At the time of the Civil War, camera shutters were too slow to record ... and within months of President Lincoln’s election in November 1860, Leslie sent William Waud, Alfred’s younger brother ...

these research questions were explored by elite physicians during the Civil War. While the cause of anesthetic death in the 1860s was not understood, we now know that when administered ...

During and after the Civil War, inventive illustrations allowed Democrats ... the Lincoln White House A selection of ballots from the 1860s shows a variety of the persuasive flourishes then ...