The 1860s (pronounced "eighteen-sixties") was a decade of the Gregorian calendar that began on January 1, 1860 and ended on December 31, 1869. The decade was noted for featuring numerous …

America's Best History, ... from sea to shining sea. United States History Timeline, the 1860's, the U.S. Civil War, includes the top events of each year of the decade of the rebellion against the states.

Jul 20, 2019 · Here's a timeline of the 1860s, including the American Civil War, the greatest historical event of the decade, as well as other events around the world.

Jul 2, 2025 · The year 1860 represents a critical inflection point in American history, a year when the confluence of political, economic, and social forces reached a breaking point, ultimately triggering the …

On February 27, 1860, President Abraham Lincoln poses for the first of several portraits by noted Civil War-era photographer Mathew Brady. Days later, the photograph is published on the cover of ...

Mar 27, 2025 · The 1860s were a decade of profound transformation: war, invention, migration, and quiet moments of daily life, all unfolding against the backdrop of a rapidly changing world.

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Jul 5, 2024 · Large posters plastered along a thoroughfare in Carrollton, Ohio, tease the arrival of Stow's Great Varieties, a unique traveling show that performed in several Midwestern states in the 1860s

Maury Klein, professor emeritus of history at the University of Rhode Island, delivers a lecture at the Denton institute on the legacies of the 1860s, including the transcontinental railroad and the Morrill Act.

No understanding of the 1860s can be complete without a recognition that the bloodiest war in American history was fought over how people in this nation should define their essential freedoms.