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, Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction, December 8, 1863
12/08/1863
Abraham Lincoln, Annual Message to Congress, 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
Major General Quincy A. Gillmore to Brigadier General E.D. Townsend, War Department, Washington, D.C., April 13, 1865
04/13/1865
"The President's Speech - The Question of Reconstruction," New York Times, 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
President Andrew Johnson, Reply to a Delegation of Southern Refugees, Washington D.C., April 24, 1865
04/24/1865
John Curtiss Underwood, Statement on behalf of Southern Refugees to President Andrew Johnson, Washington, D.C.
04/29/1865
Andrew Johnson, Proclamation, Removal of Trade Restrictions in Occupied Southern States, Washington, D.C.
05/29/1865
Andrew Johnson, Proclamation of Reconstruction of North Carolina, Washington, D.C.
05/29/1865
Andrew Johnson, Amnesty Proclamation, Washington D.C., May 29, 1865
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, "Plea for the release and pardon of Jefferson Davis..." Milledgeville, Georgia, October 30, 1865
10/30/1865
Georgia State Convention, "An Ordinance to repeal certain ordinances and resolutions...." 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
Willard Saulsbury, Debate on the Civil Rights Bill, U.S. Senate, January 29, 1866
01/29/1866
Lyman Trumbull, Introduction of the Civil Rights Bill, U.S. Senate, January 29, 1866
02/07/1866
Transcript, Meeting between President Andrew Johnson and a Delegation of African-Americans, White House, February 7, 1866
02/07/1866
Frederick Douglass, et al, to Andrew Johnson, February 7, 1866
02/08/1866
Joseph S. Ingraham to Andrew Johnson, Bangor, Maine, February 8, 1866
02/08/1866
Benjamin Brown French to Andrew Johnson, 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
"The President's Veto," Daily Union and American (Nashville, TN), March 28, 1866
03/28/1866
"President Johnson and His Enemies," 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, Republican Party of Illinois in Convention, August 8, 1866, Springfield, Illinois
08/08/1866
Resolutions, Democratic Party of Maryland in Convention, Baltimore, August 8, 1866.
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 to provide for the more efficient Government of the Rebel States," March 2, 1867.
03/02/1867
United States Congress, "An Act regulating the Tenure of certain Civil Offices," 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,