HARPER’S WEEKLY, NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 15, 1862 – BURNSIDE EXPEDITION

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Vol. VI.—No. 268. 16 pp. [97-112], four columns, with numerous stories, illustrations and cartoons. Front cover features full page illustration of rebel “pirate” ship “Nashville” and USS “Tuscarora” side by side in Southampton Harbor, England—“The “Nashville” and “Tuscarora” at Southampton, England—see page 107”. Interior illustrations include a montage of images—“The Burnside Expedition at Hatteras Inlet—see page 113”—and a chart of Hatteras Inlet, NC, as well as a dramatic center-fold depicting “The Wreck of the “City of New York,” of the Burnside Expedition, Off Hatteras Inlet.—see page 111.” Plus a full page illustration of an incident from the 1857 Indian Mutiny, titled “British Civilization”—How The English Treat Prisoners of War—Blowing Sepoys From Guns in India, 1857.”

Exhibits mounting dots and slight chipping along left margin, w/very slight soiling of lower right corner. Else near fine, w/smooth cover. Solid collectible. In protective sleeve, w/white card backing.

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