1862 CIVIL WAR display newspaper BIRD"S EYE VIEW of RICHMOND Virginia Poster MAP

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GORGEOUS 1862 CIVIL WAR display newspaper with a HUGE, double-page centerfold engraving of a
BIRD'S EYE VIEW of the CONFEDERATE CAPITAL of RICHMOND, Virginia
. This  Poster - like piece has a map of the James River area from Richmond to the Chesapeake above the engraving
#1S-005
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SEE PHOTO-----COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the
_Harper's Weekly Illustrated Newspaper_
(NY) dated January 18, 1862, with fantastic Richmond, Va. history!
This large engraving is tipped in to the newspaper, not bound in as many are, and so this has no binders holes at the center. A very desirable piece.
Perfect for framing and display, this historic piece would make a beautiful addition to any fine Richmond, Va. or CIVIL WAR collection and would look great hanging in any modern-day Richmond home or office!
This historic piece measures 22" X 16"
Richmond, Virginia, served as the capital of the Confederate States of America for almost the whole of the American Civil War. Not only was Richmond the seat of political power for the Confederacy, it served as a vital source of munitions, armament, weapons, supplies, and manpower for the Confederate States Army and Confederate States Navy, and as such would have been defended at all costs regardless of its political status. The city was less than 100 miles from the Union capital in Washington, D.C..
Due to its symbolic and strategic importance to the Confederate war effort, it was the target of numerous attempts by the Union Army to seize possession of the capital, most notably during the Peninsula Campaign of 1862 and the Overland Campaign of 1864. Its proximity to the fighting would lead to it becoming a center of hospitals and military prisons. The city finally fell to Union forces on April 3, 1865, with large portions of the city destroyed by fires set during the evacuation.
In the aftermath of the war, numerous monuments, memorials, and museums were erected in the city.
Harper's Weekly was the most widely read newspaper in the United States throughout the period of the Civil War. So as not to upset its wide readership in the South, Harper's took a moderate editorial position on the issue of slavery prior to the outbreak of the war. Publications that supported abolition referred to it as "Harper's Weakly". The Weekly had supported the Stephen A. Douglas presidential campaign against Abraham Lincoln, but as the American Civil War broke out, it fully supported Lincoln and the Union. A July 1863 article on the escaped slave Gordon included a photograph of his back, severely scarred from whippings; this provided many readers in the North their first visual evidence of the brutality of slavery. The photograph inspired many free blacks in the North to enlist.
Some of the most important articles and illustrations of the time were Harper's reporting on the war. Besides renderings by Homer and Nast, the magazine also published illustrations by Theodore R. Davis, Henry Mosler, and the brothers Alfred and William Waud.
In 1863, George William Curtis, one of the founders of the Republican Party, became the political editor of the newspaper, and remained in that capacity until his death in 1892. His editorials advocated civil service reform, low tariffs, and adherence to the gold standard.
Very Good condition.
This listing includes the complete entire original newspaper.
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