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Civil War Harper's Weekly, October 5,
1861
Below we
present another in our collection of Civil War Harper's Weekly
newspapers. These original documents allow you to develop a better
understanding of the war, by watching the war unfold in real time.
Harper's Weekly was the most popular newspaper of the day, and it
contained stunning, eye-witness illustrations of the war.
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Civil War Harper's Weekly, October 5,
1861
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Berdan's Sharpshooters |
A Civil
War Parody |
War in
Kentucky |
Bailey's Cross Road |
Gun
Boats |
Federal Hill, Baltimore |
Woodstock, Virginia |
Rebel
Prisoners |
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Men of War |
Map of
North Carolina |
General Joseph Johnston |
Cynthiana, Kentucky |
Jack Frost |
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GENERAL McCLELLAN'S BODY-
GUARD.
WE illustrate herewith the corps
known as the STURGES RIFLES, Captain Barker, who are serving
as General McClellan's
body-guard. They were recruited at Chicago, and took their name from the great
grain merchant, Solomon Sturges, to whose liberality they were indebted for
equipments. Before the outbreak of the war General
McClellan had been connected with
them as militia officer. When the war broke out they followed him into Western
Virginia, and since then to Washington. They are a gallant body of picked men,
all athletic, trained to endure fatigue, and
all good shots. Their uniform is
easy and comfortable, and is generally worn by General McClellan himself.
Hitherto they have numbered one hundred and thirty-five men; they are now to be
raised to one hundred and fifty-eight.
PRESENTATION OF A FLAG TO KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS AT
CAMP BRUCE, NEAR CYNTHIANA, KENTUCKY.—SKETCHED BY CAPTAIN FINCH.—[SEE
PRECEDING PAGE.]
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