Louis Moreau Gottschalk cover caricature in Vanity Fair (October 11, 1862) This week marks the 150th anniversary of the final battles of the Civil War, followed all too closely by the anniversary of President Lincoln's assassination. LPA staff can be blogging this week about performing arts and Abolitionism, plays and films about Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth's career, or whether the Civil War actually ever ended. But …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 03:47PM on April 13, 2015