These two prints from The Illustrated London News show scenes of terrible violence from the Civil War-era. The first, The Civil War in America. - General Burnside's Expedition: The 9th New York (Hawkins's Zouaves) and the 21st Massachusetts Taking the Confederate Fieldwork on Roanoke Island at the Point of the Bayonet..., depicts the Union army charging during the Battle of Roanoke Island, the opening salvo in the Burnside Expedition, the four month amphibious operation along the North Carolina coast. The second, The Riots in New York: The Mob Burning the Provost Marshal's Office, is an illustration of a crowd erupting into violence during the New York City draft riots of 1863. Each of these striking prints were published in the month following the event depicted. Size varies slightly.

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Condition: B+

There is minor show-through of text on verso and very faint foxing on both prints.