The 4th of July 1872 — a centennial-eve commemorative rendered in the language of a republic still nursing its wounds
Ellsworth After Hauling Down the Rebel Flag at the Taking of Alexandria
From the Cradle to the Grave: Scenes and Incidents in the Life of James A
recalling the volley fired into War of 1812 captives still held on English granite weeks after the peace had already been signed at Ghent
South Carolina Columbia arrives by way of the Congaree
Hon. James Buchanan, Democratic Candidate for the Presidency, 1856 discipline_artwork The 4th of July 1872Hon. James Buchanan, Democratic Candidate for the Presidency, 1856. A campaign portrait of the Pennsylvania doughface on the eve of his victory over Frmont and Fillmore, printed in that brittle season when the Union still pretended compromise might hold and Kansas was already bleeding into the headlines. About the Source Bella Frye sources artifacts from the great American historical archive the Library of Congress, the National Archives, regional