Harper’s Weekly 1865 Part 1- Abraham Lincoln: Civil War (1861-1865) Illustrations – Series 1865 Part 1 President Lincoln‘s murder, Assassins’ Trials
This is a selective collection of Harper’s Weekly woodcut Civil War images extracted from throughout the 1865 Harper’s editions with the original descriptions of illustrations and events surrounding Lincoln’s murder About This Document -- Several years ago, Fauquier resident Paul Mellon kindly gifted a collection of Harper’s Weekly news magazines to the Fauquier Historical Society. They are a great educational source of engraved images highlighting Civil War events published when most newspapers were only words. The images illuminate the story. .
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| Title | Harper’s Weekly 1865 Part 1- Abraham Lincoln: Civil War (1861-1865) Illustrations – Series 1865 Part 1 President Lincoln‘s murder, Assassins’ Trials Harper's Weekly Civil War Illustrated 1861-1865 |
| Author | Walt H. Sirene |
| Publisher | Walt H. Sirene, 2023 |
| Length | 152 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Biography & Autobiography / Presidents & Heads of State History / Military / Naval History / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other) History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877) History / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV) |
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