CIVIL WAR ERA ARTICLES, SPEECHES
& WORKS
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President Ford's Remarks Upon Signing A Bill Restoring Rights of Citizenship to Robert E. Lee
Basic Readings in U.S. Democracy - Maya Angelou
Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln
The Appomattox Campaign - April, 1865 -Grant & Lee's Correspondence, Articles & Reports
President Lincoln's Gettysburg Address - November, 1863
Jefferson Davis - Inaugural Address
Furman University- 19th Century Documents Project
The Kansas-Nebraska Bill 1854 - Furman University Secession Era Editorials Project
The Dred Scott Case 1857 - Furman University Secession Era Editorials Project
U.S. Supreme Court's Decision on the Dred Scott Case - 1857
The American Anti-Slavery Society Declaration of Sentiments - 1833
Henry David Thoreau, "Civil Disobedience" - 1846
A Chronology of U.S. Historical Documents - University of Oklahoma College of Law
Constitution of the Confederate States - University of Oklahoma College of Law
Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln
Declaration of Causes for South Carolina Seceding from the Union
Abraham Lincoln's "House Divided" Speech - June, 1858
John Brown's Final Address to the Court - Charlestown, Va. November 2, 1859
Charleston Mercury Article "The Terrors of Submission" - October 11, 1860
Pennsylvania Resolution on Secession - December 20, 1860
President Elect Lincoln's Letter to Alexander Stephens - December 22, 1860
Alexander Stephen's Reply to President Elect Lincoln - December 30, 1860
President Lincoln's First Inaugural Address - March 4, 1861
President Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address - March 4, 1865
Virginia Ordinance of Secession - April 17, 1861 (Also All 13 States Secession Ordinances)
Alexander Stephen's Speech to the Virginia Secession Convention - April 23, 1861
Emancipation Proclamation 1864 - University of Oklahoma College of Law
Other Political Speeches and Commentary
Chronology of Secession Crisis
Civil War Era Editorial Commentary
Sullivan Ballou's Letter to His Wife - 1861 Just Prior to Battle of 1st Manassas
The Secession Commissioners - Speeches
Party Platforms and Secession Documents
State and Local Resolutions and Documents on Secession
Virginia Governor John Letcher's Compromise & Conditions for Settlement - January 1861
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