Civil War | Primary Source General Sherman's Christmas Gift for President Lincoln A telegram from General Sherman to President Lincoln informing him of the capture of the city of Savannah, Georgia.
Civil War | Primary Source The Women Who Went to the Field The Women Who Went to the Field a poem by Clara Barton.
Civil War | Primary Source Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863.
Civil War | Primary Source "Terrible discharges of grape and canister..." Col. George A. Cobham, Jr.'s official report of his brigade's actions at the May 25, 1864, Battle of New Hope Church, near Dallas, Georgia.
Civil War | Primary Source Fifteenth Amendment The 15th Amendment to the Constitution granted African American men the right to vote and was ratified on February 3, 1870. Section 1. The right of...
Civil War | Primary Source In Winter Quarters at Dalton, GA, 1863-64 In this account, Confederate soldier Frank S. Roberts of the 2nd Georgia describes a winter spent in Georgia.
Civil War | Primary Source General Order, No. 143 General Order, No. 143 established a military body to regulate the recruitment, training and equipment of colored troops enlisting in the Union Army...
Civil War | Primary Source General Orders No. 1 by Lt. Colonel C. T. Trowbridge, 33rd U.S. Colored Troops, February 9, 1866 GENERAL ORDERS HEADQUARTERS 33D U. S. C. T. LATE 1ST SO. CAROLINA...
Civil War | Primary Source General Order, No. 66 General Order, No. 66 appoints General Meade to command of the Army of the Potomac.