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Nov

08

Was Lincoln's "Team of Rivals" a myth?

Posted by Matthew Pinsker  Published in Civil War (1861-1865), General Opinion, Recent News

I argued yesterday in an op-ed for the Los Angeles Times that Lincoln’s experience with cabinet-making (the famous “Team of Rivals”) was more of a cautionary tale than a model to follow. Consider this inconvenient truth: Out of the four leading vote-getters for the 1860 Republican presidential nomination whom Lincoln placed on his original team, […]

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18

Nov

08

Crime Rates

Posted by   Published in Antebellum (1840-1861), Historic Periodicals, Period

On this day 150 years ago an article was published in the New York Times giving the figures for the amount of police arrests in the past twelve months. Though crime had decreased throughout the year, it still was higher than anyone wished or expected to see. The statistics didn’t necessarily reflect the amount of […]

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17

Nov

08

Depictions of Violence

Posted by   Published in Antebellum (1840-1861), Images

The House Divided Project contains many depictions of Underground Railroad related violence, many taken from William Still’s The Underground Railroad. Depictions of events such as this one of the Christiana Riot are surprisingly graphic despite being hand drawn engravings. Other pictures with titles like “Desperate Conflict in a Barn” and “Fight in the Bay” are […]

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12

Nov

08

City Maps

Posted by sailerd  Published in 19th Century (1840-1880), Maps

While House Divided has a large collection of maps, I want to highlight some the interesting city maps that are available. You can find maps of cities like Boston, Baltimore, Buffalo, Chicago, Cincinnati, and many more. Be sure to check out the Washington D.C. map since it provides the location of specific buildings, including the […]

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11

Nov

08

Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area Congratulates Obama

Posted by   Published in 19th Century (1840-1880), Recent News

Today the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area printed an article in the Morris Daily Herald located in Illinois congratulating President-elect Barack Obama. Within the article they metion how Obama’s victory helps to keep the legacy of Lincoln alive. “Yet, the arrival, to this place, at this time in our nation’s history, gives us hope that […]

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6

Nov

08

Elections Then and Now

Posted by   Published in Antebellum (1840-1861), Historic Periodicals

Like we are doing today, 150 years ago Americans across the country were analyzing the fallout of the most recent elections. The 1858 midterm elections were of considerable importance for the Civil War Era, and the results of the election made great strides to divide the nation politically. As this New York Times article from […]

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5

Nov

08

Friedman Declares End of Civil War with Obama Victory

Posted by Matthew Pinsker  Published in Civil War (1861-1865), General Opinion, Recent News, Reconstruction (1865-1880)

In a thought-provoking column today in the New York Times, headlined “Finishing Our Work,” Tom Friedman argues that the Obama victory represents a final act of closure for the American Civil War.  And he finds it particularly fitting that it was Virginia in many ways that provided the key to Obama’s electoral triumph.  Friedman writes: […]

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