{"product_id":"1867-nast-st-patricks-day-reconstruction-commanders-centerfold-apr-6","title":"1867 Nast St. Patrick's Day, Reconstruction Commanders Centerfold โ€” Apr 6","description":"๐Ÿ—ž๏ธ HARPER'S WEEKLY ยท April 6, 1867\nComplete Issue ยท New York\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nA historically exceptional issue โ€” a double-page centerfold of all seven Reconstruction military district commanders including Grant and Sheridan, a Thomas Nast St. Patrick's Day illustration, an Irish riot, a Paris grand ball, and Prince Edward Island winter mail. A primary document of the military architecture of Congressional Reconstruction at the moment of its establishment.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐ŸŽ–๏ธ THE RECONSTRUCTION COMMANDERS โ€” CENTERFOLD\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\n๐Ÿ›๏ธ DOUBLE-PAGE CENTERFOLD โ€” \"THE NEW MILITARY COMMANDERS IN THE INSURRECTIONARY STATES\" โ€” SEVEN PORTRAITS\nA double-page centerfold of all seven military commanders appointed to govern the five Reconstruction military districts under the Military Reconstruction Act of March 2, 1867 โ€” published just five weeks after the act's passage, making this a primary document of the military architecture of Congressional Reconstruction at its birth. The seven commanders portrayed are among the most celebrated soldiers of the Civil War:\n\n**General Ulysses S. Grant** โ€” General of the Army and future 18th President of the United States, overseeing all Reconstruction military operations.\n\n**Major General Philip H. Sheridan** โ€” Hero of the Shenandoah Valley and Cedar Creek, commanding the Fifth Military District (Louisiana and Texas). Sheridan's harsh governance of Louisiana โ€” he removed the governor and called President Johnson \"an impediment to the restoration of peace\" โ€” made him a hero to Radical Republicans and led to his transfer to the Great Plains.\n\n**Major General Daniel E. Sickles** โ€” One-legged hero of Gettysburg (where he lost his leg commanding the III Corps), commanding the Second Military District (North and South Carolina).\n\n**Major General John Pope** โ€” Commander of the Third Military District (Georgia, Alabama, Florida), who aggressively promoted Black suffrage and voter registration.\n\n**Major General George H. Thomas** โ€” \"The Rock of Chickamauga,\" one of the most respected Union commanders, commanding the Fourth Military District (Mississippi and Arkansas).\n\n**Brevet Major General John M. Schofield** โ€” Commanding the First Military District (Virginia).\n\n**Brevet Major General E.O.C. Ord** โ€” Commanding the Fourth Military District alongside Thomas.\n\nTogether these seven men held the military power to enforce Reconstruction across the former Confederacy. A significant and very displayable piece of Reconstruction history, Civil War military history, and American political history.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\nโ˜˜๏ธ THOMAS NAST โ€” ST. PATRICK'S DAY\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nโ˜˜๏ธ FULL PAGE โ€” THOMAS NAST: \"ST. PATRICK'S DAY 1867 โ€” THE DAY WE CELEBRATE\"\nA full-page Thomas Nast illustration of St. Patrick's Day 1867 โ€” capturing the holiday as celebrated by New York's enormous Irish immigrant community, the largest ethnic group in the city by 1867. Nast's complex relationship with Irish Americans โ€” he frequently caricatured them as brutish and drunk while also documenting their community life โ€” makes this illustration a nuanced and significant piece of Irish American history and Victorian social documentation.\n\n๐Ÿบ ILLUSTRATION โ€” \"IRISH RIOT, ST. PATRICK'S DAY 1867\"\nA companion illustration of an Irish riot on St. Patrick's Day 1867 โ€” a vivid and historically specific piece of Irish American urban history, capturing the violence that occasionally accompanied the holiday's celebrations in the tense ethnic neighborhoods of Reconstruction-era New York.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿ–ผ๏ธ INSIDE THE ISSUE\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\n๐ŸŽญ FRONT PAGE โ€” \"APRIL FOOL\"\nA two-thirds page front-page April Fool's illustration โ€” a warm and humorous piece of Victorian American holiday culture.\n\n๐Ÿ’ƒ FULL PAGE โ€” \"GRAND BALL OF THE PREFECT OF THE SEINE, HOTEL DE VILLE, PARIS\"\nA full-page illustration of a grand ball at the Hotel de Ville in Paris โ€” hosted by the Prefect of the Seine during the height of the Second Empire, one of the most spectacular social events in European high society. A beautiful and very frameable piece of Belle ร‰poque French social history.\n\n๐Ÿ“ฎ HALF PAGE โ€” \"WINTER MAIL SERVICE ON PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND\"\nA half-page illustration of winter mail delivery on Prince Edward Island โ€” a vivid piece of Canadian Maritime history, documenting the hardy mail carriers who crossed the frozen Northumberland Strait to maintain communication with the mainland.\n\n๐Ÿšซ๐Ÿบ FOUR PORTRAITS โ€” \"THE ORIGINAL TEMPERANCE ADVOCATES IN NEW YORK\"\nFour portraits of the founding figures of New York's temperance movement โ€” Rev. L. Armstrong, Gardiner Stow, James Mott, and Dr. J.B. Clark โ€” a significant piece of American reform and religious history.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿ“‹ CONDITION\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nI photograph every page of every issue so you can inspect the condition closely before purchasing. Please review all images carefully and don't hesitate to ask any questions โ€” I'm happy to provide additional detail or close-up shots of any page, illustration, or area of concern before you buy.\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿ“Œ DETAILS\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nPublication ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท Harper's Weekly\nDate ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท April 6, 1867\nCity ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท New York\nFormat ยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยทยท Illustrated newspaper, complete in 16 pages\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿ“ฆ SHIPPING \u0026amp; PRESERVATION\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nโ€ข Stored in an acid-free protective bag and flat-shipped in a padded envelope with heavy cardboard reinforcement\nโ€ข Fully tracked for your peace of mind\n\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n๐Ÿ” SEO TAGS\nโ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”โ”\n\nReconstruction military commanders, insurrectionary states commanders, Reconstruction district commanders, Grant Sheridan Sickles centerfold, Civil War generals Reconstruction, Grant Reconstruction commander, Sheridan Louisiana commander, Sickles Reconstruction Carolinas, George Thomas Rock Chickamauga, Pope Reconstruction Georgia, Schofield Virginia commander, Military Reconstruction Act 1867, Nast St Patrick's Day 1867, Thomas Nast Irish, St Patrick's Day Victorian, Irish riot St Patrick's Day, New York Irish community, Irish American history antique, Nast Irish illustration, Irish New York 1867, Paris Hotel de Ville ball, Second Empire grand ball, Paris grand ball antique, Prince Edward Island winter mail, Canadian Maritime history, temperance advocates New York, temperance movement antique, April Fool Victorian, Harper's Weekly 1867, antique newspaper 1867, Reconstruction era newspaper, Victorian illustrated newspaper, antique illustration engraving, framing quality print, Reconstruction collector, Civil War generals collector, Irish history collector, history lover gift, rare newspaper collectible, museum quality ephemera","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52264016085212,"sku":null,"price":67.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0849\/4759\/9580\/files\/bd4911b9-il_fullxfull.8362914409_bj1x.jpg?v=1786496654","url":"https:\/\/thekeenantiquarian.com\/products\/1867-nast-st-patricks-day-reconstruction-commanders-centerfold-apr-6","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}