Civil Union Mugs

I destroy my enemies when I make them my friends. -Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. Lincoln led the United States through its Civil War—its bloodiest war and its greatest moral, constitutional, and political crisis. In doing so, he preserved the Union, abolished slavery, strengthened the federal government, and modernized the economy.

Battle of Fredericksburg t-shirts, stickers, mugs, posters, and other gifts from the history of the Civil War. From the official souvenirs of America's Best History. Great gifts for the American history fan in your family.

Vintage Politics

The US Civil War, Battle of Gettysburg, July 1-3, 1863. Turning point of the American Civil War, North vs. South, Union vs. Confederacy. Anniversary and reenactment July in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Perfect Birthday, Christmas gift, souvenir tee for patriotic history buffs, civil war reenactors, camping, educational vacations, and Pennsylvania fans, and American History fans. Vintage, distressed style for an original, classic look.

Abraham Lincoln

commemorative Bliss Farm design

The flags these soldiers fought under had between 33 and 36 stars. At the time the U.S. was made up of 34 states. 11 of those states wanted out.

The Giraffe Brigade

"We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory, stretching from every battlefield and patriot grave to every living heart and hearthstone all over this broad land, will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature." -- Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861

Union and Strike Leader Hattie Canty - STRIKE

Bayonets and Brotherhood - Civil War Reenactment

"Nothing counts but pressure, pressure, more press, and still more pressure through broad organized aggressive mass action" - A Philip Randolph

Cassius Marcellus Clay (October 19, 1810 – July 22, 1903), nicknamed the "Lion of White Hall", was a Kentucky planter, politician, and emancipationist who worked for the abolition of slavery. He freed the slaves that were handed down as his inheritance from his father. Those freed slaves were allowed to stay and were paid a wage. He was appointed by President Abraham Lincoln as the United States minister to Russia during the American Civil War, and is credited with gaining Russian support for the Union.

Harriet Tubman (born Araminta Ross; c. 1822– March 10, 1913) was an African-American abolitionist, humanitarian, and, during the American Civil War, a Union spy. Born into slavery, Tubman escaped and subsequently made some thirteen missions to rescue approximately seventy enslaved families and friends, using the network of antislavery activists and safe houses known as the Underground Railroad. She later helped abolitionist John Brown recruit men for his raid on Harpers Ferry, and in the post-war era was an active participant in the struggle for women's suffrage. Born a slave in Dorchester County, Maryland, Tubman was beaten and whipped by her various masters as a child. Early in life, she suffered a traumatic head wound when an irate...