Harper's Weekly Cover, August 2, 1862. Black; cream. Paper. This original engraved cover is marked, "Harpers Weekly, Vol. VI.-No. 292, New York, Saturday, August 2, 1862." The cover engraving is titled, "Cutting The Canal Opposite Vicksburg.--Sketched by Mr. Theodore R. Davis." It shows African American men and boys digging the canal. , Civil War
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