HARPER’S WEEKLY, NEW YORK, JANUARY 11, 1862 – CHARLESTON HARBOR

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Vol. VI—No. 263. 16 pp. [17-32], four columns, with numerous stories, illustrations and cartoons. Front cover features action scene of Union naval action in Charleston—“Sinking the Stone Fleet In Charleston Harbor.” Interior illustrations include sketches of Union activity “In and About Port Royal, South Carolina.” Also a panoramic treatment of “The Battle of Dranesville”, Va. Plus “The Defenses of Washington—Fort Lyon, On the Heights of Hunting Creek—The Largest Work on the Line of the Potomac”. Also a map of the Mississippi River” and a sketch of Gen. Buell’s troops in “The Battle at Green River, Kentucky.”

Exhibits chipping of left cover margin - evidence of having been in a bound volume at some point. Else VG, w/smooth cover. Superb collectible, fine “action” issue from January 1862 at the time of Gen. Thomas’s victory at Mill Springs, KY. In protective sleeve, w/white card cover.   [jp/ld]

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