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Photos: Iowans recreate Civil War encampments, battles and the Gettysburg Address at annual Muster on the Maquoketa

Iowa may have been the scene of only one minor skirmish during the Civil War, but historians and live-action roleplayers ...

What Abraham Lincoln Understood About the Founders

In “Born Equal,” Akhil Reed Amar paints a sprawling portrait of 19th-century America in thrall to its founding moment.
Mississippi State University

Frank and Virginia Williams Lecture Series on Abraham Lincoln and Civil War Studies: Lincoln and the Constitution: The 13th Amendment

Please join us for Lincoln and the Constitution: The 13th Amendment, a conversation between scholars. Guest scholars include Brandi C. Brimmer, the Morehead-Cain Alumni Associate Professor at the ...
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Storm over the land a profile of the civil war taken mainly from Abraham Lincoln: the war years by Carl Sandburg. With 60 halftones from photographs, and 98 drawings, maps, and ...

Flicker of storm -- War challenge at Sumter -- The call for troops -- First Battle of Bull Run -- Donelson and Shiloh -- Farewell, wooden warships! -- Seven days of battles -- Second Bull Run -- ...
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She Risked Her Life Helping Civil War Soldiers And Was Known As A Battlefield Angel: Then She Created The American Red Cross

During the Civil War, Clara Barton risked her life helping distribute necessary supplies to Union Army soldiers. She was ...
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Houses of Civil War America : the homes of Robert E. Lee, Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln, Clara Barton, and others who shaped the era / by Hugh Howard ; original ...

A revealing historical and photographic tour of the homes of influential Civil War figures, including Robert E. Lee, Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, Clara Barton, Stonewall Jackson, and others.