1856 Border War 1ed Three Years on Kansas Missouri SLAVERY Civil War McNamara

1856 Border War 1ed Three Years on Kansas Missouri SLAVERY Civil War McNamara A rare 1856 first edition of John McNamaras “Three Years on the Kansas Border” – an account of life in

1856 1ed Conquest of Kansas by Missouri SLAVERY Border War Civil War America While known more for his work as an American politician, William Phillips wrote an important account of the political and m

1856 1ed Congress Report on KANSAS SLAVERY Civil War Nebraska Election Fraud In March of 1855, one of the United States most notorious voter fraud schemes took place, furthering the divide between pro

1866 CIVIL WAR 1ed Great Rebellion Missouri Compromise SLAVERY Abe Lincoln RARE Dedicated to Ulysses S Grant, John Botts “The Great Rebellion” is a rare post-Civil War account of the origi

1863 1ed Fremont Civil War in Missouri SLAVERY Emancipation Story of the Guard Jessie Benton Fremont was a rather famous 19th-century figure, being the wife of military officer John C Fremont and daug

1866 1ed Abraham Lincoln Life Americana Civil War Abolition Slavery Holland “Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves” ¬-Abraham Lincoln Published just a year after his dea

1866 1ed Abraham Lincoln Life Americana Civil War Abolition Slavery Holland “Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.” – Abraham Lincoln Published just a year after his d

1866 1ed Abraham Lincoln Life Americana Civil War Abolition Slavery Holland “Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves.” – Abraham Lincoln Published just a year after his d

1866 1ed Life Abraham Lincoln Americana Civil War Abolishment of Slavery Holland “Those who deny freedom to others, deserve it not for themselves”¬-Abraham Lincoln Published just a year after his

1866 1ed Life of Abraham Lincoln Civil War Abolition Slavery Americana Holland Written by Josiah Gilbert Holland, this work was published just a year after Abraham Lincolns death. This biography of Pr

Black History Henry Wilson Massachusetts Senator & 18th Vice President of the United States under President Ulysses S. Grant, 1856 Historic Slavery Speech: "The State of Affairs in Kansas" February 18

1856 SLAVE States 1ed Journey in Seaboard American SLAVERY Economics Olmsted “A Journey in the Seaboard Slave States” is a pre-Civil War account of slavery in the American South by Frederi

1856 1ed Mormons at Home Mormonism Missouri California Native American INDIANS ‘The Mormons at Home’ is an important pre-Civil War historical account of the Mormon migration from Missouri westward

The first phase of the Civil War was fought west of the Mississippi River at least six years before the attack on Fort Sumter. Starting with the passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854, Jay Monagha

1888 1ed Abraham Lincoln Reminiscences Slavery Civil War US Grant Gettysburg Rice “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.” ― Abraham L

1860 Abraham Lincoln 1ed Life & Speeches Hamlin Antebellum Slavery Civil War A rare 1860 printing of the lives and speeches of Abraham Lincoln and Hannibal Hamlin. This work, while very rare, is extre

1877 1ed Four Years with Confederate General Robert E Lee Civil War Gettysburg “Human virtue should be equal to human calamity.” – Robert E Lee Following the Civil War, a number of biographical

1863 CIVIL WAR 1ed History of US Slavery Lincoln Grant Lee Union Confederate 2v A scarce first edition of John Stevens Cabot Abbotts two-volume historical biography entitled, The History of the Civil

1862 Confederate Virginia 1ed Constitution Civil War Slavery Law Act of Assembly This compilation of four works bound together in one volume details the laws and proposed bills passed by the General A

1865 1ed Abraham Lincoln Presidents Words SLAVERY Gettysburg Address Civil War ‘The President’s Words’ is an 1865 collection of speeches and correspondence by the famous American president Abrah

1868 Confederate 1ed Jefferson Davis CSA Civil War Slavery Gettysburg Vicksburg A scarce first edition printing of the life and career of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy by Frank H. Alfr

1860 1ed Horace Greeley on Slavery Abraham Lincoln Dred Scott Mormons Civil War Horace Greeley’s ‘Political Text-books for 1860’ offers a comprehensive look at the key issues of the 1860 campaig

1864 1ed Abraham Lincoln Administration Civil War Slavery Abolition History “Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character, give him power.” – Abraham

1893 1ed Abraham Lincoln Coffin Civil War Slavery President Assassination ‘Abraham Lincoln’ is Charles Coffin’s sketch of Abraham Lincoln’s life and career. Coffin includes information on slav