Secrets of a Master Builder |
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Find out more about caisson disease, the 1874 opening of the St. Louis Bridge, the St. Louis Fire of 1849, and steamboat disasters.
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided |
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The marriage of Abraham and Mary Lincoln was long and turbulent and knew many trials.
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The Whig Party formed out of the National Republican Party, the leaders of which were John Quincy Adams and Henry Clay.
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided |
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The Emancipation Proclamation, issued on January 1, 1863, specifically called upon freed slaves to enlist in the Union cause.
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided |
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Just 22 years after the birth of photography, enterprising photographers rushed to Civil War battlefields and produced America's first documentary images of war
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Historian Margaret Washington discusses topics of the antebellum period.
Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided |
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Historian Ira Berlin discusses the state of the nation on the eve of the Civil War.
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Historian Joseph Glatthaar discusses African American regiments in the Civil War.
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Historian Catherine Clinton discusses medical care in the Civil War.
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An interview with David Grubin, producer of Abraham and Mary Lincoln: A House Divided.
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Behind the Scenes with Cinematographer James Callanan.
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America had the largest per capita newspaper circulation in the world at the time of the South's secession, and the war made the nation even hungrier for news.
