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Era Archives:1800s

Burial detail after Battle of Antietam

Can a Photograph Tell the Full Story of War’s Horror? This Antietam Ambrotype Just Might

by D. Scott Hartwig9/11/20237/28/2023
Kiowas attack the Texas Santa Fe Expedition

In 1841 the President of Texas Resolved to Capture Santa Fe — One Way or Another

by Damond Benningfield9/8/20236/8/2023
This 1772 portrait of then Colonel George Washington—the earliest known depiction of the future president.

Clothes May Not Make the Man, But These Commanders’ Personal Effects Are Instantly Recognizable

by Jon Guttman9/8/20237/25/2023
Union troops foraging

John Pope Brought a Harder Edge to the Eastern Theater By Taking the War to the Civilian Population 

by Gary W. Gallagher9/7/20238/4/2023
Crooked River, Oregon

Shut Out of the Civil War in the East, These Oregon Troopers Sought Out Action in Inhospitable Terrain

by James R. Jewell9/4/20237/31/2023
Dr. Colleen Shogan behind display case

Emancipation Proclamation, One of America’s Most Important Documents, On Display 

by Melissa A. Winn8/31/20238/4/2023
People hiking Chilkoot Pass

The Klondike Gold Rush Was Either a High Road to Riches or Heartbreak for Both Famous and Everyday Seekers

by Mike Coppock8/28/20238/16/2023
Railroad depot in Culpeper, Virginia

Did J.E.B. Stuart’s Vanity Spark the Gettysburg Campaign?

by Robert Lee Hodge8/28/20238/30/2023
Painting of the battle of Lundy’s Lane, Canada, 1814.

In 1814 the British Stymied an American Attempt to Invade Canada. They Were Stopped at Lundy’s Lane.

by William John Shepherd8/25/20238/25/2023
Photo of Lincoln Beachey piloting his Beachey Airship, mid to late 1900s.

Men Typically Have a Shorter Life Span Than Women—These Dirigible Daredevils Prove Why

by Bruce W. Dearstyne8/23/20236/14/2024

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