[CIVIL WAR] Harper's Weekly. A Journal of Civilization. Volumes V-IX, Nos. 210-470. New York: 1861-1865.5 volumes. Folio (396 x 278 mm). Numerous wood-engraved illustrations and maps, some full page, many by Winslow Homer, advertisements. (Lacking front leaf only from nos. 365, 367, 210, and 256, A few tears, some affecting text or illustrations, minor spotting throughout.) 20th-Century half morocco (rubbed, hinges reinforced, a few joints separated, a few spines chipping).A NEARLY COMPLETE RUN from January 1861 to December 1865, covering the entire Civil War. From its founding in 1857 until 1861, Harper's Weekly upheld a modest editorial stance on slavery and related issues of the time, as it had a considerable readership in the South, and wanted to maintain the Union at all costs. Once the war came, it threw its full support to Abraham Lincoln and the Union. Harper's was one of the most widely-read newspapers of its time and both its news and illustrations kept soldiers and their families up to date on details of the war.