HARPER’S WEEKLY, NEW YORK, JULY 19, 1862 – PENINSULA CAMPAIGN

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Vol. VI—No. 290. 16 pp. [449-464], four columns, with numerous stories, illustrations and cartoons. Front cover features portrait sketches of Union general George A. McCall, and Fitz-John Porter, along with one of the “White House”  on the Pamunky, Lately Occupied by the Union Forces.” [Before its occupation, this famous house served as Gen. Lee’s headquarters during the early phases of the Peninsula Campaign.] Interior illustrations include full page depictions of the following   scenes:  [1] “The Army of the Potomac—Captain De Hart’s Battery Shelling The Rebel Advance at the Battle of Gaines’s Mills, June 27, 1862”, and [2] “The Army of the Potomac—Burying the Dead, and Burning Dead Horses at Fair Oaks Station, Virginia.” Also a dramatic “action” center-spread, titled “The Army of the Potomac—Griffin’s and Martin’s Batteries Pouring Canister Into the Rebel Ranks at Gaines’s Mills,” with story of page 463.

Exhibits minor edge wear along left margin, a few scattered very minor areas of soiling/foxing. Else VG plus, w/smooth cover. Solid collectible, great illustrations. In protective sleeve, w/white card backing.  [ld]

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