James J. Johnston discusses The Arkansas Peace Society—a secret society of Unionists who opposed Arkansas' secession in 1861.

From the Arkansas Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission website:

"Dr. Michael B. Dougan, retired Arkansas State University historian, discusses the men and women who attended the secession convention in Little Rock."

Stephan McAteer of the MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History discusses the arsenal crisis that occurred in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1861, an event that almost sparked the Civil War.

From the Bowery Boys website:

"You hear the name Mark Twain and think of his classic characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, his locales along the Mississippi River and his folksy wit. But he was equal parts New York as well, and the city helped shape his sharp, flamboyant character. Follow his course, from his first visit as an opinionated young man in 1853, to his later years in 1906 as a Fifth Avenue tenant, decked out with a cigar and signature white suit.

His tale offers a glimpse into the glamorous life of turn-of-the-century New York, from the smoke-filled billiard room at the Players Club to late nights at New York's dining palace Delmonico's. Tune in and find out which parts of Mark Twain's city are still around and which of his old homes you can still visit today.

With co-stars Ulysses S. Grant, Helen Keller, Artemus Ward, and the frog that helped make Samuel Clemens famous."

This short video from the Library of Congress examines an early "Wanted" poster for John Wilkes Booth.

This short video by the Library of Congress examines a rather curious Civil War newspaper: Vicksburg Daily Citizen. Curator Mark Dimunation discusses how the newspaper was printed during the war when resources became scarce and presents an interesting issue of the paper from July 4, 1863.

This short video by the Library of Congress takes a look at the Bible both Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama used during their inauguration ceremony.

From the Library of Congress website:

"President Lincoln gave a copy of the Gettysburg Address to each of his two private secretaries, John Nicolay and John Hay. According to Nicolay, Lincoln had written the first part of the speech on Executive Mansion stationery, and the second page in pencil on lined paper right before the dedication on November 19, 1863. Matching folds are still evident on the two pages of the Nicolay draft, supporting the eyewitness' argument that Lincoln kept it in his coat pocket before the ceremony."

From the Kansas State Historical Society website:

"Thousands of buildings were looted of their contents during the Civil War. This quilt from a ransacked South Carolina home has only recently been reunited with its history."

This podcast from the Kansas Museum of History looks at a painting commissioned by Henrietta Briggs-Wall of Hutchinson, Kansas for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. The curators discuss the controversy surrounding this painting's representation of the rights of 19th century women in politics and society.