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KKK recruitment pamphlet stating goals and ideals as well as requirements for joining.

(Collection of the New-York Historical Society, Neg. #ac03149)

This is a cartoon that represents the emotions the public felt after the failed attempt to impeach President Andrew Johnson. President Johnson is compared to an old rotting horse whose foul stench exudes the Radical Republicans failed attempt to…

The third national flag of the Confederate States of America, known as "the Blood Stained Banner" has been used since March 4th, 1865.

Thomas D. Rice was the man who became the most famous for the creation of Jim Crow.

The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was oil on the fires of the anti-slavery movement. On June 5, 1851, the first installment of Uncle Tom’s Cabin appeared in the Washington anti-slavery paper, The National Era. At first there appeared to be little…

Unidentified soldier in Confederate uniform with shotgun sitting next to dog

USS Miami ca. 1864. Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Historical Center.

Civil War hospital in Washington D.C. This hospital was cleaner and more organized than hospitals developed at the start of the Civil War.

The Writ of Summons for the Impeachment of President Andrew Johnson Signed by Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase notified the President of his impending impeachment proceedings - giving him both the date of the trial and the reasons for being accused;…