Complete original issue of Harper's Weekly illustrated newspaper with ornately illustrated masthead, May 18, 1865, 14 pages. 11 x 15.5. Front page illustration of President Lincoln taking the oath at his second Inauguration. Other illustrations: A visit to Fort Sumter by General Gillmore and staff; full page illustration of the Fifty-Fifth Massachusetts Colored Regiment singing ‘March On!’; a centerfold illustration of President Lincoln’s Inauguration at the Capitol building; landing of General Potter’s and Admiral Dahlgren’s troops at Bull’s Bay, South Carolina; General Ewell’s Headquarters; and the Embarkation of exchanged Union prisoners at Aiken’s Landing. Lightly intersecting folds, light toning, and a rough left edge, otherwise fine condition. RRAuction COA.
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