1865 Harper's Weekly — Dead at Andersonville Prison, POW Graves, Naval Festival, Oct 7
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1865 Harper's Weekly — Dead at Andersonville Prison, POW Graves, Naval Festival, Oct 7
📜 ABOUT THIS PIECE OF HISTORY 📜
This October 7, 1865 issue of Harper's Weekly arrives just weeks after the war's end, when the full horror of Confederate prisoner of war camps was coming into devastating focus. Alongside dispatches from international naval pageantry and postwar American social life, this issue delivers one of the most sobering documents of the entire Civil War era. For collectors of Civil War history, POW and prison camp research, and 19th-century Americana, this is a profoundly significant primary source.
⚰️ FULL PAGE — THE DEAD AT ANDERSONVILLE
The most historically powerful image in this issue is a full-page print: "Grounds at Andersonville, Georgia, Where Are Buried Fourteen Thousand Union Soldiers Who Died in Andersonville Prison." Published just months after the camp's liberation and the trial of its commandant Henry Wirz, this image struck a grieving nation still tallying the true cost of the war's most notorious prison. An extraordinary and somber piece of Civil War documentation.
⚓ FRONT PAGE — NAVAL FESTIVAL AT PORTSMOUTH
The cover presents "The Naval Festival at Portsmouth, England — Arrival of the French Fleet — The 'Solferino' Saluting the English Flag," capturing the postwar return of international pageantry and diplomacy on the world stage.
🏛️ ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS & REPORTING
Portrait of General H. W. Slocum — celebrated Union commander of the March to the Sea
Portrait of General Francis C. Barlow — one of the Union Army's most decorated young generals
Portrait of Brigadier-General Alexander Schimmelpfennig — German-American Union officer
"Monument Erected September 20, 1865 in Honor of Thomas Wildey, Founder of Odd Fellowship in America" — a rare document of American fraternal history
"The National Horse Fair at Springfield, Illinois"
"The 36th Annual Fair of the American Institute at the Armory of the 22nd Regiment, 14th Street, New York" — full page
"Analostan Island, District of Columbia"
A charming series of tournament vignettes: "Tilting the Ring," "Crowning the Queen of Love and Beauty," "Procession to the Throne and Ballroom," "Dancing By Moonlight," and "Introduction of Knights to the Queen"
🎭 BACK PAGE CARTOON
"The Modern Car of Juggernaut" — a pointed satirical commentary on the crushing forces of industry and power in postwar American life.
🔍 CONDITION & TRANSPARENCY 🔍
Completeness: Full 16-page issue, including both full-page prints.
Authenticity: Guaranteed original woodblock printing from October 7, 1865 — not a modern reproduction.
Condition Report: Presents well for its 161-year age. The Andersonville full-page print and the front page naval scene are both clear and displayable.
📦 SHIPPING & PRESERVATION 📦
Housed in an acid-free archival folder with Mylar overlay to protect the 161-year-old newsprint
Flat-shipped with heavy-duty reinforcement to ensure safe arrival
Fully tracked for your peace of mind
🏷️ TAGS
1865 Harpers Weekly, Andersonville Prison Dead, Civil War POW Camp, Andersonville Georgia, Union Soldiers Graves, Henry Wirz Trial, General Slocum, General Francis Barlow, Civil War Aftermath, Confederate Prison Camp, Antique Newspaper 1865, Civil War Newspaper Original, 19th Century Americana, Naval Festival Portsmouth 1865
1865 Harper's Weekly — Dead at Andersonville Prison, POW Graves, Naval Festival, Oct 7
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