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Charleston Mercury: What Shall the South Carolina Legislature Do?, November 3, 1860

* Calling a Secession Convention: November 1860

John G. Nicolay: Memoranda Regarding Abraham Lincoln, November 5–6, 1860

* “Alarms from the South”: Illinois, November 1860

New-York Daily Tribune: Going to Go, November 9, 1860

* The Threat of Secession: November 1860

Jefferson Davis to Robert Barnwell Rhett Jr., November 10, 1860

* The Need for Southern Cooperation: November 1860

Benjamin Hill: Speech at Milledgeville, November 15, 1860

* Debating Secession: Georgia, November 1860

New York Daily News: The Right of States to Secede, November 16, 1860

* “States cannot exist disunited”: November 1860

Sam Houston to H. M. Watkins and Others, November 20, 1860

* “I am for the Union as it is”: Texas, November 1860

George Templeton Strong: Diary, November 20, November 26–December 1, 1860

* “Our sore national sickness”: New York, November 1860

Edward Bates: Diary, November 22, 1860

* “This dangerous game”: Missouri, November 1860

William G. Brownlow to R. H. Appleton, November 29, 1860

* The “Wicked Spirit” of Secession: Tennessee, November 1860

Frederick Douglass: The Late Election, December 1860

* Lincoln and Slavery: December 1860

William T. Sherman to Thomas Ewing Sr. and to John Sherman, December 1, 1860

* Secessionism in Louisiana: December 1860

James Buchanan: from the Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1860

* Washington, D.C., December 1860

J.D.B. DeBow: The Non-Slaveholders of the South, December 5, 1860

* The Benefits of Slavery: December 1860

Joseph E. Brown to Alfred H. Colquitt and Others, December 7, 1860

* Advocating Secession: Georgia, December 1860

Abraham Lincoln to John A. Gilmer, December 15, 1860

* Restating Positions on Slavery: December 1860

New-York Daily Tribune: The Right of Secession, December 17, 1860

* Rejecting Coercion: December 1860

Benjamin F. Wade: Remarks in the U.S. Senate, December 17, 1860

* “I stand by the Union”: December 1860

John J. Crittenden: Remarks in the U.S. Senate, December 18, 1860

* A Compromise over Slavery: December 1860

Henry Adams to Charles Francis Adams Jr., December 18–20, 1860

* “Meanness and rascality”: Washington, D.C., December 1860

John G. Nicolay: Memorandum Regarding Abraham Lincoln, December 22, 1860

* A Confidential Message: Illinois, December 1860

South Carolina Declaration of the Causes of Secession, December 24, 1860

* Charleston, December 1860

Abner Doubleday: from Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860–’61

* Occupying Fort Sumter: South Carolina, December 1860

Catherine Edmondston: Diary, December 26–27, 1860

* “A terrible revulsion of feeling”: South Carolina, December 1860

Edward Bates: Diary, March 9–April 8, 1861

* Relieving Fort Sumter: Washington, D.C., March–April 1861

Gideon Welles: Memoir of Events, March 1861

* Seward and Fort Sumter: Washington, D.C., March 1861

William H. Seward: Memorandum for the President, April 1, 1861

* Challenging Lincoln: Washington, D.C., April 1861

Abraham Lincoln to William H. Seward, April 1, 1861

* “I must do it”: Washington, D.C., April 1861

Mary Chesnut, Diary, April 7–15, 1861

* The War Begins: South Carolina, April 1861

Abner Doubleday: from Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860–’61

* Bombardment and Surrender: South Carolina, April 1861

George Templeton Strong: Diary, April 13–16, 1861

* New Yorkers Respond: April 1861

The New York Times: The People and the Issue, April 15, 1861

* Vindicating National Honor: April 1861

Pittsburgh Post: The War Begun—The Duty of American Citizens, April 15, 1861

* Fighting “the mad rebellion”: April 1861

William Howard Russell: from My Diary North and South, April 17, 1861

* Celebration in Charleston: South Carolina, April 1861

Charles C. Jones Sr. to Charles C. Jones Jr., April 20, 1861

* “Infidel” Enemies: Georgia, April 1861

John B. Jones: Diary, April 15–22, 1861

* Secessionism in Richmond: Virginia, April 1861

John W. Hanson: from Historical Sketch of the Old Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers

* The Baltimore Riot: April 1861

Ulysses S. Grant to Frederick Dent, April 19, 1861, and to Jesse Root Grant, April 21, 1861

* “I have but one sentiment now”: Illinois, April 1861

Jefferson Davis: Message to the Confederate Congress, April 29, 1861

* Montgomery, Alabama, April 1861

Frederick Douglass: How to End the War, May 1861

* “Strike down slavery itself ”: May 1861

Walt Whitman: First O Songs for a Prelude

* New York, Spring 1861

Winfield Scott to George B. McClellan, May 3, 1861

* A Strategic Plan: May 1861

Charles B. Haydon: Diary, May 3–12, 1861

* Life in Army Camp: Michigan, May 1861

Ulysses S. Grant to Jesse Root Grant, May 6, 1861

* Predicting a Short War: May 1861

John Hay: Diary, May 7–10, 1861

* Life in the Executive Mansion: Washington, D.C., May 1861

Judith W. McGuire: Diary, May 10, 1861

* Fearing Attack in Alexandria: Virginia, May 1861

William T. Sherman to John Sherman, May 11, 1861

* Rioting in St. Louis: Missouri, May 1861

Benjamin F. Butler to Winfield Scott, May 24, 1861

* Slaves Seeking Freedom: Virginia, May 1861

The New York Times: General Butler and the Contraband of War, June 2, 1861

* Defining Runaway Slaves: Virginia, May 1861

Kate Stone: Journal, May 15–27, 1861

* “Our Cause is just”: Louisiana, May 1861

George Templeton Strong: Diary, May 29–June 2, 1861

* A Visit to Washington: May–June 1861

John Brown’s Body, May 1861

* Massachusetts, May 1861

Roger B. Taney: Opinion in Ex parte Merryman, June 1, 1861

* The Writ of Habeas Corpus: Maryland, May 1861

Henry A. Wise: Speech at Richmond, June 1, 1861

* “I rejoice in this war”: Virginia, June 1861

Charles C. Jones Jr. to Charles C. Jones Sr. and Mary Jones, June 10, 1861

* The “blinded, fanatical” North: Georgia, June 1861

Henry Adams to Charles Francis Adams Jr., June 10–11, 1861

* Anglo-American Relations: London, June 1861

John Ross to Benjamin McCulloch, June 17, 1861

* Cherokee Neutrality: Indian Territory, June 1861

James Russell Lowell: The Pickens-and-Stealin’s Rebellion, June 1861

* Emancipating Northern Opinion: June 1861

Abraham Lincoln: Message to Congress in Special Session, July 4, 1861

* Washington, D.C., July 1861

Kate Stone: Journal, July 4, 1861

* An Unobserved Holiday: Louisiana, July 1861

Ulysses S. Grant: from Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant

* Facing the Enemy: Missouri, July 1861

Sallie Brock: from Richmond During the War

* Defeats in Western Virginia: July 1861

Sullivan Ballou to Sarah Ballou, July 14, 1861

* A Farewell Letter: July 1861

Charles Minor Blackford: from Letters from Lee’s Army

* Battle of Manassas: Virginia, July 1861

William Howard Russell: from My Diary North and South

* The Union Army Retreats: Virginia, July 1861

Samuel J. English to his Mother, July 24, 1861

* “Death and confusion everywhere”: Virginia, July 1861

Emma Holmes: Diary, July 22–23, 1861

* News of Manassas: South Carolina, July 1861

Elizabeth Blair Lee to Samuel Phillips Lee, July 23, 1861

* Straggling Soldiers: Washington, D.C., July 1861

Walt Whitman: from Specimen Days

* “A terrible shock”: Washington, D.C., July 1861

Abraham Lincoln: Memoranda on Military Policy, July 23, 1861

* Washington, D.C., July 1861

Mary Chesnut: Diary, July 24, 1861

* Celebrating Victory: Virginia, July 1861

Crittenden-Johnson Resolutions, July 22–25, 1861

* Noninterference with Slavery: July 1861

George B. McClellan to Mary Ellen McClellan, July 27, 1861

* Assuming Command: Washington, D.C., July 1861

William T. Sherman to Ellen Ewing Sherman, July 28, 1861

* “Our men are not good Soldiers”: July 1861

Horace Greeley to Abraham Lincoln, July 29, 1861

* “Our late awful disaster”: July 1861

George B. McClellan: Memorandum for the President, August 2, 1861

* Washington, D.C., August 1861

Confiscation Act, August 6, 1861

* A Measure Against Slavery: August 1861

George B. McClellan to Mary Ellen McClellan, August 8, 9, and 16, 1861

* “The Presdt is an idiot”: August 1861

E. F. Ware: from The Lyon Campaign in Missouri

* Battle of Wilson’s Creek: Missouri, August 1861

W. E. Woodruff: from With the Light Guns in ’61–’65

* Confederate Artillery at Wilson’s Creek: Missouri, August 1861

John C. Frémont: Proclamation, August 30, 1861

* Freeing the Slaves of Rebels: Missouri, August 1861

Abraham Lincoln to John C. Frémont, September 2, 1861

* Modifying a Proclamation: September 1861

Frederick Douglass: Fighting Rebels with Only One Hand, September 1861

* The Need for Black Soldiers: September 1861

Abraham Lincoln to Orville H. Browning, September 22, 1861

* Revoking Frémont’s Proclamation: September 1861

John Ross: Message to the National Council, October 9, 1861

* A Cherokee-Confederate Alliance: Indian Territory, October 1861

Henry Livermore Abbott to Josiah Gardner Abbott, October 22, 1861

* Battle of Ball’s Bluff: Virginia, October 1861

George B. McClellan to Mary Ellen McClellan, October 25, 26, 30, and 31, 1861

* Replacing Winfield Scott: October 1861

Charles Francis Adams Jr. to Henry Adams, November 5, 1861

* “I am tired of incompetents”: November 1861

George B. McClellan to Samuel L. M. Barlow, November 8, 1861

* Preparing for the Next Battle: November 1861

Ulysses S. Grant to Jesse Root Grant, November 8, 1861

* Battle of Belmont: Missouri, November 1861

Lunsford P. Yandell Jr. to Lunsford Yandell Sr., November 10, 1861

* A Doctor at Belmont: Missouri, November 1861

Samuel Francis Du Pont to Sophie Du Pont, November 13–15, 1861

* The Capture of Port Royal: South Carolina, November 1861

Sam Mitchell: Narrative of the capture of the Sea Islands, November 1861

* A Former Slave Remembers: South Carolina, November 1861

Henry Tucker: God in the War, November 15, 1861

* A Confederate Sermon: Georgia, November 1861

Jefferson Davis: Message to the Confederate Congress, November 18, 1861

* Richmond, Virginia, November 1861

Harper’s Weekly: The Great Review

* The Army of the Potomac: Virginia, November 1861

Ulysses S. Grant to Jesse Root Grant, November 27, 1861

* Slavery and the Press: November 1861

Sallie Brock: from Richmond During the War

* Shortages and Inflation: Virginia, Autumn 1861

Benjamin Moran, Journal, November 27–December 3, 1861

* The “Trent” Affair: London, November–December 1861

Henry Adams to Charles Francis Adams Jr., November 30, 1861

* War with England: London, November 1861

Abraham Lincoln, Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861

* Washington, D.C., December 1861

Charles Francis Adams Jr. to Henry Adams, December 10, 1861

* Preparing to Enlist: Boston, December 1861

Let My People Go

* A Song of the Contrabands: Virginia, 1861

Robert E. Lee to George Washington Custis Lee, December 29, 1861

* Not Relying on Foreign Aid: December 1861

Edward Bates: Diary, December 31, 1861

* The President’s Duty to Act: Washington, D.C., December 1861

Irwin McDowell: Memorandum, January 10–13, 1862

* Lincoln and McClellan: Washington, D.C., January 1862

Montgomery C. Meigs, Memoir of Meetings with President Lincoln, January 10–13, 1862

* “The bottom is out of the tub”: Washington, D.C., January 1862

Edwin M. Stanton to Charles A. Dana, January 24, 1862

* “This army has got to fight”: January 1862