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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) “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) Dred Scott: the Supreme Court's Worst Decision	Brands, H.	Winter 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) Harriett Beecher Stowe and Uncle Tom’s Cabin	Reynolds, David	Winter 2020
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) Blackface: The Sad History of Minstrel Shows	Grosvenor, Edwin	Winter 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) 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) A Graceful Exit	Winik, Jay	Winter 2010
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Drake's Rock Oil	Yergin, Daniel	Winter 2010
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Slaughter on Cemetery Ridge	Sears, Stephen	Winter 2010
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Pluck Heard 'Round the World	Grosvenor, Edwin	Winter 2010
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Showdown at Sumter	McPherson, James	Winter 2010
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Iron Wills, Iron Ships	Holloway, Anna	Winter 2010
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) “The Tide is Setting Strongly Against Us”	Ayers, Edward	Winter 2010
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Lincoln’s Legacy	Holzer, Harold	Winter 2009
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) If Lincoln Hadn’t Died...	Foner, Eric	Winter 2009
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Lincoln As Commander in Chief	McPherson, James	Winter 2009
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Lincoln the Orator	Holzer, Harold	Winter 2009
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Lincoln and the Navy	Symonds, Craig	Winter 2009
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Unlocking History: Treasures of Robert E. Lee Discovered	Ross, John	Winter 2008
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Robert E. Lee’s “Severest Struggle”	Pryor, Elizabeth	Winter 2008
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) “Strong Enough to Float an Iron Wedge”	Norris, David	Winter 2008
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) “What, to the American Slave, Is the Fourth of July?”	Watson, Bruce	Summer 2019
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Grant Splits Dixie	Hurst, Jack	Summer 2017
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) “Hail, Liberty!”	McCullough, David	Summer 2017
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) High Stakes at Antietam	Sears, Stephen	Summer 2012
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) From Civil War to Civil Rights	Gates, Henry	Summer 2010
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) In the Defense of the Republic	Horton, James	Summer 2010
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) A Spirit and Power Far Beyond Its Letter	Holzer, Harold	Summer 2010
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Surprise Inscription Found on Lincoln's Watch	Rodibaugh, Jennifer	Summer 2009
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) The Emancipation Question	Huntington, Tom	Summer 2009
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Lincoln’s Home Away from Home Reopens	Geracimos, Ann	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) Cartoonery	Rodibaugh, Jennifer	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) How Railroads Forever Changed the Frontier	Ronda, James	Spring/Summer 2008
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877) When the Reaper Came Calling	Kopper, Philip	Spring/Summer 2008
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) The Daring Escape of Frederick Douglass	Hirshman, Linda	Spring 2023
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) Wrapped in Glory: Black Troops of the Civil War	Egerton, Douglas	Spring 2021
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) President Lincoln's Disastrous First Month	McPherson, James	Spring 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) Descendant Sues Over Slave Photos	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2019