Valentines Day

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Civil War Harper's Weekly, February 20, 1864

This site features an online collection of Harper's Weekly, the most popular illustrated newspaper of the Civil War years. These papers were read by millions of Americans during the war. Today they serve as an incredible resource for students and researchers.

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Democratic Opposition to the War

Columbia, South Carolina

Velentines Day

You are viewing an incredible illustration of Valentines Day from an original 1864 Civil War Newspaper. The leaf shows various traditions of the Valentines Celebration in the Civil War. An angelic figure is shown delivering a bag of valentines from soldiers at war to the women they love back home. At the bottom, men can be seen writing to their sweethearts. The center image shows women and children preparing valentine cards for their husbands and fathers, who are off at war.

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