Relive major Civil War battles through the words of the soldiers who fought [...] »
Through these writings, you can see how soldiers saw themselves as actors in [...] »
Take in full articles from the 1917 through 2005 editions of the Wisconsin [...] »
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Long before sunblock, boogie boards, or bikinis...did ladies wear corsets to [...] »
How much do you know about these iconic emblems of Cold War fears?
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Did King Cotton cause the Civil War? Or should you look further?
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Learn the basic steps to building and commissioning a Navy vessel.
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American art makes the interpretive nature of historical knowledge clear. [...] »
![Lithograph, [Patent medicine label for unnamed. . . ], 1830-1870, LoC](/sites/default/files/styles/splash_thumb_images/public/Patent432x240.jpg?itok=QLJLh39q "Lithograph, [Patent medicine label for unnamed women's hair tonic which \"restores gray hair ... cures dandruff and prevents baldness], 1830-1870, Library of Congress")
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has images of patents online [...] »
Were the great fires of 1845 the result of arson or accident?
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