Articles

The South’s Inner Civil War (March 1989 | Volume: 40, Issue: 2)
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Laying the First Transatlantic Cable (June/July 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 3)
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The Forgotten Triumph of the Paw Paw (October 1995 | Volume: 46, Issue: 6)
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The Daring Escape of Frederick Douglass (Spring 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 2)
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Lee’s Greatest Victory (March 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 2)
ERA 5: Civil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)
In Praise of Pierce (August/September 1985 | Volume: 36, Issue: 5)
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The O'Learys and the Great Chicago Fire (November 2020 | Volume: 65, Issue: 7)
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Getting Right with Robert E. Lee (May/June 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 3)
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Wrapped in Glory: Black Troops of the Civil War (Spring 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 3)
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All for the Union (May/June 1991 | Volume: 42, Issue: 3)
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“A Most Abandoned Hypocrite” (February/March 1994 | Volume: 45, Issue: 1)
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Search and Destroy (November 1992 | Volume: 43, Issue: 7)
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Reopened Museum Honors Women's Fight for Fairness (September 2023 | Volume: 68, Issue: 6)
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Dr. Lauderdale Goes to War (December 1993 | Volume: 44, Issue: 8)
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When the Reaper Came Calling (Spring/Summer 2008 | Volume: 58, Issue: 4)
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Lincoln the Orator (Winter 2009 | Volume: 58, Issue: 6)
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George Kennan Exposes Russian Cruelty in Siberia (Winter 2024 | Volume: 69, Issue: 1)
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How I Met Lincoln (July/August 1999 | Volume: 50, Issue: 4)
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General Lee’s Daughters (July/August 1996 | Volume: 47, Issue: 4)
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Did Hayes Steal the Election from Tilden? (February/March 2021 | Volume: 66, Issue: 2)
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The Stolen Election (July/august 1990 | Volume: 41, Issue: 5)
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Digging Up Sunken Treasure Ships in the Missouri (April/May 2002 | Volume: 53, Issue: 2)
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Historical Documents

Image of the first page of Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation
Emancipation Proclamation
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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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Dead Soldiers at Gettysburg
Civil War Battle Statistics
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Frederick Douglass Address Cover Page
John Brown: An Address
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Original Document of the Kansas-Nebraska Act
Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854
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Born in Slavery: Slave Narratives from the Federal Writers' Project
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Treaty with the Apache 1852
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Pamphlet
Democratic ticket. Our principals the Constitution. For President John C. Breckinridge of Kentucky For Vice President Joseph Lane of Oregon
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Josephine and Wyatt Earp’s grave, Hills of Eternity Memorial Park, Colma, CA.
Josephine and Wyatt Earp- Article
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Gadsden Purchase Treaty
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Oberlin College
Oberlin Women’s Suffrage Debate
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Sioux Treaty
Sioux Treaty of 1868- Excerpts
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Lincoln and Hamlin Image
Book Review by Chandra Miller Manning
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Amnesty Oath
Amnesty Oath of Robert E. Lee
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A Gold Hunter's Experience
A Gold Hunter's Experience, Chalkley J. Hambleton
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)
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)
Denver’s dean of cattle buyers, Lithuanian-born Robert Lazar Miller, on horseback.
Jewish Pioneers- Article
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Custer's Last Charge
Custer's Last Charge (Song)
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Treaty of Little Arkansas
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Lincoln First Inaugural Address
First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln
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Charleston Mercury Article
The Insurrection
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Historical Images

Lincoln cartoon
The National Game. Three "Outs" and One "Run" – Abraham Winning the Ball
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Stonewall Jackson
General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson
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Political Cartoon
A Family Quarrel, or the Reason Why.
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Map of the Union 1864
Bacon and Company, Map of the United States, showing the territory in possession of the Federal Union, January, 1864
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Dorothea Lange Photograph
Sign Near Tombstone, Arizona. Boot Hill Graveyard
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Collections

Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony Cast Her Ballot And Was Arrested, by Godfrey D. Lehman
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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