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Civil War Harper's Weekly, March 16, 1861

The March 16, 1861 edition of Harper's Weekly featured a fascinating picture and stories on the first Inauguration of President Abraham Lincoln. We have posted the newspaper below. Simply Newspaper Thumbnails will take you to the page of interest of the newspaper.

The Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln

The Navy-Yard at Norfolk Virginia

Abraham Lincoln Inauguration

Abraham Lincoln First Inaugural Address

Lincoln Inaugural Cont.

Texas Forts

The Washington Arsenal

Winslow Homer Illustration of Abraham Lincoln Inaugural

VOL. V No. 220.]

NEW YORK, SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1861.

[PRICE FIVE CENTS.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the Year 1861, by Harper & Brothers, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.

THE INAUGURAL PROCESSION AT WASHINGTON PASSING THE GATE OF THE CAPITOL GROUNDS. FROM A SKETCH BY OUR SPECIAL ARTIST.--[SEE PAGE 165.]

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