HARPER’S WEEKLY, NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 1, 1862 – PRIVATEERS & BLOCKADERS

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Vol. VI—No. 266. 16 pp. [65-80], with numerous stories, illustrations and cartoons. Front cover features split level action illustrations of [1] “Destruction of a Schooner Off Cumberland Inlet, Georgia, By the Boats of the [USS] “Alabama”, [2] “The Pirate [Rebel] “Sumter” Firing at the Brig “Joseph Parks,” of Boston—Sketched by One of the Crew of the “Sumter”—[See next Page story]. Interior illustrations include a panoramic sketches of the “Embarkation of General McClernand’s Brigade at Cairo, [Ill]—The Advance of the Great Mississippi Expedition—January 10, 1862”, and “Commodore Porter’s Mortar Flotilla.”

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

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