Diary of Mary Chesnut
Diary of Mary Chesnut during the fort sumter crisis
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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...
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.
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...
General Order, No. 66
General Order, No. 66 appoints General Meade to command of the Army of the Potomac.
Secession Acts of the Thirteen Confederate States
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Emancipation Proclamation Primary Source Questions
The Emancipation Proclamation granted freedom to the slaves in the Confederate States if the States did not return to the Union by January 1, 1863. In...
Giuseppe Garibaldi to President Lincoln
Letter from Italian general Giuseppe Garibaldi to President Lincoln, praising him for the Emancipation Proclamation.
General Orders No. 1
After almost four years in the United States army Lt. Col. C.T. Towbridge of the 33rd United States Colored Infantry bids his disbanding regiment...
Abraham Lincoln's Draft of the Emancipation Proclamation
A draft of the Emancipation Proclamation that Lincoln read to his cabinet on July 22, 1862.
Abraham Lincoln's Proclamation of Thanksgiving
On October 3, 1863, President Lincoln issued a proclamation designating “the last Thursday of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving.” Lincoln’s...