HARPER’S WEEKLY, NEW YORK, JULY 18, 1863 – GETTYSBURG, VICKSBURG

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Vol. VII—No. 342. 16 pp. [449-464], four columns, with numerous stories, illustrations and cartoons. Front cover features striking full page illustration of “The [naval] Bombardment of Port Hudson—The 100 Pound Parrot Gun of the “Richmond” at Work”. Second page editorial announces “The Good News” of Union Victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg. Interior illustrations include two more of the assaults on Port Hudson, as well as a story and portrait sketch of “The Late Gen. Reynolds [killed at Gettysburg]. Also a strikingly desolate center-fold depicting “The Results of War—Virginia 1863.” As well as a full page montage, titled: “The Invasion of the North—Street Scenes in Philadelphia.” Not forgetting, “The Army of the Potomac—Skirmish at Upperville, VA, June 21, 1863,” and “Invasion of the North—Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.” Plus a hilarious cartoon of “Jeff Davis’s Face, as seen through the South Mountain Gap, Fourth of July, 1863.”

Exhibits old tape repair along the left margin with a few small tears under the tape. Else near fine, with smooth cover. In protective sleeve, w/white card backing. [jp/ld] [ph:L]

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