Raynor HCA 2014-01
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 1/30/2014
Of course Harper’s Weekly is the most famous of the war-dated illustrated newspapers. This grouping of 20 issues are each 16pp., complete and each issue disbound. We have listed the front page engraving, yet clearly each issue has numerous wood cuts on the interior pages as well. Overall condition is VG. The collections includes; February 7, 1863, ftpg: "Rear-Admiral David Porter", "General John McClernand" and "Bombardment of the Post of Arkansas"; February 14, 1863, ftpg: "The Picket Guard in the Army of the Potomac". ; February 21,1863, ftpg. illustration of the newly married: "Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stratton (General Tom Thumb & Wife)" and an article on pg. 2; March 7, 1863, ftpg "The Late Nicholas Longworth, the Western Millionaire”; April 11, 1863, Ftpg. shows: "Bayou Navigation in Dixie"; April 18, 1863, ftpg. "The Rams 'Switzerland' and 'Lancaster' Running the Blockade at Vicksburg"; April 25, 1863, ftpg. shows: "Admiral Samuel DuPont, Commanding the Fleet Off Charleston" ... Winslow Homer: "The Approach of the British Pirate Alabama; May 23, 1863, ftpg: "Major-General George Stoneman" on horseback; May 30, 1863, Ftpg: "Tug 'Rumsey' Accoutred for Running the Rebel Batteries at Vicksburg"; June 6, 1863, ftpg "Colonel Grierson, Sixth Illinois Cavalry”; June 20, 1863, two ftpg llustrations: "The Iron-Clad Gun-Boat 'Cincinnati,' Sunk at Vicksburg" and "The Monster Tent Erected at Chicago for the Canal Convention"; June 27, 1863, ftpg: "In The Trenches Before Vicksburg--Lieutenant-Colonel Strong Takes a Shot"; July 11, 1863, ftpg. illustration: "Major-General George G. Meade, the New Commander of the Army of the Potomac"; September 12, 1863, ftpg. illustration: "Murder of Lieutenant Beaver by the Sioux Indians”; September 19, 1863, ftpg "The Secretary of State and the Diplomatic Corps at Trenton Falls”; October 3, 1863, ftpg. has 2 scenes of: "The Siege of Charleston"; October 10, 1863, ftpg: "Major-General George H. Thomas, the Hero of Chicamauga”; October 24, 1863, ftpg. print: "The War in East Tennessee--Reception of General Burnside by the Unionists of Knoxville"; October 31, 1863, ftpg. has 2 views: "The Army Of The Cumberland--Destruction of United States Wagons by Rebel Cavalry, October 2, 1863" and "The Army of the Cumberland--Rebel Attack Upon Wagons in Anderson's Gap"; November 7, 1863, ftpg. print: "The Army of the Cumberland--A Troop Train Passing Through the Big Cut on the Louisville and Nashville Railroad". (20 issues)
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