large illustrations : 1. Double-Ender [ paddleboat ] " Pontiac " descending the Savannah River 2. Charleston & Savannah Railroad through the Swamp 3. Map - Southern Virginia , North Carolina , South Carolina 4. Bombardment of Fort Anderson - Feb. 11, 1865 5. Plan of Columbia , South Carolina ( street plan ) Centerfold Illustrations : ( from sketches by William Ward ) 1. Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor 2. Sherman's March through South Carolina - Burning of M'Phersonville , Feb. 1, 1865 3. Sherman's March through South Carolina - Advance from M'Phersonville , Feb. 1, 1865 Miss Mary Harris [ brief article plus a portrait illustration of Mary Harris ] ( Mary Harris was an American woman who murdered a clerk in the Finance Department on Washington DC. Her motive - the man had violated his promise of marriage to her and married another woman. She shot him dead on January 31, 1865. The trial of Mary Harris was the first time in a U.S. court-room that expert medical testimony supported a plea of temporary insanity in a murder defense in the United States. ) Hon. Daniel Stevens Dickinson ( with portrait ) King's County Courthouse , Brooklyn , New York ( Etc. ) Advertisements , including : Ad for " Farms in Illinois " ( farming land for sale by the Illinois Central Railroad Company ). Small ad for " Remington's Army And Navy Revolver " ( with illustration ) Small ad for " Slocum's Patent Side-loading Revolver " ( with illustration ) ( Etc., Etc. ) ------------ Condition. As-found. Make no mistake, this Harper's Weekly is in very rough condition. All 16 pages are present, but they are very heavily worn at the edges, and all are either separated or nearly separated at the center fold-line. The front page is very worn, with missing paper toward the center-right ( see the photos ). The second page is almost completely separated at the horizontal fold-line. Some pages have tears, including large tears. All pages are very worn at the outer edges. That said, it's original, 159 years old, and has great Civil War content. Carefully packed for shipment to the buyer.
Price: 35 USD
Location: Coventry, Rhode Island
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Mary Harris Female Murderer Murder: General William Tecumseh Sherman March To The Sea
Remington Army Navy Revolver: Slocum Side-loading Revolver Piston Guns
Language: English
Illinois Farms Land: Illinois Central Railroad Company
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated
Camp Ford Confederate Prison Camp Texas: Map Virginia North South Carolina
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Topic: Civil War (1861-65)
Subject: Military & War
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1865
