Historical Documents

Abolition/Slavery Timeline
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s), ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Jefferson Davis
Jefferson Davis' Farewell Address
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
John L. O'Sullivan
John O'Sullivan, Manifest Destiny
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)
Page 1. of the Emancipation Act D.C.
District of Columbia Emancipation Act 1862
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
S.123 — 38th Congress (1863-1865)
S.123 - A Bill To abolish slavery throughout all the States and Territories of the United States.
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)
Lincoln and Hamlin Image
Book Review by Chandra Miller Manning
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp
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)
Sioux Treaty
Sioux Treaty of 1868- Excerpts
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Mary Todd Lincoln letter
Letter from Abraham Lincoln to Mary Todd Lincoln
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
American Progress
American Progress by John Gast
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
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)
Naturalization Convention Between the United States and Austria Hungry
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 6: The Development of the Industrial United States (1870-1900)
Newspaper Image
Abraham Lincoln on he day of his speech at the Cooper Union The New York Daily Tribune, Tuesday, February 28, 1860
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Rochester Evening Express, Editorial
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Collections

Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony Cast Her Ballot And Was Arrested, by Godfrey D. Lehman
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
John Brown
The Father of American Terrorism, by Ken Chowder
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Articles

Grant At Shiloh (February 1960 | Volume: 11, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Are Our Liberties in Peril? (November/December 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 8)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
“The Tide is Setting Strongly Against Us” (Winter 2010 | Volume: 59, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Hero of the 20th (November 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 7)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Lincoln Saves A Schoolboy’s Pride (Spring 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Struggles of Edwin Stanton (Fall 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 5)
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)
The Daring Escape of Frederick Douglass (Spring 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Paying for the War (March 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
No Quarter: The Battle of The Crater, 1864, by Richard Slotkin (Fall 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 3)
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)
Drake's Rock Oil (Winter 2010 | Volume: 59, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Dred Scott: the Supreme Court's Worst Decision (Winter 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Lincoln and the Navy (Winter 2009 | Volume: 58, Issue: 6)
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)
How We Got Lincoln (November 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 7)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
A Spirit and Power Far Beyond Its Letter (Summer 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Frederick, Maryland: A Civil War Crossroads (September 2000 | Volume: 51, Issue: 5)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Lee’s Last Stand (October 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 6)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
John Wilkes Booth’s Other Victim (February/March 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Power of Live Steam (April 1996 | Volume: 47, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
If Lincoln Hadn’t Died... (Winter 2009 | Volume: 58, Issue: 6)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Girls of Summer (July/August 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Crucial Role of Boston in the Civil War (April 1998 | Volume: 49, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Looking Back Without Anger (March 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Robber Baronesses (December 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 8)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Historical Images

Photograph of Peter, a formerly enslaved man
Photograph of Peter, a formerly enslaved man
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Fire Insurance Map
1866 Fire Insurance Map of Tombstone, Ariz., Shows the O.K. Corral and Surrounding Streets
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)
Political Cartoon
Substance and Shadow Political Cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Douglas Letter
Bust of Stephen Douglas over Northern Democratic Party's presidential campaign shield
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Park map of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, Montana.
Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument Map
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)