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Civil War Harper's Weekly, July 30, 1864

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The Great Brooklyn Fire

JULY 30, 1864.]

HARPER'S WEEKLY.

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GENERAL GRANT'S CAMPAIGN—CAPTAIN ASHBY'S NEW YORK BATTERY IN THE TRENCHES BEFORE PETERSBURG.—[SKETCHED BY A. R. WAUD.]

GENERAL GRANT'S CAMPAIGN— THE GUNNERS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CORPS PROTECTED BY MANTELETS.—[SKETCHED BY A. R. WAUD.]

GENERAL GRANT'S CAMPAIGN--SHELLING THE ENEMY FROM THE COHORNS.—SKETCHED BY A. R. WAUD.—[SEE FIRST PAGE.]

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