No April Fool’s joke–We have added new high-quality scans of Harper’s Weekly news magazine from July and August 1861!
Harper’s Weekly, A Journal of Civilization was published in New York City from 1857 to 1916. Though imperfect, as most print media was in the late nineteenth century, Harper’s Weekly is a record of the important events of America’s Civil War. It contains many wonderful illustrations that give modern readers a glimpse into that critical period’s military and civilian events.
We are proud to have a small but growing collection of original issues of Harper’s Weekly, which we have scanned at high resolution and offer here for free to researchers and Civil War buffs alike. The following four issues cover events like the Battle of Rich Mountain, Union activity at Fort Monroe, the Battle of Hoke’s Run, death of Brig. Gen. Robert S. Garnett, and the Battle of Bull Run, as well as a rich array of illustrations of field commanders and army camp life.
- Harper’s Weekly, Vol. 5 No. 238, July 20, 1861.
- Harper’s Weekly, Vol. 5 No. 239, July 27, 1861.
- Harper’s Weekly, Vol. 5 No. 240, August 3, 1861.
- Harper’s Weekly, Vol. 5 No. 241, August 10, 1861.
Head on over to our Artifacts page to check out our small but growing collection!
Spirit of '61 