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Harper's Weekly Original Civil War Newspapers
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We Believe that
the most exciting way to study the Civil War, is to watch the war unfold
on the pages of Original Harper's Weekly Newspapers. Harper's
Weekly was the most popular newspaper during the Civil War, and it
featured stunning illustrations, and in depth stories on all the
important people and events of the war. Below, for your research
and enjoyment, we present this work in progress. Presently 1861 through
1864 are completed, and the 1865 issues through May are complete.
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(Newspaper Thumbnails take you to the
Complete Paper)
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Harper's
Weekly
1861 |
Harper's Weekly
1862 |
Harper's Weekly 1863 |
Harper's Weekly 1864 |
Harper's Weekly
1865 |
![The Monitor Weehawken](bull-run/weehawken_small.jpg)
January 2, 1864 |
![Longstreet's Sharpshooters](bull-run/longstreets-sharpshooters_small.jpg)
January 9, 1864 |
![Civil War Raid](civil-war/1864/civil-war-raid_small.jpg)
January 16, 1864 |
![Michigan Central Railroad](civil-war/1864/michigan-central_small.jpg)
January 23, 1864 |
![Santiago Chili](civil-war/1864/santiago_small.jpg)
January 30, 1864 |
![General Grant and Columbia](civil-war/1864/grant-columbia_small.jpg)
February 6, 1864 |
![The Union Flag](civil-war/1864/union-flag_small.jpg)
February 13, 1864 |
![](civil-war/1864/grant-cumberland_small.jpg)
February 20, 1864 |
![Civil War Tribute](civil-war/1864/civil-war-memorial_small.jpg)
February 27, 1864 |
![Libey Prison Civil War](civil-war/1864/libey-prison_small.jpg)
March 5,
1864 |
![General Sherman](civil-war/1864/general-william-sherman_small.jpg)
March 12, 1864 |
![General George Armstrong Custer](civil-war/1864/general-george-armstrong-custer_small.jpg)
March 19, 1864 |
![Colonel Dahlgren](civil-war/1864/colonel-dahlgren_small.jpg)
March 26, 1864 |
![Gettysburg Memorial](civil-war/1864/gettysburg-memorial-civil-war_small.jpg)
April 2, 1864 |
![Metropolitan Fair](civil-war/1864/metropolitan-fair_small.jpg)
April 9, 1864 |
![](civil-war/1864/great-fair_small.jpg)
April 16, 1864 |
![New York Fair](civil-war/1864/ladies-metropolitan-fair_small.jpg)
April 23, 1864 |
![Civil War Poetry](civil-war/1864/civil-war-poetry_small.jpg)
April 30, 1864 |
![Union Scouts](civil-war/1864/union-scouts_small.jpg)
May 7, 1864 |
![Red River Battle](civil-war/1864/red-river-battle_small.jpg)
May
14, 1864 |
![Buzard Roost Pass Battle](civil-war/1864/buzzards-roost_small.jpg)
May 21, 1864 |
![General Hancock](civil-war/1864/winfield-hancock_small.jpg)
May 28, 1864 |
![William T. Sherman](civil-war/1864/william-t-sherman_small.jpg)
June 4, 1864 |
![General Warren](civil-war/1864/general-warren_small.jpg)
June
11, 1864 |
![Civil War Prisoners](civil-war/1864/prisoners-civil-war_small.jpg)
June 18, 1864 |
![Andrew Johnson](civil-war/1864/andrew-johnson_small.jpg)
June 25, 1864 |
![Robert E. Lee](civil-war/1864/robert-e-lee_small.jpg)
July 2,
1864 |
![Henry Sleeper](civil-war/1864/henry-sleeper_small.jpg)
July 9, 1864 |
![General Grant](civil-war/1864/ulysses-s-grant_small.jpg)
July
16, 1864 |
![Civil War Warship "Alabama"](civil-war/1864/ship-alabama_small.jpg)
July 23, 1864 |
![](civil-war/1864/william-pitt-fessenden_small.jpg)
July 30, 1864 |
![Civil War Poetry](civil-war/1864/poetry-civil-war_small.jpg)
August 6, 1864 |
![General McPherson](civil-war/1864/mcpherson_small.jpg)
August 13, 1864 |
![Siege of Petersburg](civil-war/1864/siege-of-petersburg_small.jpg)
August 20, 1864 |
![Explosion at City Point](civil-war/1864/city-point_small.jpg)
August 27, 1864 |
![Sherman Attacks Atlanta](civil-war/1864/sherman-atlanta_small.jpg)
September 3, 1864 |
![Archbishop McColskey](civil-war/1864/archbishop-mccolskey_small.jpg)
September 10, 1864 |
![Rebel Battle Flag](civil-war/1864/rebel-battle-flag_small.jpg)
September 17, 1864 |
![The Rebel John Morgan](civil-war/1864/rebel-john-morgan_small.jpg)
September 24, 1864 |
![General Warren](civil-war/1864/warren_small.jpg)
October 1, 1864 |
![General Philip Sheridan](civil-war/1864/general-philip-sheridan_small.jpg)
October 8, 1864 |
![General Hunt and Duane](civil-war/1864/general-hunt-duane_small.jpg)
October
15, 1864 |
![General Butler](civil-war/1864/general-butler_small.jpg)
October 22, 1864 |
![Cavalry Officers](civil-war/1864/officers-cavalry_small.jpg)
October 29, 1864 |
![Phil Sheridan's Ride](civil-war/1864/sheridans-ride_small.jpg)
November 5, 1864 |
![General George Armstrong Custer](civil-war/1864/custer-battle-flags_small.jpg)
November 12, 1864 |
![Albemarle Destruction](civil-war/1864/albemarle_small.jpg)
November 19, 1864 |
![Florida Pirate Ship](civil-war/1864/florida-pirate_small.jpg)
November 26, 1864 |
![Martinsburg](civil-war/1864/martinsburg_small.jpg)
December 3, 1864 |
![Union Refugees](civil-war/1864/union-refugees_small.jpg)
December 10, 1864 |
![General George Thomas](civil-war/1864/george-thomas_small.jpg)
December 17, 1864 |
![Chief Justices of the Supreme Court](civil-war/1864/chief-justices_small.jpg)
December 24, 1864 |
![Christmas Eve](civil-war/1864/christmas-eve_small.jpg)
December 31, 1864 |
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