Articles

Confederates Honored by the U.S. Army (June 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 3)
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Ulysses S. Grant and the Whisky Frauds (February/March 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 2)
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)
Easing Out the Invader (December 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 8)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Straight Talk from Camp Humbug (July/August 1999 | Volume: 50, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Lee’s Greatest Victory (March 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
“A Most Abandoned Hypocrite” (February/March 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 1)
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Drake's Rock Oil (Winter 2010 | Volume: 59, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
My Brush with Eternity (July/August 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 4)
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)
The Great Arrogance of the Present Is to Forget the Intelligence of the Past (September/October 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 6)
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“Let Us Die to Make Men Free” (Summer 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 3)
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Salmon Chase Saves the Union (Spring 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 2)
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Was the Presidential Election Stolen? (Winter 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 1)
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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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The Race Riots in Manhattan in 1863 (March 2003 | Volume: 54, Issue: 1)
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A. Lincoln, Writer (September/October 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 6)
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The Robber Baronesses (December 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 8)
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Digging Up Sunken Treasure Ships in the Missouri (April/May 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 2)
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A Slave’s Audacious Bid for Freedom (Fall 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 5)
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Oliver Wendell Holmes: A Heart Touched By Fire (Spring 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 2)
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The Children of Gettysburg (May/June 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 4)
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Lee’s Last Stand (October 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 6)
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The Consequences of the Skirmish at Lewis Farm (July/August 1998 | Volume: 49, Issue: 4)
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When the Reaper Came Calling (Spring/Summer 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 4)
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The Terrible Price of Freedom (April 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 3)
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Grant Splits Dixie (Summer 2017 | Volume: 62, Issue: 1)
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The Controversial Career of Col. Corcoran (November/December 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 5)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Reforming the Law (September 1991 | Volume: 42, 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)
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A Rebel Remembers (November 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 7)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Test of Reconciliation in Terrible Times (November/December 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 8)
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The Big Parade (March 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 2)
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The Madness of Mary Lincoln (June/July 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 3)
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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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Lincoln print
The Union must and shall be preserved. For President Abraham Lincoln of Illinois. For Vice President Hannibal Hamlin of Maine.
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Secession Movement Political Cartoon
The "Secession Movement"
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Three Pronged Movements in the Sioux Expedition of 1876
Three Pronged Movements in the Sioux Expedition of 1876
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Map
U.S. Territorial Acquisition Map
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
Call for Black Homesteaders to Leave for Kansas
Benjamin Singleton- Recruitment of Black Homesteaders, 1878
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"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.
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Historical Documents

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)
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project
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Gadsden Purchase Treaty
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Corwin Amendment
Joint Resolution Proposing a 13th Amendment to the Constitution
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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)
Lincoln Address
Cooper Union Address
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S.123 — 38th Congress (1863-1865)
S.123 - A Bill To abolish slavery throughout all the States and Territories of the United States.
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Rail Splitter
“The Last Race of the Rail-Splitter,” Broadside, ca. 1861
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Collections

The Battle of Gettysburg
Slaughter on Cemetery Ridge, by Stephen Sears
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