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A telegram from General Sherman to President Lincoln informing him of the capture of the city of Savannah, Georgia.

The Women Who Went to the Field a poem by Clara Barton.

The Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863.

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.

Diary of Mary Chesnut during the fort sumter crisis

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 this account, Confederate soldier Frank S. Roberts of the 2nd Georgia describes a winter spent in Georgia.

General Order, No. 143 established a military body to regulate the recruitment, training and equipment of colored troops enlisting in the Union Army...

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...

General Order, No. 66 appoints General Meade to command of the Army of the Potomac.