Historical Documents

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
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Josephine and Wyatt Earp’s grave, Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma, CA.
Josephine and Wyatt Earp- Article
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
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)
Page 1. of the Emancipation Act D.C.
District of Columbia Emancipation Act 1862
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Pamphlet
Democratic ticket. Our principals the Constitution. For President John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky For Vice President Joseph Lane of Oregon
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Fugitive Slave Bill Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Fugitive Slave Act of 1850
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Tobacco Admission Treaty Between the United States and Austria-Hungary
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Gadsden Purchase Treaty
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Additional Article to the Treaty for the Suppression of the African Slave Trade
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Sam Waterson
Abraham Lincoln’s Cooper Union Address, as read by Sam Waterston May 23, 2004
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
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)
Democratic National Convention 1860
Democratic Party Platform, June 18, 1860.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

Articles

President Garfield is Shot (June/July 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 3)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Children of Gettysburg (May/June 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Abraham Lincoln Again (February/March 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
He Mastered Old Man River (December 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 8)
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)
God’s Chosen Instrument (July/August 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 5)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Was Jefferson Davis Captured in a Dress? (Fall 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 3)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Quantrill’s Bones (July/August 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Importance of Mill Springs (Winter 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Civilized Landscape (April/May 1985 | Volume: 36, Issue: 3)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Big Parade (March 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Exploring the Last Rebel Ground (April 1999 | Volume: 50, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Wrapped in Glory: Black Troops of the Civil War (Spring 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 3)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
More Civil War at The National Archives (Winter 2011 | Volume: 60, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Herndon Climb Honors Heroism During Shipwreck (June 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
In Praise of Pierce (August/September 1985 | Volume: 36, Issue: 5)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Was the Presidential Election Stolen? (Winter 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Cartoonery (Spring/Summer 2008 | Volume: 58, 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)
Massacre at Fort Pillow (November/December 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 7)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Lincoln Walks a Tightrope (Spring 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Stonewall Jackson’s Arm (April/May 2005 | Volume: 56, Issue: 2)
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)
If Lincoln Hadn’t Died... (Winter 2009 | Volume: 58, Issue: 6)
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)

Historical Images

Lincoln print
The Union must and shall be preserved. For President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. For Vice President Hannibal Hamlin of Maine.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
James Buchanan surrounded by criminal quoting the Ostend Manifesto
The Ostend Doctrine
ERA 4: Expansion and Reform (1801-1861), ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
"Cowboys off the Trail" - statuary after painting by Frederic Remington, entrance to pike, World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo.
"Cowboys off the Trail" - statuary after painting by Frederic Remington, entrance to pike, World's Fair, St. Louis, Mo.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Dodge City [Kans.] Peace Commissioners Camillus S. Fly, 1890
Dodge City [Kans.] Peace Commissioners Camillus S. Fly, 1890
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)

Collections

John Brown
The Father of American Terrorism, by Ken Chowder
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Statue of the Freed Slave
The Slaves Freed, by Stephen Oates
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Battle of Gettysburg
Slaughter on Cemetery Ridge, by Stephen Sears
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)
Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony Cast Her Ballot And Was Arrested, by Godfrey D. Lehman
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)