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This page is used to let you know about recent, new postings to the WEB site.  As you can see, we are constantly updating and adding new information.  Check back often! Our goal is to provide you with the WEB's most extensive Civil War resources.

New Material on the Civil War WEB Site:

1/24/07 Completed Posting All Harper's Weekly Newspapers for 1864. On to 1865!
8/8/06 Completed Posting Harper's Weekly Newspapers Through July 30, 1864.
4/15/06 Completed Posting Civil War Harper's Weekly Newspapers for January 2, 1864, January 9, 1864, January 16, 1864, January 23, 1864, January 30, 1864, February 6, 1864, February 13, 1864, February 20, 1864, and February 27, 1864.
2/18/06 Completed Posting Civil War Harper's Weekly Newspapers for December 19, 1863, and December 26, 1863.  On to 1864!
2/4/06 Posted Story on the H. L. Hunley by Martin Wade and Frank Lamotte.
2/3/06 Completed Posting Harper's Weekly newspapers for September 19, 1863, September 26, 1863, October 3, 1863, October 10, 1863, October 17, 1863, October 24, 1863, October 31, 1863, November 7, 1863, November 14, 1863, November 21, 1863, November 28, 1863, December 5, 1863, December 12, 1863.
1/4/06 Completed new WEB sites on the Republic of Texas, The Mexican War, Civil War Medicine, American Indians, and Finished Posting the Harper's Weekly for September 12, 1863. The Republic of Texas site has lots or really interesting material.  Don't miss it!
11/2/05 Completed Posting August 8, 1863, August 15, 1863, August 22, 1863, August 29, 1863, and September 5, 1863 Harper's Weekly Newspapers.
10/22/05 Posted the August 1, 1863 Harper's Weekly Newspaper on the Capture of Vicksburg.
10/11/05 Finished Posting Harper's Weekly for March, April, May, June and July, 1863.
9/04/05 Finished Posting Harper's Weekly Newspapers from January 3, 1863, January 10, 1863, January 17, 1863, January 24 1863, January 31, 1863, February 7, 1863, and February 14, 1863
8/14/05 Finished Posting the Remainder of the 1862 Civil War Harper's Weekly Newspapers.  On to 1863!
7/31/05 Finished Posting Complete Harper's Weekly newspapers on US Capitol (August 23, 1862), General Corcoran (August 30, 1862), Civil War Ironclads (September 6, 1862), General John Pope (September 13, 1862), Union Flag (September 20, 1862), Cincinnati (September 27, 1862), General McClellan (October 4, 1862), Sharpsburg (October 11, 1862), General Sigel (October 18, 1862), Garibaldi (October 25, 1862), and The "Alabama" (November 1, 1862).
7/16/05 Posted Complete Harper's Weekly newspapers on Lew Wallace (July 12, 1862), Fitz-John Porter (July 19, 1862), Ironclads (July 26, 1862), and Vicksburg (August 2, 1862), Martin Van Buren (August 9, 1862), and John Hunt Morgan (August 16, 1862).
6/25/05 Posted Harper's Weekly for June 21, 1862, June 28, 1862, and July 5, 1862.
6/18/05 Posted Harper's Weekly for June 7, 1862, and June 14, 1862.
6/12/05 Posted Harper's Weekly Newspapers for May 10, 1862, May 17, 1862, May 24, 1862, and May 31, 1862
6/5/05 Posted Harper's Weekly Newspapers for April 19, 1862 on Civil War Artillery, April 26, 1862 on General Halleck, and the May 3, 1862 on the Battle of Shiloh.
6/1/05 Posted April 5, 1862 Harper's Weekly on the Blockade Runner, and April 12, 1862 paper on General Buell
5/30/05 Posted the Harper's Weekly newspapers for March 29, 1862, April 5, 1862 and a new WEB site on Slavery.
5/22/05 Posted March 22, 1862 Harper's Weekly Newspaper on The Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac
5/21/05Posted Great New Material on Union Generals, George Custer, Battle of Little Big Horn, Sioux Indians, Chief Red Cloud, and David Farragut.
5/20/05 Posted March 15, 1862 Harper's Weekly Newspaper on Ft. Donelson
5/15/05 Posted March 8, 1862 Harper's Weekly Featuring General Ulysses S. Grant
5/11/05 Posted Civil War Harper's Weekly on the Battle of Fort Donelson.
5/8/05 Posted Civil War Harper's Weekly for February 15, 1862, and a paper Describing the Battle of Fort Henry
5/7/05 Posted Civil War Harper's Weekly for February 8, 1862.
4/17/05 Posted Civil War Harper's Weekly for February 1, 1862
4/16/05 Posted Civil War Harper's Weekly for January 11, 1862, January 18, 1862, and January 25, 1862.
4/3/2005 Posted Civil War Harper's Weekly for January 4, 1862
4/2/2005 Completed Posting 1861 Harper's Weekly!!! See December 21, 1861, and December 28, 1861.  Now, just 4 more years to go.
3/26/05 Posted December 7, 1861 and December 14, 1861 Editions of Harper's Weekly
3/20/05 Posted the November 23, 1861 edition of Harper's Weekly, and November 30, 1861 Edition of Harper's Weekly.
3/19/05 Finished Posting November 9, 1861 and November 16, 1861 Harper's Weekly newspapers.
3/13/05 Had to take a little break to move the Robert E. Lee WEB site to a new Dedicated Server.  Pages should load faster, as we have the server all to ourselves now.  With that done, I am back on the Harper's Weekly project.  This weekend we finished posting the November 2, 1861 Harper's Weekly.
2/20/05 Posted Harper's Weekly for October 26, 1861.
2/19/05 Posted Harper's Weekly for October 19, 1861 featuring the Battle of Lexington
2/13/05 Posted Harper's Weekly for October 12, 1861 Featuring the Battle of Lexington
2/12/05 Posted Harper's Weekly for October 5, 1861 Featuring Berdan's Sharpshooters
2/5/05 Posted Complete Harper's Weekly for September 28, 1861
2/1/05 Posted Complete Harper's Weekly for September 21, 1861
1/30/05 Posted Complete Harper's Weekly Newspaper for September 14, 1861.
1/29/05 Posted the Complete Harper's Weekly Newspaper for September 7, 1861 featuring a Southern Belle
1/25/05 Posted the Complete Harper's Weekly Newspapers for August 24, 1861, and August 31, 1861
1/22/05 Posted August 17, 1861 Harper's Weekly featuring Faneuil Hall in Boston, The Bull Run Battlefield, and the Slave Stampeed
1/16/05 Posted Harper's Weekly Issue on the Battle of Bull Run, and August 10, 1861 Harper's Weekly.
1/15/05 Posted July 27, 1861 Edition of Harper's Weekly
1/14/05 Posted Harper's Weekly' Newspapers for July 13, 1861, and July 20, 1861.
1/8/05 Posted Original Harper's Weekly Civil War Newspapers for June 22, 1861, June 29, 1861, July 6, 1861.
1/5/05 Posted Original Harper's Weekly Civil War Newspaper for June 15, 1861.
12/19/04 Posted Original Civil War Harper's Weekly Newspaper for June 8, 1861
12/12/04 Posted Original Civil War Harper's Weekly Newspapers on the First Casualty of the Civil War, The Battle in St. Louis, and the Confederate Cabinet.
12/11/04 Finished Posting Harper's Weekly Newspapers for May 4, 1861, May 11, 1861, May 18, 1861, and May 25, 1861
12/4/04 Posted Harper's Weekly Newspaper on the Battle of Fort Sumter, Battle of Baltimore
11/27/04 Posted original Harper's Weekly Newspapers with a Picture and Biography of William H. Seward, Point Isabel Texas
11/26/04 Posted Original Harper's Weekly Articles on The San Antonio Plaza, The Alamo, Vassar College, the Cooper Union, and a Sam Houston Picture and Biography
11/24/04 Posted Original Civil War Harper's Weekly Newspapers on New Orleans, Confederate Map, President Elect Lincoln, The Abraham Lincoln First Inaugural Speech, and Abraham Lincoln and the Union Flag
11/14/04 Posted Complete Original Civil War Harper's Weekly Newspaper on The Capture of Jefferson Davis.
11/13/04 Posted Complete Civil War Harper's Weekly Newspapers on President Andrew Johnson, and news of Booth's Death, and John Wilkes Booth Capture.
11/7/04 Posted Complete Civil War Harper's Weekly Newspaper Describing the Death of Abraham Lincoln.
11/6/04 Posted Complete Civil War Harper's Weekly Newspaper Describing the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
10/31/04 Posted Front Pages of all 1865 Harper's Weekly Civil War Newspapers.
10/2/04 Finished Posting 1864 Harper's Weekly Civil War Newspaper Covers.
9/18/04 Posted Pictures of the Battle of Harper's Ferry, and first batch of 1864 Harper's Weekly Civil War Newspaper Covers.
9/12/04 Posted a Dozen Pictures of the Battle of Bull Run (1st Manassas) and a Bull Run Battle Map, and Pictures of the Battle of the Monitor and Merrimac
9/11/04 Finished Posting 1863 Harper's Weekly Civil War Newspaper Front Covers.
9/05/04 Posted a Batch of Civil War Harper's Weekly newspapers from 1863.
8/28/04 Finished Posting Cover Pages of 1862 Civil War Harper's Weekly Newspapers, and Posted New Photographs and Pictures of the Battle of Antietam
8/21/04 Posted Biography on General William Hardee, and Began Posting Cover Pages of 1862 Civil War Harper's Weeklies
8/14/04 Posted Biography on General John Gordon, General John Pemberton, and General Benjamin Cheatham, and a section on Pictures of the Battle of Gettysburg
8/8/04 Posted Complete Front Pages of 1861 Civil War Harper's Weekly
8/7/04 Added Biography of General Joseph Wheeler
8/1/04 Posted Entire Harper's Weekly for February 9, 1861 Featuring the Seceding Alabama Delegation.
7/31/04 Posted Biography and Pictures of Confederate General Leonidas Polk, and posted the February 2, 1861 Edition of Harper's Weekly, Featuring the Seceding Mississippi Delegation in Congress
7/27/04Posted Complete Harper's Weekly Newspaper on Major Anderson's Prayer at Fort Sumter, Charleston during the Civil War, Fort Moultrie, Picture of the First shot of the Civil War, and the Guns of Fort Sumter
7/25/04 Posted Harper's Weekly newspaper describing Governor Pickens of South Carolina, and the first shots of the Civil War with the attack on the Star of the West
7/24/04 Posted a Harper's Weekly newspaper describing Major Anderson at Fort Sumter
7/23/04 Posted biography of Major Anderson from the cover story of the January 12 issue of Harper's Weekly
7/18/04 Posted Detailed Description of General Sherman's March to the Sea, The Battle of Rich Mountain and the Burning of Atlanta
7/14/04 Posted Detailed Description of the Battle of Spotsylvania and The Siege of Petersburg
7/13/04 Posted Detailed Description of the Battle of Cold Harbor
7/11/04 Added a Biography on General Wade Hampton.
6/27/04 We have added a major new section to the site, Civil War Battles, which includes lots of information on the most important battles
6/20/04 Posted a new Photo Album with 9 Pictures of Colonel John Mosby and Mosby's Raiders
6/19/04 Posted 3 complete leafs from 1863 Harper's Weekly containing portraits and biographies of Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson
6/16/04 Posted Complete leaf of the Biography of Confederate Admiral Raphael Semmes from an original 1863 Harper's Weekly
6/15/04 Posted Complete Leaf of the Biography of Joseph Johnston from Harper's Weekly, 1861.
6/14/04 Posted Complete Leafs from original 1860's Harper's Weekly on Stonewall Jackson Biography, and the Death of Stonewall Jackson
6/13/04 Posted Complete Leaf's from original 1860's Harper's Weekly on J.E.B. Stuart
6/12/04 Posted Complete Leafs from 1860's Harper's Weekly on Beauregard, Nathan Bedford Forrest Tennessee Raid, and Robert E. Lee
6/10/04 Posted 25 pages of New Material on General Stonewall Jackson.
 

 

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