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An Ardent Republican Expresses Her View of Vice President Andrew Johnson

Author: Mary Y. Prentiss Date:1865 Annotation: The 1864 presidential election was one of the most critical in American history. At stake…

Newspaper Account of a Meeting between Black Religious Leaders and Union Military Authorities

Date:1865 Annotation: Twenty African-American men met African descent met with Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War, and Major-Gen. Sherman, to discuss matters…

Testimony of the Assistant Commissioner of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands

Author: Samuel Thomas Date:1865 Annotation: Col. Samuel Thomas, a Freedmen’s Bureau official, describes the attitude of ex- Confederates toward the former…

A Union Lieutenant Reflects on General George McClellan’s Presidential Campaign

Author: Andrew Knox Date:1864 Annotation: A Union lieutenant in the 1st Connecticut Artillery offers his opinion of General George McClellan’s presidential…

The Two Roads to Peace

Author: National Union Free Convention Date:1864 Annotation: As their presidential nominee, the Democrats chose General George B. McClellan, who opposed the…

The Breakdown of the Plantation System

Author: Tobias Gibson Date:1864 Annotation: Slaves played a critical role in their own liberation. Southern slaves deserted plantations and fled to…