The Atlantic’s archive also has selected full text articles published between 1857 and November 1995. While a number of interesting articles are available, I wanted to point out one from the October 1860 issue. A month before the November 1860 election, James Russell Lowell discussed the four candidates and potential outcomes. Lowell realized that “this […]

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CivilWarHome.com is a great site with a ton of information on life during the civil war. Their main page is separated in several categories including Medicine, Biographies, and Essays each with numerous links and descriptions for subcategories.

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If you have not visited the Atlantic magazine’s website, you might want to take a look at the free archive of articles published after November 1995. I have not had a chance to look through everything, but I wanted to point out two articles that could be used as a way to start a discussion […]

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The issue of civil liberties during wartime is as crucial today as it was during the Civil War. The detention of suspected terrorists in Guantanamo Bay prison has led to endless debate and confusing equivocation regarding the rights of detainees and civil liberties during war time. The confusion is nothing new. Curbing civil liberties during […]

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Exactly 150 years ago today, federal troops entered Salt Lake City in order to securely install federally appointed governor, Alfred E. Cumming, and removed the Mormon governor of nearly a decade, Brigham Young.  The article The Brink of War explains the Utah War and the history of how this Morman Zion gained its statehood.  What […]

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The Lincoln-Douglas Debates is a topic often written about and discussed, certainly in this blog, and certainly among teachers, historians, and political scientists. The Debates are always relevant in telling the story of the nation, especially of those steps into civil war. This year in particular, much has been said about the Debates, whether by […]

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History Net is an online collection of history magazines that has daily posts of the latest articles from history magazine.  The site also features images, videos, and daily quizzes from all periods of modern history.  Under features for today there was an article about Confederate discontent following their defeat at Gettysburg.  The History Net also […]

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The Civil War was not without political wrangling and electioneering. 1860-1865 saw two presidential elections, a number of congressional elections, and a great many local elections. Politics carried on, despite the war. The press is a great resource for viewing the politics of the era. Certainly not sources for cool, fact-based analysis and commentary, Civil […]

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The Library of Congress has a number of interesting image collections that students might like to see. One I might use in my class next semester is on President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. They have pictures of Ford’s theater, the conspirators, the funeral, and a wanted poster. I’ve only included the top half of that poster, […]

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Galesburg, Illinois has decided to declare this the “Year of Lincoln” in recognition of both the 150th anniversary of the Lincoln-Douglas debates and the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. An article was released today from Knox College in Galesburg, home of the 5th Lincoln-Douglas debate. The article discusses and describes many of […]

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