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Harper's Weekly 12-31-1864 Nast PRES LINCOLN "UNION CHRISTMAS DINNER" Nashville

$ 105.59

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Restocking Fee: No
  • Modified Item: No
  • Conflict: Civil War (1861-65)
  • Condition: Complete issue of 16 pages. Paper was made with rag content at the time so the paper quality is excellent. The issue was previously bound, protecting the pages within for over 150 years. This issue is absolutely perfectly clean (see photos). All illustrations, including the front page, are in excellent condition, they are clean, crisp, bright and wrinkle-free. The centerfold is tipped in so there is no damage to the center crease. It is in perfect condition. The issue was the last issue of the year so the back page is protected with the last page of the bound volume as seen in the photo. Issue is stored in a clear acid-free plastic sleeve with one end open.
  • Refund will be given as: Money Back
  • Original/Reproduction: Original
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

    Description

    Authentic (not a reprint) Civil War Harper's Weekly dated December 31, 1864 featuring:
    Please see photos for additional information
    Cover illustration/article "Christmas Morning"
    Map "The field of General Sherman's operations around Savannah"
    Map "Map of Nashville, TN, showing the field of operations of General Thomas"
    Article/four illustrations "General Warren's Raid - "
    "The Fifth Corps tearing up the Weldon Railroad north of Jarret's Station, 12/8/1864"
    "Destruction of the Weldon Railroad north of Jarret's - Burning of ties and rails"
    "Destruction of water tanks at Jarret's Station"
    "Soldiers making a Greek cross (The Fifth Corps Badge) our of the heated rails of the Weldon Station
    "
    Article/illustration "Chase and Capture of the blockade runner 'Armstrong' by our gunboats, 12/4/1864"
    Famous Thomas Nast illustration featuring President Abraham Lincoln "The Union Christmas Dinner"
    Article/illustration "Army of the Cumberland - Nashville and its fortifications"
    Article/illustration "The US monitor 'Neosho' engaging three rebel batteries on the Cumberland, below Nashville, 12/6/1864"
    Article/illustration "Porter's fleet leaving Fortress Monroe" [sketched by A.R. Waud]
    Paris fashions for December 1864
    Three pages of ads and a political cartoon
    Shipping
    : Stored in a clear, plastic acid-free sleeve with one end open.  Will be safely mailed flat and well-supported by cardboard in a poly bubble-mailer.
    I happily combine shipping for like items.  Shipping for each additional Civil War era newspaper is an additional .