Civil War Fan Pillows

Magazine Exploded on US Steamer 'Mississipi', Nr Port Hudson

Convalescent Soldiers Passing Through Washington to Join Their Regiments

"Approaching 10,000 steps."

"They're SUPPOSED to have a disparate impact!"

General Meade's Army, Near Culpepper - Shaving in Camp

'I was in the catering corps.'

'Well, if he can't be a Minuteman, he can be a minutedog.'

'Don't worry it's organic...'

The unknown war poet.

'Ooh, hey...real hardwood floors!'

"Their punishment for burning me in effigy would have been much more severe had they not managed to so beautifully capture the soulful vulnerability of my deep-set eyes."

Maypole

Obama ready for another war

'Does my bum look big in this?'

Siege of Vicksburg - Sappers Approach Confederate Fortifications

"Lord, save my ass from this Russia debacle, please!"

'This one is for keeping all the other ones so neatly arranged.'

Samuel Pepys' writer's block

Attila the Nun.

A horse driving a Model T tows an Amish buggy.

Obama's Tribute Hiroshima

The Race to Ukraine

'He followed me home. Can I keep him?'

Abraham Lincoln

'Is it organic?'

A very rare color photo of Abraham Lincoln

1880 Presidential Election - Columbia Consoles General Hancock after Election Defeat

Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev: "At the...conference, four of my colleagues were standing side by side. Kiosk weighed 140 pounds..."

The Jumping Tank

Dearest Eleanor, as our country fights this great battle of brother against brother, my sincerest hope is that future controversies will be resolved not with bloodshed but with sarcasm and aimless yelling on an invisible network of networks.

"Did we get the line item veto?"

"Interestingly no - these are vastly enlarged images of my three favourite chromosomes."

Abraham Lincoln