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Charles Jones Jenkins, "Inaugural Address as governor of Georgia (excerpts)" December 14, 1865, Milledgeville, Georgia |
07/28/1862 |
Abraham Lincoln to Cuthbert Bullitt, July 28, 1862 |
09/11/1863 |
Abraham Lincoln to Andrew Johnson, September 11, 1863 |
12/08/1863 |
Abraham Lincoln, Annual Message to Congress, December 8, 1863 |
12/08/1863 |
Abraham Lincoln, Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, December 8, 1863 |
08/08/1864 |
The Wade-Davis Manifesto, August 5, 1864 |
11/24/1864 |
Andrew Johnson to Montgomery Blair, November 24, 1863, Nashville, Tennessee. |
04/03/1865 |
George F. Shepley, Orders for the Occupation of Richmond, Virginia, April 1865 |
04/05/1865 |
Bishop Augustin Vérot to Major General Quincy A. Gillmore, Savannah, Georgia, April 5, 1865 |
04/06/1865 |
Editorial, "The Fall of Richmond and Southern Feeling," New York Times, April 6, 1865 |
04/07/1865 |
Editorial, "The Next Step," New York Times, April 7, 1865 |
04/10/1865 |
General Robert E. Lee's farewell to his troops of the Army of Northern Virginia |
04/11/1865 |
Abraham Lincoln, Last Speech in Public, April 11, 1865 |
04/13/1865 |
"The President's Speech - The Question of Reconstruction," New York Times, April 13, 1865 |
04/13/1865 |
Major General Quincy A. Gillmore to Brigadier General E.D. Townsend, War Department, Washington, D.C., April 13, 1865 |
04/14/1865 |
"The President on Reconstruction," Chicago Tribune, April 14, 1865 |
04/18/1865 |
William T. Sherman to William W. Halleck, April 18, 1865 |
04/24/1865 |
John Curtiss Underwood, Statement on behalf of Southern Refugees to President Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C. |
04/24/1865 |
President Andrew Johnson, Reply to a Delegation of Southern Refugees, Washington D.C., April 24, 1865 |
04/29/1865 |
Andrew Johnson, Proclamation, Removal of Trade Restrictions in Occupied Southern States, Washington, D.C. |
05/29/1865 |
Andrew Johnson, Amnesty Proclamation, Washington D.C., May 29, 1865 |
05/29/1865 |
Andrew Johnson, Proclamation of Reconstruction of North Carolina, Washington, D.C. |
06/21/1865 |
Andrew Johnson, "Proclamation naming Lewis E. Parsons, Jr. provisional governor of Alabama," June 21, 1865, Washington, D.C. |
06/24/1865 |
William T. Sherman, "Remarks," Lancaster, Ohio, June 24, 1865 |
07/04/1865 |
Orlando Brown, An Official Fourth of July Address to the Freedmen of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia, July 4, 1865 |
07/13/1865 |
James Johnson, "Proclamation of Arrangements for a State Convention," July 13, 185, Milledgeville, Georgia |
07/15/1865 |
Edward R.S. Canby, General Orders No. 109, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 15, 1865 |
07/21/1865 |
George H. Thomas, General Order No. 9, Nashville, Tennessee, July 21, 1865 |
08/03/1865 |
William Marvin, "Statement of the Provisional Governor," August 3, 1865, Jacksonville, Florida |
08/23/1865 |
William Marvin," Provisional Governor's instructions for the election of a State Convention," August 23, 1865, Tallahassee, Florida |
09/20/1865 |
Alabama State Convention, "Debate on ending Slavery," October 20, 1865, Montgomery, Alabama |
09/30/1865 |
J.H. Leard to Lyman Abbott, September 30, 1865, Fort Smith, Arkansas |
10/10/1865 |
Andrew Johnson, "Remarks to the First Colored Regiment of the District of Columbia," October 10, 1865, Washington D.C. |
10/28/1865 |
Andrew Johnson to James Johnson, October 28, 1865, Washington, D.C. |
10/30/1865 |
Georgia State Convention, "An Ordinance to repeal certain ordinances and resolutions...." Milledgeville, Georgia, October 30, 1865 |
10/30/1865 |
Georgia State Convention, "Plea for the release and pardon of Jefferson Davis..." Milledgeville, Georgia, October 30, 1865 |
11/11/1865 |
Lafayette Curry Baker to Andrew Johnson, November 11, 1865, Washington, D.C. |
11/24/1865 |
Colored People's Convention of South Carolina, Address of the Colored State Convention to the People of the State of South Carolina, November 24, 1865, Charleston, South Carolina |
11/28/1865 |
"Resolutions," First Freedmens' Convention, Mobile, Alabama, November 28, 1865 |
12/09/1865 |
Isaac Murphy to J.H. Leard, December 9, 1865, Little Rock, Arkansas |
12/18/1865 |
Andrew Johnson, "Message to Congress respecting the condition of affairs in the Southern States," December 18, 1865 |
12/18/1865 |
Ulysses S. Grant to Andrew Johnson, December 18, 1865, Washington, DC |
12/19/1865 |
Edward McPherson, Description of "An Act to Amend the Criminal Law of South Carolina," December 19, 1865 |
01/17/1866 |
General Daniel E. Sickles, General Order Number One, Headquarters, Department of South Carolina, January 17, 1866 |
01/22/1866 |
Delaware State Legislature, Resolutions in Reaction to the District of Columbia Franchise Bill, Dover, Delaware, January 22, 1866 |
01/24/1866 |
General Alfred H. Terry, General Order Number Four, Headquarters, Department of Virginia, January 17, 1866 |
01/29/1866 |
Lyman Trumbull, Introduction of the Civil Rights Bill, U.S. Senate, January 29, 1866 |
01/29/1866 |
Willard Saulsbury, Debate on the Civil Rights Bill, U.S. Senate, January 29, 1866 |
02/07/1866 |
Frederick Douglass, et al, to Andrew Johnson, February 7, 1866 |
02/07/1866 |
Transcript, Meeting between President Andrew Johnson and a Delegation of African-Americans, White House, February 7, 1866 |
02/08/1866 |
Benjamin Brown French to Andrew Johnson, February 8, 1866 |
02/08/1866 |
Joseph S. Ingraham to Andrew Johnson, Bangor, Maine, February 8, 1866 |
02/10/1866 |
Andrew Johnson, Speech to visiting delegation of the Virginia Legislature, the White House, Washington, D.C., February 10, 1866 |
02/14/1866 |
John H. Brinton to Andrew Johnson, West Chester, Pennsylvania, February 14, 1866 |
02/15/1866 |
Charles Jones Jenkins to Andrew Johnson, Milledgeville, Georgia, February 15, 1866 |
02/19/1866 |
Andrew Johnson, Freedmen's Bureau Bill veto message, February 19, 1866 |
02/20/1866 |
Editorial, New York World, February 20, 1866 |
02/20/1866 |
Jeremiah Sullivan Black to Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C., February 20, 1866 |
02/21/1866 |
"The Mask Removed," Chicago Tribune, February 21, 1866 |
02/22/1866 |
Andrew Johnson, Speech before Washington's Birthday Meeting, Washington, D.C., February 22, 1866 |
02/23/1866 |
"The Culprits," Chicago Tribune, February 23, 1866 |
02/25/1866 |
E.J. Bantz to Andrew Johnson, February 25, 1866 |
03/02/1866 |
"Mrs. Swisshelm Guillotined," Chicago Tribune, March 2, 1866 |
03/05/1866 |
Resolutions, Pennsylvania Democratic Party Convention, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, March 5, 1866 |
03/07/1866 |
Selected Resolutions, Pennsylvania Republican Party Convention, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, March 7, 1866 |
03/16/1866 |
Ulysses S. Grant to Andrew Johnson, March 16, 1866 |
03/27/1866 |
Andrew Johnson, Civil Rights Bill Veto Message, March 27, 1866 |
03/28/1866 |
"President Johnson and His Enemies," Daily Union and American (Nashville, TN), March 28, 1866 |
03/28/1866 |
"The President's Veto," Daily Union and American (Nashville, TN), March 28, 1866 |
03/29/1866 |
"Colored Suffrage in Wisconsin," Chicago Tribune, March 29, 1866 |
03/31/1866 |
George William Curtis, "The Civil Rights Bill," Harper's Weekly Magazine, March 31, 1866, p. 194. |
04/02/1866 |
Andrew Johnson, Proclamation announcing that the Rebellion has ended, April 2, 1866 |
04/07/1866 |
Brigadier General Davis Tillson to Major General Oliver O. Howard, Augusta, Georgia, April 7, 1866 |
04/09/1866 |
An Act to protect all Persons in the United States in their Civil Rights, and to furnish the means for their Vindication, April 9, 1866 |
04/14/1866 |
George William Curtis, "The Civil Rights Bill," Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 14, 1866, pp. 226-227. |
04/17/1866 |
Brigadier General Edward D. Townsend to Major General Oliver O. Howard, Washington, D.C., April 17, 1866 |
04/21/1866 |
Edmund Cooper to Governor Jonathan Worth, Washington DC, April 21, 1866 |
05/01/1866 |
War Department, General Order 26, Washington, DC, May 1, 1866 |
05/22/1866 |
Charles F. Jackson and T.W. Gilbreth, Report of an investigation of the cause, origin, and results of the late riots in the city of Memphis, submitted May 22, 1866 |
06/08/1866 |
Conclusions, Majority Report of the Joint Committee of the United States Senate and House of Representatives on Reconstruction, June 8, 1866, Washington, D.C. |
06/16/1866 |
Conclusions, Majority Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction, U.S. Congress, June 16, 1866 |
06/28/1866 |
Resolution of the "Conservative Republicans" in Convention, Des Moines, Iowa, June 28, 1866. |
07/18/1866 |
Resolutions, Democratic Party of Central and Eastern Pennsylvania in Convention, Reading, Pennsylvania, July 18, 1866. |
07/23/1866 |
Edmund Abell to the Grand Jury of the Criminal Court, New Orleans, Louisiana, July 23, 1866. |
07/30/1866 |
John Tompkins Monroe to the People of New Orleans, New Orleans, July 30, 1866. |
08/01/1866 |
Philip H. Sheridan to Ulysses S. Grant, New Orleans, August 1, 1866. |
08/02/1866 |
Philip H. Sheridan to Ulysses S. Grant, New Orleans, August 2, 1866. |
08/03/1866 |
Philip H. Sheridan to Ulysses S. Grant, New Orleans, August 3, 1866. |
08/04/1866 |
Andrew Johnson to Philip H. Sheridan, Washington, DC, August 4, 1866. |
08/06/1866 |
Philip H. Sheridan to Andrew Johnson, New Orleans, Louisiana, August 6, 1866. |
08/08/1866 |
Resolutions, Democratic Party of Maryland in Convention, Baltimore, August 8, 1866. |
08/08/1866 |
Resolutions, Republican Party of Illinois in Convention, August 8, 1866, Springfield, Illinois |
08/15/1866 |
Resolutions, the Unconditional Union party of Maryland in Convention, Baltimore, Maryland, August 15, 1866. |
08/20/1866 |
Andrew Johnson, Proclamation Declaring the Insurrection at an End in Texas, and Civil Authority existing throughout the whole of the United States, August 20, 1866, Washington, D.C. |
08/22/1866 |
Resolutions, Union League of Philadelphia, August 22, 1866, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. |
08/30/1866 |
Resolutions, Republican Party of Michigan in Convention, August 30, 1866, Detroit, Michigan. |
09/17/1866 |
Nathan Bedford Forrest, et al, to the Soldiers' and Sailors' Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, September 17, 1866, Memphis, Tennessee. |
09/17/1866 |
Oliver O. Howard to Edwin Stanton, Washington, DC, September 17, 1866. |
09/18/1866 |
Gordon Granger, et al, to Nathan Bedford Forrest, et al., September 18, 1866, Cleveland, Ohio. |
09/20/1866 |
John Gray Foster to Ulysses S. Grant, September 20, 1866, Tallahassee, Florida. |
10/01/1866 |
Jonathan Worth, Address to the North Carolina Freedmen's Convention, Raleigh, North Carolina, October 3, 1866 |
11/09/1866 |
Address of the Colored Convention of Indiana to the Citizens of Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana, |
03/02/1867 |
United States Congress, "An Act regulating the Tenure of certain Civil Offices," March 2, 1867 |
03/02/1867 |
United States Congress, "An Act to provide for the more efficient Government of the Rebel States," March 2, 1867. |
03/23/1867 |
"The Southern View of the Reconstruction Bill," Harper's Weekly Magazine, March 23, 1867. |
08/17/1867 |
Daniel Sickles, Confirmation of sentences in the case of the whipping of Phillis Ruffin, Charleston, South Carolina, August 17, 1867, |