Contains a Thomas Nast illustration: “McClellan Entering Frederick, Maryland”on the front page. Inside: The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, September 22, 1862. View of Harpers Ferry and Maryland Heights. War map of Kentucky. Capitol grounds at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania turned into a camp. Centerfold: Battle of Antietam. Grand depot for General Grant’s army at Columbus, Kentucky.

Features an in-depth report on Abraham Lincoln’s speech at Springfield, Illinois, responding to a speech by Stephen Douglas regarding the Dred Scott decision.

This 6½ inch, two-handled mold for a ¾ inch bullet was found along with other items on the Gettysburg battlefield in August 1863. Includes a photocopy of the 2 x ¾-inch label affixed to a lockplate found at the same time, which reads: “Gun lock picked / up on the battlefield / of Gettysburgh Aug. 1863 / by Isaac D-----” The lockplate is not included. The upper and lower left portions of the label are cut off and soiling in right half obliterates most of Isaac’s last name. The mold itself has slightly curved handles that are pointed at the ends, the mold’s hinge pivots easily, and sprue hole is clean and sharp.

On the front page under “News from the North” is the text of Abraham Lincoln’s reply to New York Tribune editor Horace Greeley. Greeley’s letter urging Lincoln to emancipate all slaves in Union-held territory was known as “The Prayer of Twenty Millions.” It was first published on August 20, 1862. Lincoln responded on August 22, declaring that his paramount goal is to save the Union, regardless of its effect on slavery, as well as his personal views that all men should be free.