Harper’s Weekly

Articles from Harper’s Weekly

A Briton Writes From Ypres (Harper’s Weekly, 1915)

In a letter to his family, a soldier from one of the Scottish territorial regiments gives an account of his experiences fighting in Belgium.

He was in the thick of the fighting that came as a result of the Kaiser’s desperate attempt to take Ypres, yet he indulges in no heroics. He writes as though reporting a cricket game or a boat race.

Lincoln’s Reconstruction Parable (Harper’s Weekly, 1907)

President Abraham Lincoln told many parables during the Civil War; he told this one to General A.J. Cresswell on the last day of his life.

To read the story behind Lincoln’s beard, click here.

Lincoln’s Reconstruction Parable (Harper’s Weekly, 1907)

President Abraham Lincoln told many parables during the Civil War; he told this one to General A.J. Cresswell on the last day of his life.

To read the story behind Lincoln’s beard, click here.