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Documents of the American Civil War

 

Pre-War Documents

Document iconSouth Carolina Ordinance of Nullification November 24, 1832 

Document iconConstitution of the American Anti-Slavery Society  December 4, 1833

Document iconKansas - Nebraska Act  5/30/1854

Document iconJames Henry Hammond, "Cotton is King" Speech - March 4, 1858

Document iconAbraham Lincoln's House Divided Speech June 17, 1858

Document iconThe Crittenden Compromise - Date: 12/16/1860

Document iconNational Democratic Platform - 1860 (Douglas)

Document iconRepublican National Platform - 1860 (Lincoln)

Document iconSouth Carolina Declaration of Secession - Date: 12/24/1860

Document iconJefferson Davis's Farewell to the U.S. Senate - Jan. 21, 1861

Document iconGeorgia Declaration of Secession - Date: 1/29/1861

Document iconJefferson Davis' First Inaugural Address - Date: 2/18/1861

Document iconLincoln's First Inaugural Address - Date: 3/4/1861

Document iconThe Constitution of the Confederate States of America - Date: 3/11/1861

1861 Documents

Document iconDemand For Surrender of Fort Sumter - Date: 4/11/1861

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Resignation of Robert E. Lee - Date: 4/20/1861

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John C. Fremont Order of Martial Law Throughout Missouri August 30, 1861

1862 Documents

Document iconSecond Inaugural Address of Jefferson Davis- Feb.22, 1862

Document iconTreaty between United States and Great Britain for the Suppression of the Slave Trade 4/7/1862

Document iconDistrict of Columbia Emancipation Act - April 16, 1862

Document iconInstructions For The Gov't. Of Armies Of The United States In The Field (The Lieber Articles)

Document iconLee Explains Upcoming Maryland Campaign To Davis - Date: 9/3/1862

Document iconEmancipation Proclamation - Date: 9/22/1862

Document iconJ. Davis Proclamation Declaring Ben Butler An Outlaw - Dec. 23, 1862

1863 Documents

Document iconAbraham Lincoln's Order of Retaliation - July 30. 1863

Document iconLincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation - Oct. 3, 1863

Document iconGettysburg Address - Date: 11/19/1863

1864 Documents

Document iconThe Wade-Davis Manifesto - August 5, 1864

Document iconGeneral John B. Hood's General Field Order No. 14 - August 12, 1864

Document icon Impressment of Slaves: Seddon to Davis - Nov. 28, 1864

1865 Documents

Document iconFreedmen's Bureau Bill, March 3. 1865

Document iconLincoln's Second Inaugural Address - Date: 3/4/1865

Document iconLincoln's Speech on Reconstruction: Last Public Address April 11, 1865

Document iconAmnesty Proclamation, Andrew Johnson - 29 May 1865

Document iconThaddeus Stevens Speech - Date: 12/18/1865

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