Complete Original 1861-1865 illustrated Civil War newspaper HARPER'S WEEKLY

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RARE Complete Original 1861-1865 illustrated CIVIL WAR newspaper HARPER'S WEEKLY -
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SEE PHOTO----- A COMPLETE ORIGINAL Civil War illustrated newspaper,
Harper's Weekly
(New York) dated between 1861 and 1865. This is a
randomly selected Civil War issue,
printed during the US Civil War, with 1st-hand accounts, reports and large engravings.
The photo shows the general display appearance of Harper's Weekly from the Civil War era. The randomly selected issue will have a date and engravings that are different than the ones shown in the photos above.
This is a nice opportunity to own an original illlustrated Civil War newspaper at a very attractive price.
Perfect for framing and display, this historic piece is A beautiful addition to any fine CIVIL WAR collection.
Harper's Weekly was the most widely read newspaper in the United States throughout the period of the Civil War. So as not to upset its wide readership in the South, Harper's took a moderate editorial position on the issue of slavery prior to the outbreak of the war. Publications that supported abolition referred to it as "Harper's Weakly". The Weekly had supported the Stephen A. Douglas presidential campaign against Abraham Lincoln, but as the American Civil War broke out, it fully supported Lincoln and the Union. A July 1863 article on the escaped slave Gordon included a photograph of his back, severely scarred from whippings; this provided many readers in the North their first visual evidence of the brutality of slavery. The photograph inspired many free blacks in the North to enlist.
Some of the most important articles and illustrations of the time were Harper's reporting on the war. Besides renderings by Homer and Nast, the magazine also published illustrations by Theodore R. Davis, Henry Mosler, and the brothers Alfred and William Waud.
In 1863, George William Curtis, one of the founders of the Republican Party, became the political editor of the newspaper, and remained in that capacity until his death in 1892. His editorials advocated civil service reform, low tariffs, and adherence to the gold standard.
Very Good condition.
This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper.
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