1856 1ed Congress Report on KANSAS SLAVERY Civil War

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

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

1866 1ed Congress Report on CIVIL WAR Reconstruction America Letters Abe Lincoln The 39th United States Congress was an important congressional body that met following the end of the Civil War to 1867

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

1863 Battle of Bull Run 1ed Civil War Report McClellan Doubleday Balls Bluff Throughout the course of the American Civil War, the United States Congress printed numerous reports outlining various batt

1863 1ed CIVIL WAR Messages to Congress USS Atlanta CSA Battle Maps Illustrated A rare 1863 printing of the reports of accounts from the American Civil War given to the 38th Congress. This work covers

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

1864 Congressional Globe US Congress Reports Civil War Black Soldiers Railroad The Congressional Globe contains the records for sessions of the U.S. Congress including summaries of proceedings, letter

1854 Slave Trade 1ed Slavery Question Abolitionist Civil War African American “The Slavery Question” by John Lawrence is an impassioned critique of American slavery, portraying it as a pro

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 General McClellan Report Army of Potomac CIVIL WAR Union MAPS “The Union, which can alone insure internal peace, and external security to each State, Must and Shall be Preserved, cost what

1864 CIVIL WAR 1ed Report on Fort Pillow Massacre Prisoners Afr-American Union The Battle of Fort Pillow, also known as the Fort Pillow massacre, was a famous Civil War battle that resulted in the mas

1864 CIVIL WAR 1ed Report on Fort Pillow Massacre Prisoners African-American The Battle of Fort Pillow, also known as the Fort Pillow massacre, was a famous Civil War battle that resulted in the massa

1864 CIVIL WAR 1ed Report on Fort Pillow Massacre Prisoners Afr-American Union The Battle of Fort Pillow, also known as the Fort Pillow massacre, was a famous Civil War battle that resulted in the mas

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

1862 1ed Slavery Abolition Lyrics for Freedom Civil War Poetry Abraham Lincoln At the 1862 meeting of the Continental Club, Abraham Lincoln, the President of the United States, began the meeting stati

1865 1ed Civil War SLAVERY Vicksburg Confederacy Knox Campfire & Cotton-field Thomas Knox was a 19th-century American author who is best known for his works on the Civil War. Curiously, Knox was from

1884 1ed Twenty Years of Congress Blaine Civil War American Reconstruction Politics ‘Twenty Years of Congress’ is the personal memoir of American politician James Gillespie Blaine in which he desc

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

1889 SLAVERY 1ed Appeal to Pharaoh Confederate McKinley RACISM Black America Carlyle McKinley was a late 19th-century Confederate soldier, though he is only remembered for his controversial and racist

1889 SLAVERY 1ed Appeal to Pharaoh Confederate McKinley Racism Black America Carlyle McKinley was a late 19th-century Confederate soldier, though he is only remembered for his controversial and racist

1856 1ed Life of Oliver CROMWELL English Civil War Henry Herbert Romance Poems Oliver Cromwell was one of the most famous and important 17th-century English military leaders during the English Civil W