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The Year of War. Bound volume of Harper

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The Year of War. Bound volume of Harper
The Year of War. Bound volume of Harper's Weekly for the complete year 1862, Jan.-Dec. The year of the Emancipation Proclamation, suspension of habeas corpus, Battles of Shiloh, Manassas, Antietam, Seven Days, Peninsula, Fredericksburg, Corinth, Vicksburg, Monitor vs Merrimac, etc. The news reported in Harper's with plentiful illustrations and maps. Winslow Homer joined Harper's in 1862, and several of his drawings appear: Rebels, Army of the Potomac, Surgeon at work in the field, Bayonet charge in double-page (three such), single page (three), and half page (one) drawings. Single-page drawings are 12 x 16. Embossed cover, gilt title, one side of spine loose, else binding intact. Index. Occasional age toning, some papers show wear, else generally fine.