This was a revelation to me. College faculty and high school teachers need to be aware of how AI can be used to cheat on exams. Watch this video made by a colleague of mine.

A nice review for "New York City in the Civil War" The History Press Arcadia Publishing emergingcivilwar.com/2025/07/15/boo…

That time I ventured to Petersburg, Illinois and saw… A Pickled Lincoln🎩

My happy place.

In May 1775, Ethan Allen and his Green Mountain Boys, together with Benedict Arnold, captured the British-held Fort Ticonderoga. This Saturday, watch a reenactment from upstate New York. Watch on CSPAN 2 at 11pm ET.

Farewell Springfield. Until next time.

The only home Abraham Lincoln ever owned.

Anyone with an internet connection can volunteer to transcribe historical documents and help make the archives’ digital catalog more accessible. bit.ly/3H2PaI9

The Abraham Lincoln Institute is currently accepting applications for a travel grant of $1,000.00 (one thousand dollars) for graduate students in the Civil War field. See lincoln-institute.org/scholarship-aw… more information on the award and how to apply.

Union soldiers playing "Foot-ball" in July 1865.

Looking to #TeachLincoln in your classroom this year? #FordsEdu offers FREE digital resources for grades 3-12. Dive into Lincoln's assassination, the investigation, and his legacy with engaging primary sources, interactive activities, and new short videos. tiny.cc/ftstlar

Looking for an indoor activity to escape the summer heat? Volunteer for the By the People transcription program at crowd.loc.gov! Try the letters of Civil War naval officer Louis M. Goldsborough, which includes letters from his wife Elizabeth and their daughter Lizzie.

Baseball championship at Hoboken, NJ, on August 3, 1865.

Harry Houdini and Abraham Lincoln, ca. 1924.

Nineteenth-century photoshop of John Wilkes Booth.

Join me and our friends The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History for Inside the Vault on September 4, 2025, 7-8pm ET —A discussion on the Battle of Antietam & the Road to the Emancipation Proclamation Registration Link: bit.ly/InsideTheVault…