The Baptist Church at Columbia. S. C., Where the Great Secession Convention was held, Dec. 17, 1860 from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, January 5, 1961

Pike’s Peak and Long’s Peak. The Kansas Gold Region—View of Auraria and Denver City, Cherry Creek—from a sketch made by Col D. H. Huyett, Expressly for Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper That  part of the Rocky Mountains which is called Pike’s Peak was discovered, or rather named by Lieutenant Z. M. Pike, who made an exploring [...]

Mrs. Abraham Lincoln, Wife of the President Elect, And Sons From a Photograph by P. Butler, of Springfield, Ill Mrs. Lincoln, the wife of the President elect, is a Southerner by birth, the daughter of a planter, and brought up in all the traditions of conservatism. Mrs.Lincoln (n e Mary Todd) is the daughter of [...]

General View of the Harbor and the City of Charleston, S.C. – From a Sketch by Our Special Artist. Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, December 8, 1860 The beautiful city of Charleston, which we illustrate this week, is the largest city of South Carolina, and is situated on a tongue of land, bounded on either side [...]

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, December 1, 1860 We publish in our present number the portraits of three of the leading spirits in the Secession movement in the South. James Chesnut, Jun., of South Carolina. Jas. Chesnut, Jr. Senator from Camden, S.C., was, we believe, the first who resigned his seat in obedience to what he [...]

Interior View of the Office of Adams’ Express Company, in Charleston, S. C. The Mills House on Market street, is a commodious and beautiful hotel, and is kept in very popular style by Major Nickerson, who is known and respected by every one. It was built a few years since by Otis Mills, Esq., one [...]

Secession Meeting in Front of the Mills House, Meeting Street, Charleston, S.C. – From a Sketch by Our Special Artist Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, December 1, 1860 We present, in connection with the present secession movement in the South, a sketch of an enthusiastic meeting in favor of secession, held in front of the popular [...]

The Government Arsenal in Charleston, S. C., Guarded by Detachments of the Washington Light Infantry – From a Sketch by our Special Artist Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, December 1, 1860 The Government Arsenal In Charleston, S. C. This extensive, handsome and important building, which we illustrate this week, is at the present moment an object [...]

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, Dec 1, 2020 At this time, when the attention of the whole country is centered upon the gallant State of South Carolina, in speculation as to the course she will pursue, it will be both seasonable and interesting to present some views in the city of Charleston, where the secession seems [...]

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, December 1, 1860 The harbor of Charleston, S. C., is a noble expanse of water, affording ample depth and scope for all the purposes of commerce on the grandest scale. It has, however, one great drawback, namely, the sandbar, which forbids the entrance of ships of large burthen. Measures are about [...]

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, November 24, 1860 Ever since the vote of the 6th of November, which indicated beyond peradventure that the candidate for the Republican party would be the next President of the United States, there has been a wild excitement and a terrible agitation in our sister States of the South. Even before [...]

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, November 24, 1860 Abraham Lincoln Receiving his Friends in the Court Room of the State House, Springfield. We give in our present number a sketch of the President elect receiving the congratulations of his friends and neighbors in the Court Room of the State House, Springfield. It would seem from all [...]

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, November 24, 1860 On our pages this week, we illustrate passing events of great and stirring interest, both in the South and in the North — the Seceding movements in the South and the Presidential campaign in the North.   We claim to be strictly and entirely neutral in our course [...]

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, November 11, 1860 Residence of the Hon. Abraham Lincoln at Springfield, Illinois. The simple home of this American Statesman, and President Elect of the United States, is situated on the corner of Eighth and Edward streets, and here he has resided twenty years out of the three and twenty he has [...]

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, November 3, 1860 The landing of the St. Mary’s Forces, under the command of W. D. Porter, at the railroad depot at Panama, to protect the property of American citizens, during the recent extensive negro insurrection, Sept. 27, 1860 — From a sketch by W.G. Overend, U.S.N.

Quasi-Military Group, from an October 24, 1860, Hartford, Connecticut Parade. as presented in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, November 10, 1860. The Putnam Phalanx1, as many of our readers are aware, is a military organization wearing the old Continental uniform. It was founded in August, 1858, when a number of the most respectable citizens of Hartford, [...]

1860 ad in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper for Smith and Wesson’s Seven-Shooter The Smith & Wesson Model 1 was the first firearm manufactured by Smith & Wesson, with production spanning the years 1857 through 1882. It was the first commercially successful revolver to use rimfire cartridges instead of loose powder, musket ball, and percussion caps. [...]

The Hon. John C. Breckinridge, Democratic Candidate for the Presidency. – from a Photograph by Brady John C. Breckinridge1 The family of this the youngest and most brilliant of the Presidential candidates is one of the most distinguished in Kentucky. It is originally Scotch, John Knox, the illustrious reformer, being an ancestor on the maternal [...]

Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, the Presidential Candidate for the Republican Party. — Photographed by Brady Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, October 20, 1860 ABRAHAM LINCOLN. The Republican candidate for the Presidency is one of a class which belongs especially to our Republic. No other nation on the face of the globe can boast of men who, [...]

Arrival of the Revenue Cutter Harriet Lane at the Battery – Land of the Prince of Wales, Accompanied by the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Lyons, Earl St. Germains, and the rest of the Suite, Thursday, October 11, 1860 as represented in Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, October, 27, 1860 Arrival at the Battery. After a pleasant [...]

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, August 11, 1860. Col. Ellsworth, of the United States Chicago Zouaves. In our paper of the 28th July we gave a short biography of this admirable specimen of an American soldier-citizen, and have now merely to repeat that he is a native of New York, and in his twenty-second year. In [...]

(Festivities of July 26 and 27, 1860, as reported in Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, August 11, 1860) The Wide Awakes, as our readers are probably aware, is an organization having its origin in partisan spirit and is made up of members of the Republican party, the majority being young men. Its objects and aim is to [...]

Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, May 26, 1860 From a photograph by Whitehurst OUR GALLERY OF DISTINGUISHED AMERICAN LADIES. MRS. STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS. WE present this day the second portrait in Our Gallery of Distinguished American ladies. Mrs. Stephen A Douglas, ne Cutts, by her beauty, talents and social position, has been for several years one [...]