MS286
Civil War Era News Prints

This collection consists of three civil war bank notes and illustrations from Civil War era newspapers including Harper’s History of the Great Rebellion, Harper’s Weekly, Illustrated London News and Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper. The images are listed by date, caption of the main illustration and page numbers, when known.

 
The Collection was donated to the William Madison Randall Library by Mr. James Fugate of Jacksonville, NC in June 2005

This Collection has been designated Accession Number 286 of the Manuscripts Collection, Special Collections Department, William Madison Randall Library, University of North Carolina at Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, North Carolina 28403-3297.

There are no access restrictions on this collection.

Inventory
Manuscript/Box/File

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Confederate Cross of Honor 12”x12 – Front – C.S.A. and wreath encircled flag. (Stake broken off at 2 inches) Back – 1861-1865 Deo Vindice

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Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper

09-07-1861    “The Bombardment of Fort Hatteras, North Carolina” pp. 260-261

“The Popular loan to the federal government” Front page

11-02-1861     “The US steamer Monticello shelling the rebel troops at Chicacomico” pp.376-377

02-08-1862     "The Burnside Expedition -- Arrival of the Naval and Military Expedition To North Carolina" p.189

02-15-1862     “The Burnside Expedition” front page

04-26-1862     “The War in North Carolina, View of Fort Macon” pp. 409-410

05-17-1862     “The War in North Carolina, surrender of Fort Macon” front page

05-24-1862     “The War in North Carolina, the national naval flotilla” pp. 104-105

"The War in North Carolina, Bombardment of Fort Macon” pp. 111-112

08-29-1863      “The War in North Carolina, scenes in Spear’s Calvary Expedition” pp. 386

02-04-1865      “First Assault Upon Fort Fisher”

02-18-1865      “View of the interior of a part of Fort Fisher” pp. 347-348

03-04-1865      “Scene in and Around Fort Fisher” pp. 371-372

“View showing the earthworks and position of Gen. Terry’s army” pp. 377-378

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Harper’s History of the Great Rebellion

October 1861    “View of the Camp of the 20^th Indiana Regiment” pp. 125-126

December 1862  “Action at Whitehall” quarter page pp. 428

December 1864  “Ironclad monitor Monadnock” “Fort Fisher”

No date             “Battle of Bentonville”

No date             “Bombardment of Fort Macon” quarter page pp. 249

Harper’s Weekly Newspaper

No date         “Map of Wilmington and defenses” – framed

No date         “Our blockading fleet of Wilmington NC” – framed

No date         “Rebel Batteries at New Inlet, Wilmington NC, sloop Iroquois” – framed Front pages, complete copies and partial

06-01-1861    “Major-General Benjamin F. Butler, USA” pp. 337-338

04-05-1862     “Rebel steamer Nashville, Beaufort, NC” pp 210-211, front

04-12-1862     “Bomb-proof sand-bag batter at New Bern, North Carolina” x2 copies front pp. 225-240

10-25-1862     “After the Battle, Rebels in possession of the field” pp. 680-684

02-07-1863     “Bombardment of the post of Arkansas” pp. 81-93 (missing 87-92)

05-30-1863     “The Tug Ramsey, Rebel batteries at Vicksburg” pp. 337-352 (missing 342- 346)

07-23-1863     “Major-General Ulysses S. Grant” pp. 465-480

11-07-1863     “Army of the Cumberland” pp. 705-720

06-04-1864     “Major-General William T. Sherman” pp. 353-368

11-19-1864     “Destruction of the rebel ram Albemarle” pp. 737-748

02-04-1865     “Landing of soldiers and sailors above Fort Fisher” pp 65-66

03-11-1865     “Removing Torpedoes, Cape Fear River” pp. 145-146

12-24-1865     “Chief Justices of the United States” pp. 817-832

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Harper’s Weekly Newspaper

1862              “Ladies of New Orleans” pp. 447-448

02-15-1862     “Burnside Expedition at Hatteras Inlet” Angelo Wiser, pp. 101-102

03-15-1862     “Burnside Expedition” A. Wiser, pp. 171-172

04-12-1862     “Burnside Expedition, Bombardment of New Bern” pp. 229-230

04-19-1862     “Burnside Expedition, New Bern and Washington, NC” pp. 251-252

06-28-1862     “Battle of Tranter’s Creek, near Washington, NC” pp. 413-414

07-19-1862     “Presentation of a sword to Gen. Burnside, New Bern, NC” pp. 453-454

02-07-1863     “United States ironclad monitor Weehawken in the storm” pp. 91-92

04-11-1863     “Battle of New Bern – Repulse of the rebels” pp. 237-238

05-09-1863     “Steamer Escort running the rebel batteries, Washington, NC” pp. 301-301

11-21-1863     “War in East Tennessee, drawing artillery through the mountains” pp. 741- 742

05-07-1864     “Rebel ram attacking federal gunboats, Plymouth, NC” pp. 301-302

05-28-1864     “Grant’s Campaign, topographical map of Virginia” pp. 341-342

11-19-1864     “Suggestion for travelers” pp. 751-752

12-03-1864     “Our Blockade Fleet off Wilmington, NC” pp. 771-772

12-03-1864     “Capture of the blockade runner Annie” pp. 773-774

02-04-1865     “Admiral Porter’s fleet” pp. 69-70

04-15-1865     “Battle of Bentonsville” pp. 237-238

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full-page illustrations

04-05-1862     “The Burnside Expedition – The Storming of Ft. Thompson” pp. 216-217

02-07-1863     “Historic examples of southern chivalry” artist Thomas Nast, pp. 344-345

05-30-1863     “Calvary Attack” artist Thomas Nast, pp. 344-345

01-28-1865     “Bombardment of the fortifications of Federal Point” artist John Everding, pp. 56-57

02-04-1865     “Assault and capture of Fort Fisher, January 15, 1865” pp. 72-73

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After Rebellion

06-03-1865     “Trial of the Conspirators” “Birthplace of Andrew Johnson” pp. 341-342

11-16-1867     “Attack upon Smugglers, Masonborough” pp. 729-730

04-20-1872     “NC Sketches” – Country Store and Emigrants – Mary Stone pp. 315-316

06-12-1875     “Mecklenburg Centennial, Charlotte, NC” – W.L. Sheppard pp. 475-476

01-08-1887     “Field Trials of Sporting Dogs at High Point, NC” – J.M. Tracy pp. 19-20

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Illustrated London News

01-23-1864     “War in America: Fort Fisher, Commanding the New Inlet, Cape Fear” pp. 75-76

03-18-1865     “The War in America: Interior of Fort Fisher, near Wilmington” pp. 249-250

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Unknown Source/Dates

“Battle near Kinston, NC, March 8, 1865”
“Battle of Roanoke Island, February 8, 1862” artist R. Schell

“Bombardment of Fort Anderson, February 11, 1865”

“Burnside Expedition encountering the terrific gale off Hatteras” quarter page

“Civil War in America: Camp Winfield, Hatteras Inlet” tinted, quarter page

“Civil War in America: Provisional Camp of a portion of the Burnside Expedition” tinted

“Detachment of U.S. Sailors from the gunboats Albatross and Gemsbok” quarter page

“Federal siege works on Bogue Island, NC” artist J.H. Schell, quarter page

“Richmond ladies going to receive government rations” quarter page

“Skirmish near Goldsboro” quarter page

“United States arsenal at Fayetteville” quarter page

“Wreck of the City of New York of the Burnside Expedition off Hatteras Inlet” tinted
Ballou's Pictorial Drawing-Room Companion "Cornwallis's Head-Quarters, and Episcopal Church, Wilmington" quarter page
"Market Street, Wilmington, North Carolina" quarter page

"Position of Iron Clads, January 15th, 1865"

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1863 Bank of the Cape Fear, Wilmington – four dollars

no date Bank of Washington, North Carolina – five dollars

1863  State of North Carolina – five dollars

COPYRIGHT:  Retained by the authors of items in these papers, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.