Articles

How I Met Lincoln (July/August 1999 | Volume: 50, Issue: 4)
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)
The Importance of Mill Springs (Winter 2019 | Volume: 64, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Greatest Diarist (March 1988 | Volume: 39, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
A Rebel Remembers (November 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 7)
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)
The Great Arrogance of the Present Is to Forget the Intelligence of the Past (September/October 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 6)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Last Confederate Prison (Fall 2010 | Volume: 60, Issue: 3)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Iron John in the Gilded Age (September 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 5)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Selling of Libby Prison (November 1994 | Volume: 45, 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)
What Happened at Mountain Meadows? (October 2001 | Volume: 52, Issue: 7)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
To a Speculator Dying Young (November 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 7)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Robert E. Lee’s “Severest Struggle” (Winter 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 1)
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 Stolen Election (July/august 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 5)
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)
Discovering Yellowstone (Spring 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 2)
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)
Bruce Catton (Spring 2012 | Volume: 62, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
What They Did There (December 1954 | Volume: 6, Issue: 1)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Madness of Mary Lincoln (June/July 2006 | Volume: 57, Issue: 3)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Endless Pull of Gettysburg (August/September 2002 | Volume: 53, 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)
The Consequences of the Skirmish at Lewis Farm (July/August 1998 | Volume: 49, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
"Oh doctor, do what you can!" (Summer 2012 | Volume: 62, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Death March (June/july 1985 | Volume: 36, Issue: 4)
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)
Antietam, America's Bloodiest Day (September 2022 | Volume: 67, Issue: 4)
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)
The Forgotten Triumph of the Paw Paw (October 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 6)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
A Graceful Exit (Winter 2010 | Volume: 59, Issue: 4)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Great Railroad War of 1877 (Spring 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Central Fact of American History (February/March 2005 | Volume: 56, Issue: 1)
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 American Cowboy
How The Frontier Shaped The American Character, by Ray Allen Billington
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

Historical Documents

John Brown Entrance Into Hell Song
John Brown's Entrance Into Hell.
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Doris Kearns Goodwin
Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin on Lincoln, The Movie and Man- Excerpt
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877), ERA 10: Contemporary United States (1968 to the present)
Broadside of John Brown's Last Speech
John Brown's Speech to the Court at his Trial
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)
Rochester Evening Express, Editorial
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)
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)
Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Amnesty Oath
Amnesty Oath of Robert E. Lee
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
Corwin Amendment
Joint Resolution Proposing a 13th Amendment to the Constitution
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
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)

Historical Images

Custer’s Camp at Hidden Wood Creek
Custer’s Camp at Hidden Wood Creek
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
The Freedmen's Bureau Cartoon
"The Freedman's Bureau"
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)