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Latey, John Lash (editor) : The Illustrated London News. No. 1099. Vol. XXXIX. Saturday, July 20, 1861. AMERICAN CIVIL WAR

(London: George C. Leighton, 1861)

400 x 280 mm; magazine, disbound from volume XXXIX, without wraps (as issued), and contained within a film fronted bag; pp. [47-70]; several woodcuts. Regular light browning; some soiling and fingering throughout; some glue remnants to stitching; a few short tears. Noteworthy events receiving attention in this number include France's failure to abandon all manifestations of the Slave Trade (a long essay on the subject is provided) and, particularly, the early stages of the American Civil War. The front page illustration is of "Attack on the pickets of the Garibaldi Guard on the East Branch of the Potomac." A further important picture relating to the American Civil War is "The long bridge over the Potomac at Washington, guarded by United States' artillery" (p. 58). Civil War news is focused particularly on how Lincoln's government intends to finance the War through taxes and duties. Excerpt: "The Long Bridge Over the Potomac at Washington: This bridge, which connects Washington with the Virginia shore, is a mile long, and about a quarter of a mile of the centre part is built of masonry, with low parapets, and resembles a country road. The remainder of the bridge is of wood. It is sufficiently wide to take three carriages abreast, and has two draws - one on the Washington and one on the Virginia side. These are nearly always open for the passage of small armed propellers, with which the Potomac swarms. A company of flying artillery is stationed on the bridge every night near the Virginia shore, with the draw raised in front of them. By day the passage across the bridge is unobstructed, and waggons are constantly passing and repassing, although, for form's sake, a company of soldiers is stationed at the extremity of the bridge, and sentinels parade to and fro."

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