2024-07 Raynors Historical Collectible Auctions
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Writes Home Robert Fulton Weir (1836-1905) At the age of 19, Robert F. Weir (Weir hereafter) ranaway to sea and, under the pseudonym of Robert Wallace, sailed aboard the whaling bark Clara Bell from 1855-1858. in 1862, he enlisted in the Union Navy on August 25, 1862, as a third assistant engineer assigned to the Hartford-class screw sloop-of-war USS Richmond. The Richmond participated in some of the Union Navy's most significant naval actions, including the passage of New Orleans' forts, passage of batteries at Vicksburg, the attempted passage of Port Hudson, the Battle of Mobile Bay, bombardment of Fort Morgan, and engagement of the CSS Webb below New Orleans, providing Weir with many opportunities to produce drawings of his experiences, a number of which were the basis for line engravings published in Harper's Weekly. Weir was one of only a handful of Harper's Weekly 'Artists' recognized by name in a short tribute to its artists immediately following the end of the Civil War.
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