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Burnside Expedition... Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina...
Item # 172546
February 15, 1862
HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, February 15, 1862 Full front page illustration shows: "The 'Nashville' and 'Tuscarora' at Southampton, England." Inside has a half pg: "The Iron-Clad Frigate 'Merrimac,' and Sloop of War 'Germantown,' Off Craney Island"; half pg: "The Union Battery at Newport News"; full with four smaller illustrations on: "The Burnside Expedition at Hatteras Inlet."
The doublepage centerfold shows: "The Wreck of the 'City of New York,' of the Burnside Expedition, off Hatteras Inlet." Other prints include a map: "Chart of Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina"; half pg: "Bloody Fight at Occoquan, Virginia." "Weston's Cross Roads, Near Columbus, Occupied by Taylor's Chicago Artillery." "Instrument of Torture used by Slaveholders." and a full page: "'British Civilization'-How the English Treat Prisoners of War-Blowing Sepoys from Guns in India, 1857."
The back page has a large cartoon: "The Last of L.L.D. Russell The Prophet". Complete in 16 pages, good condition.
Category: The Civil War