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The Civil War’s Human Cost

Author: George C. Burling Date:1862 Annotation: Almost as many soldiers died during the Civil War as in all other American wars…

Wartime Separation of Spouses

Author: David V.M. Smith Date:1862 Annotation: The Civil War separated families in unprecedented numbers and freed women to assume many new…

Abraham Lincoln Dismisses a Union Officer for Disloyalty

Author: Abraham Lincoln Date:1862 Annotation: The United States achieved independence in part because foreign countries such as France and Spain, entered…

The Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation

Author: Abraham Lincoln Date:1862 Annotation: On September 22, 1862, less than a week after the Battle of Antietam, President Lincoln met…

Native Americans and the Civil War

Author: John Ross Date:1862 Annotation: In 1861, many Cherokees, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, and Seminoles decided to join the Confederacy, in part…

Speech to the Senate and House of Representatives of the Confederate States

Author: Jefferson Davis Date:1862 Annotation: In the eastern theater, Union General George McClellan’s plan was to land northern forces on a…