Historical Documents

Jefferson Davis
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
This political cartoon illustrates James Buchanan beset by figures who employ quotes from the Ostend Manifesto to legitimize their criminal acts.
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Democratic National Convention 1860
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Lincoln Assassination Headline
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
House proposing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Custer's Last Charge
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Tom McLaury, Frank McLaury and Billy Clanton (left to right) lie dead after the gunfight.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Denver’s dean of cattle buyers, Lithuanian-born Robert Lazar Miller, on horseback.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Broadside of John Brown's Last Speech
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Lincoln Address
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Articles

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ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Historical Images

William Sherman
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
James Buchanan surrounded by criminal quoting the Ostend Manifesto
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Freedmen's Bureau Cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Custer’s Column of cavalry, artillery, and wagons
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)