Log In
Or create an account ->
Imperial Library
Home
About
News
Upload
Forum
Help
Login/SignUp
Index
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Published with support from...
Kept in print by a gift from...
Contents
Preface
Introduction
Maps
Catherine Edmondston: Diary, March 8, 1864
Ellen Renshaw House: Diary, March 9-11, 19, 1864
Scientific American: New Rolling Mills in Pittsburgh, March 26, 1864
Harriet Ann Jacobs and Louisa M. Jacobs to Lydia Maria Child, March 26, 1864
Jim Heiskell: Statement Regarding His Escape from Slavery, March 30, 1864
Susan C. Woolker to Zebulon B. Vance, April 3, 1864
Ulysses S. Grant to William T. Sherman, April 4, 1864
William Winters to Harriet Winters, April 4, 1864
Wilbur Fisk to The Green Mountain Freeman, April 7, 1864
Ellen Renshaw House: Diary, April 8, 1864
Lois Bryan Adams to the Detroit Advertiser and Tribune, April 9, 1864
Achilles V. Clark to Judith Porter and Henrietta Ray, April 14, 1864
Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, April 15, 1864
The New York Times: The Black Flag, April 16, 1864
Abraham Lincoln: Address at Baltimore Sanitary Fair, April 18, 1864
R.H.C. to The Christian Recorder, April 30, 1864
Gideon Welles: Diary, May 3, 5-6, 1864
Petition from the Slaveholders of Randolph County, Alabama, May 6, 1864
Samuel W. Fiske to the Springfield Republican, May 3, 1864
Theodore Lyman: Journal, May 4-7, 1864
Wilbur Fisk to The Green Mountain Freeman, May 9, 1864
J.F.J. Caldwell: from The History of a Brigade of South Carolinians
Horace Porter: from Campaigning with Grant
Herman Melville: The Armies of the Wilderness
Ulysses S. Grant to Edwin M. Stanton and to Henry W. Halleck, May 11, 1864
Charles Harvey Brewster to Martha Brewster, May 11, 1864; to Mary Brewster, May 13, 1864; and to Martha Brewster, May 15, 1864
J.F.J. Caldwell: from The History of a Brigade of South Carolinians
Edward A. Wild to Robert S. Davis, May 12, 1864
James A. Connolly to Mary Dunn Connolly, May 15 and 20, 1864
Alpheus S. Williams to Mary Williams, May 20, 1864
Samuel T. Foster: Diary, May 23-28, 1864
Richard Taylor: General Orders No. 44, May 23, 1864
Charles Harvey Brewster to Mary Brewster, May 23, 1864; to Martha Brewster, May 24, 1864; and to Mattie Brewster, May 26, 1864
Eugene Forbes: Diary, May 24-27, 1864
Charles Francis Adams Jr. to Charles Francis Adams, May 29, 1864
Lorenzo Thomas to Henry Wilson, May 30, 1864
Cornelia Hancock to Her Sister, May 28, May 31-June 3, 1864
Frank Wilkeson: from Recollections of a Private Soldier in the Army of the Potomac
Maria Lydig Daly: Diary, June 8, 1864
Robert Patrick to Alonzo Lewis, June 9, 1864
Judith W. McGuire: Diary, June 11, 1864
Charles Harvey Brewster to Mattie Brewster, June 11, 1864
Charles Francis Adams to Charles Francis Adams Jr., June 17, 1864
Charles B. Fisher: Diary, June 19-21, 1864
Wilbur Fisk to The Green Mountain Freeman, June 19, 1864
Stephen Minot Weld to Stephen Minot Weld Sr., June 21, 1864
George E. Chamberlin to Ephraim Chamberlin, June 27, 1864
Eugene Forbes: Diary, June 13-30, 1864
William T. Sherman to Ellen Ewing Sherman, June 30, 1864
Horace Greeley to Abraham Lincoln, July 7, 1864
John White Geary to Mary Geary, July 8, 1864
Abraham Lincoln: Proclamation Concerning Reconstruction, July 8, 1864
Abraham Lincoln to Horace Greeley, July 9, 1864
Eugene Forbes: Diary, July 11, 1864
Henry Robinson Berkeley: Diary, July 4-13, 1864
Lois Bryan Adams to the Detroit Advertiser and Tribune, July 13 and 15, 1864
Ulysses S. Grant to Henry W. Halleck, July 14, 1864
Charles A. Dana to Ulysses S. Grant, July 15, 1864
Abraham Lincoln: Offer of Safe Conduct for Peace Negotiators, July 18, 1864
Clement C. Clay and James P. Holcombe to Horace Greeley, July 21, 1864
James R. Gilmore to the Boston Evening Transcript, July 22, 1864
Henry Robinson Berkeley: Diary, July 14-24, 1864
Samuel T. Foster: Diary, July 18-23, 1864
John Q. A. Dennis to Edwin M. Stanton, July 26, 1864
Benjamin F. McIntyre: Diary, July 29, 1864
David G. Farragut: General Orders Nos. 10 and 11, July 12 and 29, 1864
Stephen Minot Weld: Diary, July 30, 1864, and Memoir from 1912
William Pegram to Virginia Johnson Pegram, August 1, 1864
C. Chauncey Burr: from The Old Guard, August 1864
Edgeworth Bird to Sallie Bird, August 4, 1864
Benjamin F. Wade and Henry Winter Davis: To the Supporters of the Government, August 5, 1864
Robert Garlick Hill Kean: Diary, August 7, 1864
Mathella Page Harrison: Diary, August 17, 1864
Abraham Lincoln: Memorandum on Probable Failure of Reelection, August 23, 1864
Benjamin F. Butler to Robert Ould, August 27, 1864
Robert Toombs to Alexander H. Stephens, August 30, 1864
Platform of the Democratic National Convention, August 30, 1864
James R. Gilmore: Our Visit to Richmond, September 1864
Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, September 2, 1864
Spottswood Rice to His Children and to Kitty Diggs, September 3, 1864
Thomas Bramlette to Abraham Lincoln, September 3, 1864
Gideon Welles: Diary, September 3, 1864
Clement L. Vallandigham to George B. McClellan, September 4, 1864
Kate Stone: Diary, September 5, 1864
George Templeton Strong: Diary, September 5-8, 1864
George B. McClellan to the Democratic Nomination Committee, September 8, 1864
James A. Connolly to Mary Dunn Connolly, September 11, 1864
William T. Sherman to James M. Calhoun and Others, September 12, 1864
Rachel Ann Wicker to John A. Andrew, September 12, 1864
Alexander McKinley to Samuel Francis Du Pont, September 18, 1864
Henry Robinson Berkeley: Diary, September 19, 1864
Jefferson Davis: Speech at Macon, September 23, 1864
Elizabeth Blair Lee to Samuel Phillips Lee, September 24, 1864
Jefferson Davis: Speech at Columbia, October 4, 1864
Address of the Colored National Convention, October 6, 1864
William T. Sherman to Ulysses S. Grant, October 9, 1864
Stephen Dodson Ramseur to Ellen Richmond Ramseur, October 10, 1864
John B. Jones: Diary, October 10-13, 1864
Samuel Francis Du Pont to William King Hall, October 13, 1864
Catherine Edmondston: Diary, October 18, 1864
Francis Lieber: Lincoln or McClellan, October 1864
George Templeton Strong: Diary, November 9, 1864
John Hay: Diary, November 11, 1864
John S. Mosby to Philip H. Sheridan, November 11, 1864
Jane Kamper: Statement Regarding Her Emancipation, November 14, 1864
Maria Lydig Daly: Diary, November 15, 1864
James A. Connolly: Diary, November 17-23, 1864
John Wilkes Booth: "To whom it may concern," November 1864
Henry Adams to Charles Francis Adams Jr., November 25, 1864
Joseph Miller: Statement Regarding His Family, November 26, 1864
Samuel T. Foster: Diary, November 30-December 1, 1864
Abraham Lincoln: Annual Message to Congress, December 6, 1864
Henry Nutt to Zebulon B. Vance, December 12, 1864
John Chipman Gray to John C. Ropes, December 14, 1864
John White Geary to Mary Geary, December 17, 1864
Mary S. Mallard: Journal, December 15-21, 1864
Harper's Weekly: Retaliation, January 7, 1865
Howell Cobb to James A. Seddon, January 8, 1865
Catherine Edmondston: Diary, January 9, 1865
Petition of the Colored Citizens of Nashville to the Union Convention of Tennessee, January 9, 1865
Robert E. Lee to Andrew Hunter, January 11, 1865
Meeting of Colored Ministers with Edwin M. Stanton and William T. Sherman, January 12, 1865
William T. Sherman: Special Field Orders No. 15, January 16, 1865
Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, January 31, 1865
George W. Julian: Journal, February 1, 1865
Robert Garlick Hill Kean: Diary, February 5, 1865
John H. Stringfellow to Jefferson Davis, February 8, 1865
Henry Highland Garnet: A Memorial Discourse, February 12, 1865
Emma LeConte: Diary, February 17-18, 1865
Luther Rice Mills to John Mills, March 2, 1865
Abraham Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865
Frederick Douglass: from Life and Times of Frederick Douglass
Roanoke Island Freedmen to Abraham Lincoln and to Edwin M. Stanton, March 9, 1865
George Templeton Strong: Diary, March 10, 1865
Alpheus S. Williams to His Daughter, March 12, 1865
Charles Sumner to John Bright, March 13, 1865
Frances Johnson: Statement Regarding Her Whipping and Escape, March 25, 1865
Clarissa Burdett: Statement Regarding Her Whipping and Escape, March 27, 1865
John B. Jones: Diary, April 2, 1865
Sallie Brock: from Richmond During the War
George Templeton Strong: Diary, April 3, 1865
William Gordon McCabe to Mary Pegram, April 4, 1865
Thomas Morris Chester to the Philadelphia Press, April 4 and 6, 1865
Gideon Welles: Diary, April 7, 1865
Ulysses S. Grant to Robert E. Lee, April 9, 1865
Robert E. Lee: General Orders No. 9, April 10, 1865
Elizabeth Keckly: from Behind the Scenes
George Templeton Strong: Diary, April 15, 1865
Gideon Welles: Diary, April 18, 1865
William T. Sherman to Ulysses S. Grant or Henry W. Halleck, April 18, 1865
Sarah Morgan: Diary, April 19, 1865
Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, April 20, 1865
Jefferson Davis to Varina Howell Davis, April 23, 1865
Stephen Minot Weld to Hannah Minot Weld, April 24, 1865
Samuel T. Foster: Diary, April 18-May 4, 1865
Ellen Renshaw House: Diary, May 2, 1865
Walt Whitman: from Specimen Days
New York Herald: The Grandest Military Display in the World, May 24, 1865
Lois Bryan Adams to the Detroit Advertiser and Tribune, May 24 and 27, 1865
Gordon Granger: General Orders No. 3, June 19, 1865
Chronology
Biographical Notes
Note on the Texts
Notes
Index
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
The Library of America Series
← Prev
Back
Next →
← Prev
Back
Next →