Troops Burning Railroads

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Civil War Harper's Weekly, December 31, 1864

This site features online versions of all the Harper's Weekly newspapers printed during the Civil War. These papers are an excellent resource for the serious student of the Civil War. The illustrations were made by war correspondents deployed with the troops on the front lines.

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Christmas Morning

Sherman Reaches Savannah

Troops Destroying Railroads

Battle of Jarret's Station

Army of the Cumberland

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Troops Burning Railroads

Abraham Lincoln and the Union Christmas Dinner

GENERAL WARREN'S RAID—THE FIFTH CORPS TEARING UP THE WELDON RAILROAD NORTH OF JARRET'S STATION, DECEMBER 8, 1864.—SKETCHED BY A. W. WARREN.—[SEE PAGE 838.]

GENERAL WARREN'S RAID—DESTRUCTION OF THE WELDON RAILROAD NORTH OF JARRET'S STATION—BURNING OF TIES AND RAILS.—SKETCHED BY A. W. WARREN.—[SEE PAGE 838.]

Weldon Railroad

Sherman Burning Railroad

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