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Civil War Harper's Weekly, September 17, 1864

During the Civil War, Americans relied on Harper's Weekly as their primary source of news on the war. These newspapers contained detailed accounts of the battle, and insightful analyses of both the war and the politics of the day. Today, they make for incredible reading.

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1864 Campaign

Abraham Lincoln Comments on Civil War

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McClellan 1864 Presidential Nomination

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General Jeff Davis

Bombardment of Fort Morgan

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Battle of Ezra Church

President Lincoln Cartoon

VOL. VIII.—No. 403.]

NEW YORK, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1864.

SINGLE COPIES TEN CENTS.

$ 4.00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1864, by Harper & Brothers, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.

HARRY DAVIS CAPTURING THE BATTLE FLAG OF THE THIRTIETH LOUISIANA REGIMENT, AT THE BATTLE OF EZRA CHURCH.—[SEE PAGE 606.]

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