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Harper’s Weekly – June 7, 1862 – Winslow Homer Civil War Print • Cold Harbor • Parrott Guns • McClellan’s March
HARPER’S WEEKLY, New York, June 7, 1862
A standout Civil War issue featuring a Winslow Homer illustration, powerful artillery scenes, and rich visual documentation of McClellan’s 1862 Peninsula Campaign. Complete in 16 pages.
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⭐ Highlights & Key Engravings
🪶 Front Page
Portrait of Brigadier-General Stoneman
“Cold Harbor, Nine Miles From Richmond, Va.” — detailed camp and skirmish scene near McClellan’s headquarters.
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🎨 Winslow Homer Illustration
🖼 “The Army of the Potomac—Our Outlying Picket in the Woods”
A desirable Homer engraving showing the quiet tension of picket duty in dense Virginia woods.
Highly collectible and ideal for framing.
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⚔️ Double-Page Centerfold
Two sweeping Peninsular Campaign scenes:
Battery No. 1 with 100- and 200-pounder Parrott Guns Opposite Yorktown and Gloucester
A dramatic, smoke-filled artillery scene.
General McClellan’s Camp at Cumberland, Virginia, with a View of the Pamunky River
A panoramic camp landscape full of troop activity.
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🚶♂️ Field Operations & Battle Movement Scenes
Full page: “General McClellan’s Army on the March Through the Woods from Williamsburg Toward Richmond”
“Our Army in the Southwest” — five vignettes (fortifications, camps, troop activity).
“Corduroying Roads to Corinth” — half-page engineering scene.
“General Buell’s Army Crossing Lick Creek” — half-page troop movement.
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🏥 Civil War Medical Scene
Full page: “The General Hospital at Fortress Monroe”
Seven views of wards, surgeons, and military medical care.
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🎖 Notable Portrait
William A. Jackson, Ex-Coachman of Jefferson Davis — a key intelligence figure who escaped to Union lines.
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🎭 Back Page Cartoons
Two bold political cartoons closing out the issue.
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📝 Condition
Good to fair for an 1862 wartime newspaper.
Typical, expected aging includes minor edge wear, small tears, spine weakness, and light foxing/tone.
📸 I photograph every page — please review images carefully and feel free to ask for close-ups.
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🖼 Archival Framing Available
Optional framing with acid-free matting and UV-protective acrylic for:
The Winslow Homer print
Parrott gun artillery centerfold
McClellan’s march through the woods
Cold Harbor front-page engraving
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📦 Shipping
Shipped flat, never rolled
Archival-safe packaging
Fully insured
Combined shipping available
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Harper’s Weekly – June 7, 1862 – Winslow Homer Civil War Print • Cold Harbor • Parrott Guns • McClellan’s March
$60.00