Historical Images

Political Cartoon
Substance and Shadow Political Cartoon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Political Cartoon
A Family Quarrel, or the Reason Why.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Custer’s Camp at Hidden Wood Creek
Custer’s Camp at Hidden Wood Creek
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Sheet Music
“The Battle-Cry of Freedom” with Confederate Lyrics
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Articles

All for the Union (May/June 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 3)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Surprise Inscription Found on Lincoln's Watch (Summer 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Ten Best Civil War Films (August/September 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
President Lincoln's Disastrous First Month (Spring 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Man Who Raised Hell (October/November 1986 | Volume: 37, Issue: 6)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The O'Learys and the Great Chicago Fire (November 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 7)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Biddy Sues for Freedom (Winter 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 1)
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)
Bringing Camels to the Southwest in 1855 (February/March 2005 | Volume: 56, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Slaughter on Cemetery Ridge (Winter 2010 | Volume: 59, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Heart Touched By Fire (Spring 2019 | Volume: 64, 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)
“Your Brave and Early-Fallen Child…” (February/March 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Antietam: America's Bloodiest Day (September 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 4)
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 South’s Inner Civil War (March 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Annals of the Third House (April 1996 | Volume: 47, Issue: 2)
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)
Buffalo Bill and the Duel at Warbonnet Creek (October 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 5)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Lincoln's Boys (Spring 2018 | Volume: 63, Issue: 1)
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)
Lincoln's Corrupt War Department (February/March 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 2)
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The Power of Live Steam (April 1996 | Volume: 47, Issue: 2)
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No Quarter: The Battle of The Crater, 1864, by Richard Slotkin (Fall 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 3)
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Creating the Ultimate Civil War Resource (July/August 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 5)
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Financial Folklore (February/March 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 1)
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How to Become President (November 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 7)
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Andrew Johnson's Impeachment as Prelude (February/March 1999 | Volume: 50, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
On the Road to Harriet Tubman (June/July 2004 | Volume: 55, Issue: 3)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
A Lincoln Decoy (September 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 5)
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The Abolitionist John Doy (Spring 2009 | Volume: 59, Issue: 1)
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How We Got Lincoln (November 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 7)
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Queen Barton (April 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 3)
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Iron John in the Gilded Age (September 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 5)
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Historical Documents

Lyons Seward Treaty of 1862
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Lincoln, Hollywood, and an Opportunity for Historians- Excerpt
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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
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Sioux Treaty
Sioux Treaty of 1868- Excerpts
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Charleston Mercury Article
The Insurrection
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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)
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)
The Crittenden Compromise
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Alexis de Tocqueville
Alexis De Tocqueville, Democracy in America
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)

Collections

Chromolithograph entitled "Custer's Last Fight," National Museum of American History
A Road They Did Not Know, by Larry McMurtry
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony Cast Her Ballot And Was Arrested, by Godfrey D. Lehman
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)