Below you will find a list of the primary sources used for the U.S. History Images available on this site. I have, to the best of my ability, used the original captions and descriptions found in these books to label the pictures. The following article, edited by Frank Moore, was published to honor the fiftieth anniversary of the bombardment and fall of Fort Sumter. I n the history of the Southern conspiracy, General Robert Anderson must hold a distinguished place, being the first federal officer against whom the fatal thought of rebellion took voice in the throat of a cannon; and though his shattered health has. Party lines divided us, and we believed our differences were too radical for us to be united upon any question of national importance. We were a plodding, prosaic people, proud of our past, anxious for the present, uncertain of the future. When, lo! the shot on Sumter dispelled all doubt, dissipated all gloom, and transformed the nation. Bleeding Kansas from U.S. History Images Click a thumbnail to view the full size image. Click a thumbnail panel link to scroll additional thumbnails into view. 1 2 Slavery and Abolition in America Please Note:While looking through the images on slavery, please keep in mind the biases, prejudices, and stereotypes commonly held by authors and illustrators of the time. The primary source material comes from books published as early as 1840. Many of these images depict scenes of human cruelty, which are painful to imagine. Some of the captions include. Site Map 7 for U.S. History Images: Polk's Administration, Elias Howe and the Sewing Machine, The Mexican-American War, Mexican-American War Battles, Early History of Agriculture U. S. History Images Welcome to U.S. History Images! Below you'll find a list of the most recently added images. Use the links on the left to view all the U.S. History Images in this growing collection, or visit the Site Maps. In April, 2011, I started adding a collection of almost 5,000 images concerning the American Civil War. As you can imagine, this is a huge undertaking. Here it is, April.