XRARE 1863: THE OLD GUARD, A MONTHLY JOURNAL Civil War, Pro-Slavery, #s10 - 129

Old Guard,
A Monthly Journal,
Devoted to the Principles of 1776 and 1787.

Volume 1, #s 10, 11 & 12 (triple issue)
Oct., Nov. & Dec., 1863
New York: C. Chauncey Burr & Co.
 

3 rare, original issues of "Old Guard", a radical, pro-slavery, pro-South, anti-Lincoln, and openly racist monthly journal published in New York by C. Chauncey Burr from 1863 to 1867, dedicated to the "political principles of 1776 and 1787", fiercely opposing the Civil War's direction, and featuring Copperhead/Nativist leaders like Rep. Benjamin Wood (whose portrait is featured in a steel engraved plate in the double issue - Wood was a pro-South New York publisher and congressman).

Original publisher's wraps. Pages 241 - 288. 11" x 7.5".

Extremely rare Northern published anti-abolition, pro-South Civil War publications!