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1862 Frank Leslie's Newspaper, CIVIL WAR Content, 3 February Issues, Grant SC VA
$ 34.32
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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