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Title	Author	Issue
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Controversial Career of Col. Corcoran	Connor, Joseph	November/December 2024
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Salmon Chase Saves the Union	Stahr, Walter	Spring 2024
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) George Kennan Exposes Russian Cruelty in Siberia	Wallance, Gregory	Winter 2024
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Reopened Museum Honors Women's Fight for Fairness	Morrow, Ann	September 2023
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Remembering Bruce Catton	Wingrove, Kendall	September 2023
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Did Johnny Come Marching Home With PTSD?	Stewart, David	May 2023
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Daring Escape of Frederick Douglass	Hirshman, Linda	Spring 2023
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) “With Malice Toward None”	Meacham, Jon	Winter 2023
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Biddy Sues for Freedom	Hickman, Katie	Winter 2023
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Haunted by Authors: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery	Melville, Greg	November/December 2022
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Buffalo Bill and the Duel at Warbonnet Creek	Wiegand, Steve	October 2022
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Antietam, America's Bloodiest Day	Martin, Justin	September 2022
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Discovering Yellowstone	Black, George	Spring 2022
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Lincoln Walks a Tightrope	Reynolds, David	Spring 2022
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Massacre at Fort Pillow	Bordewich, Fergus	November/December 2021
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Herndon Climb Honors Heroism During Shipwreck	Kinder, Gary	June 2021
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Wrapped in Glory: Black Troops of the Civil War	Egerton, Douglas	Spring 2021
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Lincoln's Corrupt War Department	Oates, Stephen	February/March 2021
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson	McFeely, William	February/March 2021
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Ulysses S. Grant and the Whisky Frauds	McFeely, William	February/March 2021
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Did Hayes Steal the Election from Tilden?	Sproat, John	February/March 2021
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Was the Presidential Election Stolen?	Morris, Roy	Winter 2021
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Dred Scott: the Supreme Court's Worst Decision	Brands, H.	Winter 2021
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Stolen into Slavery	Bell, Richard	Fall 2020 George Washington Prize
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The O'Learys and the Great Chicago Fire	Smith, Carl	November 2020
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Juneteenth!	Watson, Bruce	June 2020
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Confederates in Congress: Heritage or Hate?	Grosvenor, Edwin	June 2020
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Confederates Honored by the U.S. Army	Grosvenor, Edwin	June 2020
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Great Railroad War of 1877	Dickson, Paul	Spring 2020
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) President Lincoln's Disastrous First Month	McPherson, James	Spring 2020
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Congress Fights the Civil War	Bordewich, Fergus	Spring 2020
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Harriett Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom’s Cabin	Reynolds, David	Winter 2020
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) “What, to the American Slave, Is the Fourth of July?”	Watson, Bruce	Summer 2019
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) “Let Us Die to Make Men Free”	Gamble, Richard	Summer 2019
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Descendant Sues Over Slave Photos	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2019
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Heart Touched By Fire	Collins, Ronald	Spring 2019
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Abraham Lincoln Invents Presidents Day	Grosvenor, Edwin	Winter 2019
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Blackface: The Sad History of Minstrel Shows	Grosvenor, Edwin	Winter 2019
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Importance of Mill Springs	Hurst, Jack	Winter 2019
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Lincoln's Boys	Zeitz, Joshua	Spring 2018
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Struggles of Edwin Stanton	Stahr, Walter	Fall 2017
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) “Hail, Liberty!”	McCullough, David	Summer 2017
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Grant Splits Dixie	Hurst, Jack	Summer 2017
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) "Oh doctor, do what you can!"	Grosvenor, Edwin	Summer 2012
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) High Stakes at Antietam	Sears, Stephen	Summer 2012
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Bruce Catton	Blight, David	Spring 2012
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Why the Civil War Still Matters	McPherson, James	Spring 2011
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) More Civil War at The National Archives	Editors, The	Winter 2011
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Civil War's 150th is Heating Up	Editors, The	Winter 2011
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Last Confederate Prison	Editors, The	Fall 2010