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1862 Frank Leslie's Newspaper, CIVIL WAR Content, 3 February Issues, Grant SC VA
1862 Frank Leslie's Newspaper, CIVIL WAR Content, 3 February Issues, Grant SC VA
1862 Frank Leslie's Newspaper, CIVIL WAR Content, 3 February Issues, Grant SC VA
1862 Frank Leslie's Newspaper, CIVIL WAR Content, 3 February Issues, Grant SC VA
1862 Frank Leslie's Newspaper, CIVIL WAR Content, 3 February Issues, Grant SC VA
1862 Frank Leslie's Newspaper, CIVIL WAR Content, 3 February Issues, Grant SC VA
1862 Frank Leslie's Newspaper, CIVIL WAR Content, 3 February Issues, Grant SC VA
1862 Frank Leslie's Newspaper, CIVIL WAR Content, 3 February Issues, Grant SC VA
1862 Frank Leslie's Newspaper, CIVIL WAR Content, 3 February Issues, Grant SC VA
1862 Frank Leslie's Newspaper, CIVIL WAR Content, 3 February Issues, Grant SC VA

1862 Frank Leslie's Newspaper, CIVIL WAR Content, 3 February Issues, Grant SC VA

$ 34.32

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Condition: Nice condition lot with only some minimal wear that would be expected, such as occasional stains, foxing and tears. The top edge of all issues have "Ref. 071" written in pencil and "Attleboro Public Library Joseph L. Sweet Memorial" stamped in ink.
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Item must be returned within: 60 Days
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted

    Description

    This is a nice condition lot of 3 original, Civil War-era issues of "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper." The issues are dated February 1, 8 and 15, 1862 and feature wonderful engravings and illustrated advertisements. The pages are un-cut and still attached along the edges.
    The lot contains an abundance of CIVIL WAR content (both articles and engravings) - here are a few examples of the engravings:
    * guard house with Rebel prisoners near Langley, Virginia
    * wonderful 2-page centerfold of the cotton campaign in South Carolina
    * reconnaissance in force by General Grant
    * Post Office look-out
    * experimenting with rope suspension bridges and India-rubber pontoons at Camp Alexander
    * war sketches in the capital
    * scenes in the military market at Beaufort, South Carolina
    * the dark side of war - refugees driven from their homesteads by the Rebels
    * conveying the dead body of Rebel General Zollicopper from the field of battle
    * the battle of Mill Spring
    * the war on the ocean
    * the Burnside Expedition
    * Jefferson's home "Monticello" in Virginia confiscated by the Rebels
    * large map of the war in Virginia and North Carolina
    * melancholy death of Colonel J.W. Allen
    * building a military bridge over the River Nolin