Cavalry Charge

Civil War Harper's Weekly, July 5, 1862

This site contains an online archive of all Harper's Weekly newspapers published during the Civil War. These newspapers will allow you to develop unique insights into the events that made up the Civil War. The illustrations present eye-witness records of this important period in American History.

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Cumberland Gap

Before Richmond

Emancipation Bill

Memphis Post Office

General Joe Hooker

Affairs in Memphis Tennessee

General Silas Casey

Fairoaks Battle Description

Fairoaks

Charleston

Cavalry Charge

Charleston Approach

Captain Clitheroe

Negro Cartoon

The War for the Union- A Cavalry Charge- by Winslow Homer

This is a stunning illustration by Winslow Homer entitled "The War for the Union, 1862- A Cavalry Charge." The illustration shows dramatic hand-to-hand combat, and captures the confusion and carnage of a civil war Cavalry Charge. This is an original leaf from an 1862 Harper's Weekly newspaper.