Hawks 1: Civil War Diary (cover)

1862: A color cover of Manchester native Dr. Esther Hill Hawks, all alone on the pier at New York City, on her way to occupied South Carolina…

~ CIVIL WAR DIARY of Esther Hill Hawks ~

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A couple of key resources helped me envision parts of this scene:

• Firstly, this “Bird’s Eye View of New York City (1901)”…
  
  …from an NYPL collection.  Yes, it’s much later than Hawks’ New York of 1862, but it gives us a certain sense of texture.
• More appropriately, see this NYPL collection of views of the NYC waterfront (1858-1915):
  
• And let’s also note this “Great Union Meeting” (1861) stereograph from Library of Congress: