Historical Images

Scene in the House on the passage of the proposition to amend the Constitution, January 31, 1865
Scene in the House on the passage of the proposition to amend the Constitution, January 31, 1865
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Dorothea Lange Photograph
Sign Near Tombstone, Arizona. Boot Hill Graveyard
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Infantry regiment
Infantry regiment in camp. [Probably 96th Pennsylvania Infantry at Camp Northumberland near Washington, DC, ca. 1861] Mathew Brady Collection. (Army) ca. 1861
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Photograph of Peter, a formerly enslaved man
Photograph of Peter, a formerly enslaved man
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Jefferson Davis captured
[Jefferson Davis dressed in women's clothing being captured in a tent by two Union soldiers as two women and an African American man look on] / Francis Hacker.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Articles

John Wilkes Booth’s Other Victim (February/March 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 1)
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The First Kansas Colored (February/March 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Remembering Bruce Catton (September 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 6)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Secret Six Behind Harpers Ferry (Fall 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 3)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Test of Reconciliation in Terrible Times (November/December 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 8)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Unlike Clinton's Rich Guests, Lincoln Never Slept in "The Lincoln Bedroom" (July/August 1997 | Volume: 48, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
A Spirit and Power Far Beyond Its Letter (Summer 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 2)
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Slaughter on Cemetery Ridge (Winter 2010 | Volume: 59, Issue: 4)
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Robert E. Lee’s “Severest Struggle” (Winter 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 1)
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Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Heart Touched By Fire (Spring 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 2)
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Disenthralling Ourselves (April 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 2)
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“As Bad As She Could Be” (February/March 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 1)
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Cartoonery (Spring/Summer 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 4)
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The Emancipation Question (Summer 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The O'Learys and the Great Chicago Fire (November 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 7)
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Bringing Camels to the Southwest in 1855 (February/March 2005 | Volume: 56, Issue: 1)
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The Treasure From The Carpentry Shop (December 1979 | Volume: 31, Issue: 1)
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Tales of a Gettysburg Guide (April 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 2)
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The Power of Live Steam (April 1996 | Volume: 47, Issue: 2)
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Queen Barton (April 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 3)
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Annals of the Third House (April 1996 | Volume: 47, Issue: 2)
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How Did Lincoln Die? (February/March 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 1)
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The Man Who Raised Hell (October/November 1986 | Volume: 37, Issue: 6)
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The Great Dismal Swamp (April/May 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 2)
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The Grand Junction at Promontory Summit (June/July 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 3)
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What Happened at Mountain Meadows? (October 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 7)
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The Civil War's 150th is Heating Up (Winter 2011 | Volume: 60, Issue: 4)
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The Monitor Makes Port (April/May 2007 | Volume: 58, Issue: 2)
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My Brush with Eternity (July/August 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 4)
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The Pony Rides Again (and Again) (Spring 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 1)
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"Oh doctor, do what you can!" (Summer 2012 | Volume: 62, Issue: 2)
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Salmon Chase Saves the Union (Spring 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 2)
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Historical Documents

Additional Article to the Treaty for the Suppression of the African Slave Trade
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Grant Inauguration
First Inaugural Address of Ulysses S. Grant
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House proposing the 14th Amendment to the Constitution
Civil Rights Act 1866
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This political cartoon illustrates James Buchanan beset by figures who employ quotes from the Ostend Manifesto to legitimize their criminal acts.
Ostend Manifesto
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
A Gold Hunter's Experience
A Gold Hunter's Experience, Chalkley J. Hambleton
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)
Steven Spielburg
Gettysburg Dedication Day Ceremony a Naturalization Ceremony & remarks from Steven Spielberg
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Consular Convention Between the United States and Austria-Hungary
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John Brown Entrance Into Hell Song
John Brown's Entrance Into Hell.
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Rochester Evening Express, Editorial
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This map shows the land acquired through the Gadsden Purchase Treaty
Gadsden Purchase Treaty
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Charleston Mercury Article
The Insurrection
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Collections

The Statue of the Freed Slave
The Slaves Freed, by Stephen Oates
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Lee surrenders
Why The Civil War Still Matters, by James McPherson
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)