1891 Gen. Sherman Dies — "Marching Through Georgia" Centerfold, Rutgers — Feb 21
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🗞️ HARPER'S WEEKLY · February 21, 1891
Complete Issue · New York
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A historically exceptional memorial issue — General William Tecumseh Sherman's front-page portrait published one week after his death on February 14, 1891 (on the very day his St. Louis funeral was held), paired with a "Marching Through Georgia" centerfold showing Sherman on horseback. Combined with Sioux chiefs meeting the Secretary of the Interior, nine scenes of North Carolina sport, and seven views of Rutgers College, this is a primary document of Sherman's passing and his legacy.
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🎖️ GENERAL WILLIAM T. SHERMAN — MEMORIAL ISSUE
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🎖️ FULL FRONT PAGE — "GEN. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN" — MEMORIAL PORTRAIT
A full front-page memorial portrait of General William Tecumseh Sherman — who died of pneumonia at his New York City home on February 14, 1891, just one week before this issue. Sherman was 71 years old and had been one of the most celebrated living Americans — the hero of the March to the Sea, the man who captured Atlanta and broke the Confederacy's will to fight, the first modern general according to military historians. President Harrison's message to Congress called him "the most conspicuous figure in our military annals since Washington." This memorial portrait was published on the exact day of Sherman's St. Louis funeral, February 21, 1891 — making it a primary document of the national mourning for one of the great Civil War commanders.
🐎 DOUBLE-PAGE CENTERFOLD — "MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA" — SHERMAN ON HORSEBACK
A double-page centerfold showing Sherman on horseback during his famous March to the Sea — the 300-mile campaign from Atlanta to Savannah in November-December 1864 that cut the Confederacy in two and broke the South's war-making capacity. "Marching Through Georgia" — Henry Clay Work's 1865 song — became one of the most famous military marching songs in American history. Published as Sherman's memorial centerfold in the week of his death, this sweeping cavalry composition is a vivid and very frameable piece of Civil War memory and Sherman's enduring legacy. A beautiful matched pair with the memorial front-page portrait.
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🪶 SIOUX CHIEFS MEET THE SECRETARY
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🤝 FULL PAGE — "SIOUX CHIEFS BEFORE SECRETARY NOBLE"
A full-page illustration of Sioux chiefs meeting with Secretary of the Interior John W. Noble — a significant primary document of the diplomatic aftermath of Wounded Knee, as Lakota leaders negotiated with Washington in the weeks following the massacre. A significant piece of Native American diplomatic history and the Wounded Knee aftermath.
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🎓 RUTGERS COLLEGE
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🎓 FULL PAGE — "RUTGERS COLLEGE" — SEVEN ILLUSTRATIONS
A full page of seven illustrations of Rutgers College in New Brunswick, New Jersey — one of America's oldest universities, chartered in 1766 and the site of the first intercollegiate football game in American history (Rutgers vs. Princeton, November 6, 1869). A significant piece of American educational and sporting history.
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🎯 FULL PAGE — "THE WEEK OF SPORT IN CENTRAL NORTH CAROLINA" — NINE SCENES
Nine scenes of sporting life in central North Carolina — hunting, shooting, and outdoor recreation in the Piedmont, a vivid piece of Southern sporting culture and Reconstruction-era North Carolina history.
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Publication ········ Harper's Weekly
Date ··············· February 21, 1891
City ··············· New York
Format ············· Illustrated newspaper, complete in 16 pages
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1891 Gen. Sherman Dies — "Marching Through Georgia" Centerfold, Rutgers — Feb 21
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