Raynors HCA 2018-10
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 10/20/2018
61 issues in this bound volume of Harper’s Weekly from November 21, 1863 to Dec. 31, 1864. These issues are chockful of text and art concerning the war. Several illustrations are by the famous artist, THOMAS NAST, who after the war would turn his pen to scathing political cartoons which foreshadowed the TAMMANY SCANDAL and BOSS WILLIAM TWEED. Also, a few WINSLOW HOMER illustrations. For brevity’s sake, the following descriptions are only for full page art on fronts and inside pages, hitting the high spots. 11/21/1863: Front: Russian Ball (Winslow Homer) Inside full page illustrations: Trapping Rebel Guerrillas in the West (by Thomas Nast); Guerrillas Hunting Union Men With Blood-Hounds. 11/28: Front page art: Bridging the Tennessee River at Lookout Mountain. Inside: Capture of Rebel Rifle Pits at Lookout Mtn.; Centerspread: General view of Chattanooga. 12/5: Front page art: The President’s Hymn (music sheet by HOMER); Center: Thanksgiving Day (Nast); Union Prisoners at Belle Isle. 12/12: Front: Rescue of Wounded Officer from Band of Guerrillas. Inside: Map of Grant’s operations between Chattanooga and Charleston. 12/19: Front: Pair of rams seized by British government. Inside: 8 scenes of Drummer of the Regiment. Center: Storming Missionary Ridge. 12/26: Three full inside pages of battle on Lookout Mountain. Center: Christmas 1863 (Nast). 1/2/1864: Inside, Battle at Missionary Ridge; Center, New Year’s Day in North and South (Nast). 1/9: Front: Longstreet’s sharpshooters firing on Federal supply train. Doublespread: Rebel attack on Fort Saunders. 1/16: Front, Averill’s Raid. Center: Advance of the Army of the Potomac. 1/23: Front, Train bogged in snowstorm. Inside: Colored Troops liberating slaves in NC. Center: Return of Veterans on Furlough. 1/30: Inside: Emancipated slaves both white and colored. Center: Central Park NYC in winter. 2/6: Front, Dame Liberty offers Thanks to Gen. Grant. Inside: Stampede of Army Horses. Center, Halt on Wagon Train. 2/13: Front: Raising of Flag by Sailors. Inside: Sloop “Richmond” on Blockade Duty off Mobile. 2/20: Front, Grant Crossing the Cumberland Mountains. Center: St. Valentine’s Day. 2/27: Inside, scenes from Colt Armory Fire. 3/5: Front, Escaped Refugees from Libby Prison. Center: Brooklyn Sanitary Commission Fair. Inside: Anything for Me by HOMER. 3/12: Front, William T. Sherman. Inside: Escape of Slaves; Map of East Tennessee. Center: A Story of the Sea. 3/19: Front, Brig.-Gen. GEORGE CUSTER. Inside: Brig-Gen. Judson Kilpatrick (from Brady photo); Map of Rebellion in 1861 and 1864). Center: Illustration of surface of moon from telescope photo. 3/26: Inside: Grant receives Lt. Gen. commission from President LINCOLN. Center: Scenes from CUSTER’S movements across Rapidan. 4/2: Inside: Gen. Sherman’s Rear Guard (Nast). Center, The First of April (Nast). 4/9: Inside: Sanitary Commission Heroines (Nast); Center: Scenes from the War in Tennessee. Inside: Negroes Leaving Their Home. 4/16: Center and four inside pages from Great Metropolitan Fair. 4/23: Front and two inside pages on Metropolitan Fair. 4/30: Front, Salute to service of heroes after three years of fighting. Center, The Press in the Field (Nast). Inside: Massacre at Fort Pillow. 5/7: Front, Union Scouts in Louisiana. Inside: Negroes Escaping Slavery; Repulse of Rebels at Pleasant Hill, La. 5/14: Front, Rebel Attack on Gunsboat on Red River. Inside, Pet Parrott on Steamer “Richmond” during Storm; Union Refugees in Louisiana Swamp. 5/21: Front, Sherman’s Advance on Buzzard’s Roost. Center, Rebel Atrocities. Inside: Two pages of maps of Grant’s and Butler’s operations in Virginia. 5/28: Front, Maj-Gen Winfield Scott Hancock. Inside: Gen. Grant (I will fight it out on this line...); Bartlett’s Brigade Charge the Enemy; topo map of Virginia. Center: Union Army Sleeping on Their Arms. 6/4: Front, Maj-Gen William T. Sherman. Inside: Fighting in the Wilderness. Center, two scenes of Union fighting Rebels. 6/11: Inside: President LINCOLN and his Secretaries. Center, Fighting in Spotsylvania. 6/18: Front, Starved Union Prisoners. Inside: Battle of Resaca; Campaign in Georgia. Center, Canpaign in Virginia “On To Richmond” (Nast). 6/25: Inside: Crossing the Pamunkey River. Center, Charging the Enemy at Cold Harbor. 7/2: Front, Rebel General ROBERT EDMUND LEE. Center, Rebel Assault at Battle of Dallas. Inside: Topo map of Sherman’s Advance on Atlanta. 7/9: Inside: Grant’s army crossing the James River. Center, collage of scenes from Grant’s campaign in Richmond (from Gardner photos). 7/16: Front, Gen. Grant at his headquarters. Inside: Fight between “Kearsage” and “Cherbourg.” Center, collage of July 4th scenes. Inside: Rebel Deserters come Into Union Lines. 7/23: Front, Burning of the “Alabama” off Cherbourg. Inside: Scenes from battles in Virginia. (This issue missing eight pages, not removed). 7/30: Center, Destruction of Lee’s Commutations by Gen. Wilson. Inside: Sherman attacks Center of Rebels at Marietta. 8/6: Front, The Mower in Ohio. Inside: Views from Sherman in Atlanta. Center, In the Trenches at Petersburg. Inside, Kautz’s Cavalry Raid in Virginia. 8/13: Center, View of Petersburg from Artillery emplacement. 8/20: Inside, Capture of Parrott Guns; Christian Commission In the Field. Center, Explosion of the Mine and Assault on Petersburg. 8/27: Front, Explosion at City Point. Inside: Charge on Cemetery Ridge After Explosion; Federal Fire in Charleston; Battle of Ezra’s Church. Center, Central Pary NYC in the summer (Nast). 9/3: Front, Council of War at Gen. Wood’s HQ. Center, Farragut;s Fleet Passes Forts on Mobile Bay. Inside: Famous “Compromise with South” illustration “Dedicate to the Chicago Convention.” 9/10: Inside: Isomatric View of Grant’s Virginia Campaign; Capture of Rebel Ram “Tennessee” in Mobile Bay’ Forrest’s Raid into Memphis. 9/17: Front, Harry Davis Capturing Battle Flag at Ezra’s Church. Inside: Farragut Bombards Fort Morgan. Center, full standup view of McClellan, Denocratic Candidate for President. 9/24: Inside, In the Trenches Before Petersburg. Center, The Blessings of Victory (Nast). 10/1: Front, Gen. Warren Extends Lines Across Weldon Railroad. Inside, Soldiers pause from march to wash up in “The Halt” by NAST. Inside: Sherman’s Rebel Prisoners Taken to Atlanta. Center, LINCOLN and troops “Rally ‘Round the Flag, Boys.” 10/8: Front, Maj-Gen. Phillip Sheridan. Inside: Cavalry Raid at Winchester; Map of the Virginia Campaign. Center, Cattle Raid at Harrison’s Landing and Midnight Before Petersburg. 10/15: Front, Gen. Hunt and Mayor Duane, Chief of Artillery and Chief Engineer at Army of Potomac. Center, Piercing scenes of Chicago Convention by Nast. Inside: Rebels Moving South from Atlanta. 10/22: Front, Maj-Gen Butler in Camp After Battle. Inside: Rebel Attempt to Recapture Fort Harrison; Battle at Chapin’s Farm; Battle at Peeble’s Farm; Sheridan’s Army in the Shenandoah. 10/29: Front, Cavalry officers Kautz, Merritt and Wilson. Inside: Night After the Battle. 11/5: Front, Phil Sheridan’s Ride to the Front. Inside, View of Railroad Before Petersburg; Union Refugees Coming Into the Federal Lines. 11/12: Front, Gen. Custer Presents Battle Flags at War Department. Inside: Copperhead politicians gather “votes” in cemetery (by Nast); Center, by Nast, ELECTION-DAY. 11/19: Election Issue announcing the LINCOLN-JOHNSON victory. Front, Destruction of the Ram “Albemarle.” Inside, Sheridan’s Presents Captured Guns to the War Department; Battery Going Into Position. 11/26: Inside, two pages of scenes from Before Petersburg. Center, The Chase of a Blockade Runner. 12/3: Front, Rebel Truce Flags Come Down Savannah River. Inside: Blockade Fleets; Thanksgiving Day in the Army (WINSLOW HOMER). Election Victory of Lincoln shown in Thoms Nast collage in centerspread. 12/10: Front, Arrival of Union Refugees in Georgia. Inside: Reception of Exchanged Prisoners’ Battlefield -- Front and Rear. Center: Sheridan’s Grand March Through Central Georgia. 12/17: Front, Maj-Gen George H. Thomas. Inside, Scenes at Hampton Roads. Center, Maj-Gen William T. Sherman. 12/24: Front, Collage of Chief Justices of the U.S. Inside, View of Grant’s Military Railroads; Capture of Plymouth, NC; Guerrilla Depredations. Center, Effects of the Rebellion on Homes of Virginia. 12/31: Front, Christmas Morning. Center, Lincoln welcomes citizens to The Union Christmas Dinner.
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