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Beecher "Bible & Rifle" Church, Wabaunsee, Wabaunsee County, KS
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This photograph, taken by Douglas McCleery for the 1958 Historic American Buildings Survey, shows the north facade of the Beecher "Bible and Rifle" Church, built during the Civil War in Wabaunsee, Wabaunsee County, Kansas.
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June 1958
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The Fall of General Lyon
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Nathaniel Lyon falling from horse after being shot in the Civil War, Wilson's Creek, Mo., Aug. 10, 1861. Engraving by H.B. Hall. Drawing by F.O.C. Darley.
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Lee Surrenders to Grant at Appomattox
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The Room in the McLean House, at Appomattox C.H., in which Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen. Grant. Most written accounts of Robert E. Lee’s surrender to Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox on April 9, 1865, noted the difference between Lee’s stiff dignity and Grant’s more relaxed demeanor. This lithograph of the event, showing the two men as they waited for the peace terms to be copied, captures that difference better than most. After the surrender, Wilmer McLean, the owner of the house, lost much of his furniture to soldiers desiring mementos of the historic event. Later, in what proved to be a futile effort to recoup his losses and raise funds for his needy family, he commissioned this print.
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1867
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Harriet Beecher Stowe, 1811-1896
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Portrait of abolitionist and author, Harriet Beecher Stowe. Stowe's novel, "Uncle Tom's Cabin," galvanized anti-slavery sentiment in the North, while provoking widespread anger in the South.
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St. Louis, Missouri
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This stereograph displays the commercial district of St. Louis, Missouri."
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1862 - 1868
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Constitutional Convention, Topeka, Kansas Territory [Topeka]
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Wood engraving depicting the Topeka Constitutional Convention of December 15, 1855. At the convention, Free-Staters voted to adopt the Topeka Constitution for Kansas Territory, provisionally banning slavery in Kansas and allowing suffrage for "civilized" male Native Americans, but still excluded blacks from settling in the state. However, the constitution failed to gain the recognition of proslavery settlers and the federal government, including President Franklin Pierce, who declared the Topeka legislature to be illegal and treasonous.
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December 15, 1855
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Stephen A. Douglas
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Black and white portrait of Stephen Douglas, Senator from Illinois and designer of the Kansas-Nebraska Act.
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Emancipation Proclamation
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This is a photograph of President Lincoln’s handwritten draft of the final Emancipation Proclamation. Lincoln liberated millions of African Americans from slavery with these famous words: “I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free.” The original draft of the Proclamation, issued on January 1, 1863, was lost in the Chicago fire of 1871.
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Government Document
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January 1, 1863
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Battle of Cold Harbor
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Kurz & Allison lithograph of the Battle of Cold Harbor, one of the final battles of the Overland Campaign fought from May 31 to June 12, 1864.
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Poor Deluded Miss-Sori Takes a Secession Bath
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Political cartoon satirizing secessionist attitudes in Missouri. The image is from a series of Civil War "Union Envelopes," which featured images of Union patriotism and war propaganda.
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John C. Fremont
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Lithograph by Charles G. Crehan of Jules-Émile Saintin's original painting of John C. Fremont, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing left
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