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Harper's Weekly was the most widely read journal in the United States during the American Civil War era of the mid-19th century. [4] [5] Harper's took a moderate editorial position on the issue of slavery prior to the Civil War's outbreak in 1861, earning it the label "Harper's Weakly" by critics.
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Cover of Harper's Weekly, showing the bridge-burning conspirators swearing allegiance to the American flag. The East Tennessee bridge burnings were a series of guerrilla operations carried out during the American Civil War by Southern Unionists in Confederate-held East Tennessee in 1861.
Harper's "Gordon" is a composite character, while the historical Gordon and Peter are almost certainly two different people who were combined by Harper's for narrative convenience. [5] Peter or Gordon's service in the U.S. Colored Troops after emancipation is attested in news reports in Harper's Weekly and The Liberator but so far has not been ...
The visitor center features exhibits about the history of Fort Supply and northwest Oklahoma. The buildings that are being preserved and restored to their original appearance are the 1874 Ordnance Sergeant's Quarters and 1882 Civilian Employee Quarters, which are picket-style log buildings, the frame-style 1878 Commanding Officer's Quarters and ...
Throughout its existence, the weekly provided illustrations and reports—with wood engravings, lithographs and steel engravings based on sketches and photography, beginning with daguerreotypes and later with more advanced forms of photography—of wars from John Brown's raid at Harpers Ferry and the Civil War to the Spanish–American War and ...
The Sickles hosted formal dinners every Thursday, and Teresa was "at home" (available to callers) to other society ladies every Tuesday morning. With her husband, she attended most of the major social events of the day. Teresa Sickles, Harper's Weekly reported, quickly became a fixture in Washington society. [10]
Sketches from the Far West-Arkansas Pilgrims by Paul Frenzeny and Jules Tavernier, 1874 Undated portrait of Jules Tavernier by Paul Frenzeny Weighing the Cargoes in the Weigh Lock on the Lehigh Canal, Pennsylvania, Harper's Weekly, 1873. Paul Frenzeny (1840s – 1902) was an American artist and illustrator.