“GLORY” THE VALOR OF COL. SHAW AND THE 54TH MASSACHUSETTS

glory-hw-fp1.jpgTHE FAMOUS ASSAULT ON FORT WAGNER BY THE LEGENDARY COLORED REGIMENT
GREAT SKETCH OF COL. ROBERT GOULD SHAW

Harper’s Weekly, New York
August 15, 1863

The famous attack on Fort Wagner in Charleston Harbor – the final battle scene in the celebrated film “Glory.” Superb sketch of Colonel Robert Shaw with a lengthy report of the action and a biography of the slain colonel. The 54th Mass. Volunteers was the very first Northern Black regiment to serve in the Civil War. This report was written by the Harper’s correspondent to whom Shaw gave his letters for his father and Massachusetts Governor Andrew just before riding off to storm the fort–a dramatic scene in the motion picture.

This historic issue also contains an action-packed front page sketch of Confederate General John Hunt Morgan raiding Washington, Ohio (see scan), along with an action report. Other graphic Civil War woodcuts include doublepage centerfold sketchs detailing the Maryland campaign, an amazing “BIRDS-EYE VIEW OF CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA….” showing the Union vessels including ironclad monitors, and the sea islands.

16 pp., complete as published in 1863. In excellent condition. One minor tape repair on page two that doesn’t detract from anything. This is one of my personal favorite issues of Harper’s Weekly, the great illustrated newspaper that truly brought the war into the living rooms of civilians everywhere.

$900

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Posted by mmitchell | Filed Under All Historic Newspapers, The Civil War