Historical Images

Map
U.S. Territorial Acquisition Map
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900), Multiple Eras
Map of the Union 1864
Bacon and Company, Map of the United States, showing the territory in possession of the Federal Union, January, 1864
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Coroner Page
Cochise County Case No. 48. Coroner’s Transmittal Page to the Clerk of the District Court Cochise County
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Woman Who Dared
The Woman Who Dared by Thomas Wust
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Political Cartoon
Substance and Shadow Political Cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Secession Movement Political Cartoon
The "Secession Movement"
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Historical Documents

Charleston Mercury Article
The Insurrection
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Corwin Amendment
Joint Resolution Proposing a 13th Amendment to the Constitution
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Mary Todd Lincoln letter
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Cover of Life Magazine 1913
Trenton State Sentinel and Capital, Editorial
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Extradition Convention Between the United States and Austria-Hungary
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Amendments Proposed in Congress by Senator John J. Crittenden
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Caroline Churchill
"Little Sheaves" Gathered While Gleaning After Reapers. Being Letters of Travel Commencing in 1870, and Ending in 1873
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Letters from An American Farmer
Letters from an American Farmer, J. Hector St. John De Crevecoeur
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
List of Coroner's Jurors, Testimony of John H. Behan and clerk's cover and file sheet
Testimony of John H. Behan and Clerk’s Cover and File Sheet, 1881
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Reconstruction Amendments 1865-1870
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Ticket
Maryland state ticket. Election, Tuesday November 6th, 1860...For President of the United States John Bell of Tennessee. For Vice President of the United States, Edward Everett of Massachusetts
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Articles

How I Met Lincoln (July/August 1999 | Volume: 50, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Forgotten Triumph of the Paw Paw (October 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 6)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Grant Takes on the Klan ( | Volume: 1, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Showdown at Sumter (Winter 2010 | Volume: 59, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Blackface: The Sad History of Minstrel Shows (Winter 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Destruction of Fighting Joe Hooker (October 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 6)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Treasure From The Carpentry Shop (December 1979 | Volume: 31, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Civil War's 150th is Heating Up (Winter 2011 | Volume: 60, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Reopened Museum Honors Women's Fight for Fairness (September 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 6)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Confederates in Congress: Heritage or Hate?    (June 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 3)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Technological Turkeys (May/June 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Creating the Ultimate Civil War Resource (July/August 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 5)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Monitor Makes Port (April/May 2007 | Volume: 58, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Pluck Heard 'Round the World (Winter 2010 | Volume: 59, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
“A Most Abandoned Hypocrite” (February/March 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
A Lincoln Decoy (September 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 5)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Booth Obsession (September 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 5)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
USS Boondoggle (February/March 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Haunted by Authors: Sleepy Hollow Cemetery (November/December 2022 | Volume: 68, Issue: 6)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Did Johnny Come Marching Home With PTSD? (May 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 3)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Disenthralling Ourselves (April 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Daring Escape of Frederick Douglass (Spring 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Greatest Diarist (March 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
“Let Us Die to Make Men Free” (Summer 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 3)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Search and Destroy (November 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 7)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Fires of Norfolk (March 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Abolitionist John Doy (Spring 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
What Happened at Mountain Meadows? (October 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 7)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
How Railroads Forever Changed the Frontier (Spring/Summer 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Dr. Lauderdale Goes to War (December 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 8)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
How Did Lincoln Die? (February/March 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Collections

Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in Gone With the Wind
Hollywood History, by Mark C. Carnes
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
The Statue of the Freed Slave
The Slaves Freed, by Stephen Oates
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)