ILLUSTRATIONS

Many of the illustrations in this book are reproductions of woodcuts which appeared in Harper's Weekly and Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper during the Civil War. Harper's and Leslie's employed the best journalistic artists of the day, and these artists visited every important battle front of the war to find material for their pictures. Their finest drawings captured the essential drama and action of the war much better than the stilted and posed photographs of one hundred years ago could do. Editorially, Harper's Weekly favored aggressive Northern action against slavery and supported the enrollment of Negro troops and the enactment of measures to make the Negro's freedom real and meaningful. As an illustrated weekly, Leslie's had no well-defined editorial policy, but the paper did give consistent and loyal support to Lincoln's war policy throughout the conflict.

  1. Mansion on the South Carolina Sea Islands (Courtesy of the New-York Historical Society, New York City)

  2. Planting sweet potatoes (Courtesy of the New- York Historical Society, New York City)

  3. Sorting cotton (Courtesy of the New-York Historical Society, New York City)

  4. “An incident in the Battle of the Wilderness” (Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, XVIII, June 4, 1864)

  5. “Army of the Potomac” (Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, XIX, December 10, 1864)

  6. “The rebels preparing for the Union Attack on Charleston” (Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, XV, January 21, 1863)

  7. “The war on the Mississippi” (Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, XVIII, May 7, 1864)

  8. Robert Smalls, captor of the ship Planter (Library of Congress Collection)

  9. Contraband (Harper's Weekly, XI, May 4, 1867)

  10. Recruit (Harper's Weekly, XI, May 4, 1867)

  11. Veteran (Harper's Weekly, XI, May 4, 1867)

  12. “The Escaped Slave” (Harper's Weekly, VIII, July 2, 1864)

  13. “The Escaped Slave in the Union Army” (Harper's Weekly, VIII, July 2, 1864)

  14. Gordon, a slave who escaped his master and came into the Union lines

  15. Gordon, as he entered Union lines

  16. Gordon, in Union uniform (these three photographs from Harper's Weekly, VII, July 4, 1863)

  17. “The Last Chattel” (Harper's Weekly, X, January 10, 1866)

  18. “The war in Virginia” (Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, XVIII, August 20, 1864)

  19. Escaped Union officers receiving help from Negroes near Richmond (Harper's Weekly, VIII, March 12, 1864)

  20. Group of contrabands (Courtesy of The New-York Historical Society, New York City)

  21. Liberation of slaves on plantation in North Carolina (Harper's Weekly, VIII, January 23, 1864)

  22. “Mustered out” (Harper's Weekly, X, May 19, 1866)

  23. “President Lincoln riding through Richmond” (Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, XX, April 22, 1865)

  24. “School girls—freed”

  25. “Uncle”