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Civil War Harper's Weekly, May 2, 1863

This site features all the Harper's Weekly newspapers published during the Civil War. These newspapers are full of incredible illustrations and news reports on the War, created within hours of the events depicted.

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Slaves Working Cotton

Ironclad Warfare

Shooting of Colonel Kimball

Suffolk, Virginia

Sinking of the "Keokuk"

Review of the Army of the Potomac

Confiscation of Cotton

Yankee Doodle Cartoon

Abraham Lincoln on Horseback

Charleston Defenses

Attack of Fort Sumter

President Lincoln Reviews the Army of the Potomac

VOL. VII.—No. 331.]

NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MAY 2, 1863.

[ SINGLE COPIES SIX CENTS. $3,00 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1863, by Harper & Brothers, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.

COLLECTING CONFISCATED ANGLO-REBEL COTTON IN THE SOUTHWEST.—FROM A SKETCH BY MR. THEODORE R. DAVIS.—[SEE PAGE 286.]

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