Civil War Newspapers- LESLIE'S - FORT SUMTER, LINCOLN PROCLAMATION, ELLSWORTH For Sale

Frank Leslie's May 4 1861 Cover: The Eighth Mass Regiment Taking Possession of U.S. Ship Constitution in Annapolis , Proclamation By The President- Naval Blockade, signed in type, Abraham Lincoln, General View of Charleston Harbor During The Bombardment of Fort Sumter, Interior of Fort Sumter After the Evacuation of Union Troops, The Rhode Island Regiment Leaving Providence, War News from the North, South East and West,Ellsworth's Zouaves, Double Page- Burning of U.S. Ships and Destruction at Norfolk, Virginia, Extraordinary Scene at Tammany Hall,Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, later renamedLeslie's Weekly, was an American illustrated newspaper founded in 1855 and published until 1922. Throughout its existence, the weekly provided illustrations and reports—withwood engravings,lithographsandsteel engravingsbased on sketches and photography, beginning withdaguerreotypesand later with more advanced forms of photography—of wars fromJohn Brown's raid atHarpers Ferryand theCivil Warto theSpanish–American Warand theFirst World War- and numerous other articles of topical interest.

The first years ofFrank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaperwere difficult, with the nation undergoing a business crisis in 1857.The drama of the massiveAmerican Civil Warin 1861, though, ensured the success ofLeslie's Newspaper, as tens of thousands of readers turned toLeslie'sand the upstartHarper's Weeklyfor their sometimes lurid illustrations of the bloody conflict.ALeslie'sfreelancer,James R. O'Neill, is believed to have been the only Civil War correspondentkilled in actionin the Civil War. very good condition, normal wear, as with all of my newspapers, please look at the photos and ask questions, thanks