Raynor HCA 2013-07
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/18/2013
A complete and authentic issue of the Harper’s Weekly, May 10, 1862, 16pp., disbound, VG. From the front cover, a 1/2 page engraving of slaves loading cannon, “A Rebel Captain Forcing Negroes to Load Cannon Under Fire of Berdan’s Sharp-Shooters ...” The accompany report advises that the slaves were ultimately shot. The interior has a full page birdseye view of “The City of New Orleans, Louisiania, Taken by the Union Forces April 24, 1862,” with accompanying report.
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