The Civil War : the first year told by those who lived it, edited by Brooks D. Simpson, Stephen W. Sears, Aaron Sheehan-Dean

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The Civil War : the first year told by those who lived it, edited by Brooks D. Simpson, Stephen W. Sears, Aaron Sheehan-Dean

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the first year told by those who lived it

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edited by Brooks D. Simpson, Stephen W. Sears, Aaron Sheehan-Dean

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• The Civil War : the first year told by those who lived it

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Contents

• Benjamin Hill
• Debating Secession, Georgia, November 1860. The Right of States to Secede, November 16, 1860
• New York Daily News
• "States cannot exist disunited," November 1860. "I am for the Union as it is," Texas, November 1860
• Sam Houston to H.M. Watkins and Others, November 20, 1860
• "Our sore national sickness : New York, November 1860. Diary, November 20, November 26-December I, 1860
• George Templeton Strong
• "This dangerous game" : Missouri, November 1860 Diary, November 22, 1860
• Edward Bates
• The "Wicked Spirit" of Secession : Tennessee, November 1860. William G. Brownlow to R.H. Appleton, November 29, 1860
• Calling a Secession Convention, November 1860. What Shall the South Carolina Legislature Do? November 3, 1860
• Lincoln, and Slavery : December 1860. The Late Election, December 1860
• Frederick Douglass
• Secessionism in Louisiana, December 1860. William T. Sherman to Thomas Ewing Sr. and to John Sherman
• Washington, D.C., December 1860. From the Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1860
• James Buchanan
• The Benefits of Slavery : December 1860. The Non-Slaveholders of the South, December 5, 1860
• J.D.B. DeBow
• Advocating Secession : Georgia, December 1860
• Joseph E. Brown to Alfred H. Colquitt and Others, December 7, 1860
• Restating Positions on Slavery : December 1860
• Charleston Mercury
• Abraham Lincoln to John A. Gilmer, December 15, 1860
• Rejecting Coercion : December 1860. The Right of Secession, December 17, 1860
• New-York Daily Tribune
• "I stand by the Union" : December 1860. Remarks in the U.S. Senate, December 17, 1860
• Benjamin F. Wade
• A Compromise over Slavery, December 1860. Remarks in the U.S. Senate, December 18, 1860
• John J. Crittenden
• "Meanness and rascality" : Washington, D.C., December 1860
• Henry Adams to Charles Francis Adams Jr., December 18-20, 1860
• A Confidential Message : Illinois, December 1860. Memorandum Regarding Abraham Lincoln, December 22, 1860
• "Alarms from the South" : Illinois, November 1860. Memoranda Regarding Abraham Lincoln, November 5-6, 1860
• John G. Nicolay
• Charleston, December 1860. South Carolina Declaration of the Causes of Secession, December 24, 1860
• Occupying Fort Sumter : South Carolina, December 1860. From Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61
• Abner Doubleday
• Urging Kentucky to Secede: December 1860
• Stephen F. Hale to Beriah Magoffin, December 27, 1860
• "The tempest bursting" : 1860. Misgivings
• Herman Melville
• "Sad foreboding": Georgia, January 1861
• Mary Jones to Charles C. Jones Jr., January 3, 1861
• John G. Nicolay
• "All depends on Virginia" : Washington, D.C., January 1861
• Henry Adams to Charles Francis Adams Jr., January 8, 1861
• Jackson, January 1861. Mississippi Declaration of the Causes of Secession, January 9, 1861
• "A warlike aspect." Washington, D.C., January 1861
• Elizabeth Blair Lee to Samuel Phillips Lee
• The "Star of the West" : South Carolina, January 1861
• Catherine Edmondston : Diary, January 9-13, 1861
• Washington, D.C., January 1861. Farewell Address in the U.S. Senate, January 21, 1861
• Jefferson Davis
• The Evils of Anarchy and Civil War: January 1861
• Going to Go, November 9, 1860
• Robert E. Lee to George Washington Custis Lee, January 23, 1861
• Hopes for Lincoln's Administration: March 1861. The New President, March 1861
• Frederick Douglass
• Washington, D.C., March 1861. First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861
• Abraham Lincoln
• "That wretch Abraham Lincoln" : North Carolina, March 1861
• Catherine Edmondston : Diary, March 4, 1861
• Vindicating Slavery: Georgia, March 1861. "Corner-Stone" Speech, March 21, 1861
• Alexander H. Stephens
• Relieving Fort Sumter: Washington, D.C., March-April 1861
• New-York Daily Tribune
• Edward Bates : Diary, March 9-April 8, 1861
• Seward and Fort Sumter: Washington, D.C. March 1861. Memoir of Events, March 1861
• Gideon Welles
• Challenging Lincoln: Washington, D.C., April 1861. Memorandum for the President, April 1, 1861
• William H. Seward
• "I must do it": Washington, D.C., April 1861
• Abraham Lincoln to William H. Seward, April 1, 1861
• The War Begins: South Carolina, April 1861. Diary, April 7-15, 1861
• Mary Chesnut
• Bombardment and Surrender: South Carolina, April 1861
• The Threat of Secession, November 1860. Jefferson Davis to Robert Barnwell Rhett Jr., November 10, 1860
• from Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-61, Abner Doubleday
• New Yorkers Respond : April 1861. Diary, April 13-16, 1861
• George Templeton Strong
• Vindicating National Honor: April 1861. The People and the Issue, April 15, 1861
• The New York Times
• Fighting "the mad rebellion": April 1861. The War Begun : The Duty of American Citizens, April 15, 1861
• Pittsburgh Post
• Celebration in Charleston: South Carolina, April 1861. From My Diary North and South, April 17, 1861
• William Howard Russell
• "Infidel" Enemies : Georgia, April 1861
• The Need for Southern Cooperation, November 1860. Speech at Milledgeville, November 15, 1860
• Charles C. Jones Sr. to Charles C. Jones Jr., April 20, 1861
• Seccssionism in Richmond: Virginia, April 1861. Diary, April 15-22, 1861
• John B. Jones
• Frederick Douglass
• New York, Spring 1861. First O Songs for a Prelude
• Walt Whitman
• A Strategic Plan : May 1861
• Winfield Scott to George B. McClellan, May 3, 1861
• Life in Army Camp : Michigan, May 1861
• Charles B. Haydon : Diary, May 3---12, 1861
• Predicting a Short War: May 1861
• Ulysses S. Grant to Jesse Root Grant, May 6, 1861
• Life in the Executive Mansion : Washington, D.C., May 1861
• --
• John Hay : Diary, May 7---10, 1861
• Fearing Attack in Alexandria : Virginia, May 1861
• Judith W. McGuire : Diary, May 10, 1861
• Rioting in St. Louis : Missouri, May 1861
• William T. Sherman to John Sherman, May 11, 1861
• Slaves Seeking Freedom: Virginia, May 1861
• Benjamin F. Butler to Winfield Scott, May 24, 1861
• Defining Runaway Slaves : Virginia, May 1861
• The New York Times : General Butler and the Contraband of War, June 2, 1861
• "Our Cause is just" : Louisiana, May 1861
• The Baltimore Riot: April 1861. From Historical Sketch of the Old Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers
• Kate Stone : Journal, May 15-27, 1861
• A Visit to Washington : May-June 1861
• George Templeton Strong : Diary, May 29---June 2, 1861
• Massachusetts, May 1861 : John Brown's Body
• The Writ of Habeas Corpus : Maryland, May 1861
• Roger B. Taney : Opinion in Ex parte Merryman, June 1, 1861
• "I rejoice in this war" : Virginia, June 1861
• Henry A. Wise : Speech at Richmond, June 1, 1861
• The "blinded, fanatical" North: Georgia, June 1861
• Charles C. Jones Jr. to Charles C. Jones Sr. and Mary Jones, June 10, 1861
• John W. Hanson
• Anglo-American Relations : London, June 1861
• Henry Adams to Charles Francis Adams Jr., June 10-11, 1861
• Cherokee Neutrality : Indian Territory, June 1861
• John Ross to Benjamin McCulloch, June 17, 1861
• Emancipating Northern Opinion : June 1861
• James Russel Lowell : The Pickens-and-Stealin's Rebellion, June 1861
• Washington, D.C., July 1861
• Abraham Lincoln : Message to Congress in Special Session, July 4, 1861
• An Unobserved Holiday: Louisiana, July 1861
• Kate Stone : Journal, July 4, 1861
• "I have but one sentiment now": Illinois, April 1861
• Facing the Enemy: Missouri, July 1861
• Ulysses S. Grant : from Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant
• Defeats in Western Virginia: July 1861
• Sallie Brock : from Richmond During the War
• A Farewell Letter : July 1861
• Sullivan Barlou to Sarah Ballou, July 14, 1861
• Battle of Manassas : Virginia, July 1861
• Charles Minor : from Letters from Lee's Army
• The Union Army Retreats : Virginia, July 1861
• William Howard Russell : from My Diary North and South
• Ulysses S. Grant to Frederick Dent, April 19, 1861, and the Jesse Root Grant, April 21, 1861
• "Death and confusion everywhere" : Virginia, July 1861
• Samuel J. English to his Mother, July 24, 1861
• News of Manassas : South Carolina, July 1861
• Emma Holmes : Diary, July 22-23, 1861
• Straggling Soldiers: Washington, D.C., July 1861
• Elizabeth Blair Lee to Samuel Phillips Lee, July 23, 1861
• "A terrible shock": Washington, D.C., July 1861
• Walt Whitman : from Specimen Days
• Washington, D.C., July 1861
• Abraham Lincoln : Memoranda on Military Policy, July 23, 1891
• Montgomery, Alabama, April 1861. Message to the Confederate Congress, April 29, 1861
• Celebrating Victory : Virginia, July 1861
• Mary Chesnut : Diary, July 24, 1861 --
• Jefferson Davis
• "Strike down slavery itself": May 1861. How to End the War, May 1861
• Washington, D.C., August 1861
• George B. McClellan : Memorandum for the President, August 2, 1861
• A Measure Against Slavery: August 1861
• Confiscation Act, August 6, 1861
• "The Presdt is an idiot": August 1861
• George B. McClellan to Mary Ellen McClellan, August 8, 9, and 16, 1861
• Battle of Wilson's Creek : Missouri, August 1861
• E. F. Ware : from The Lyon Campaign in Missouri
• Confederate Artillery at Wilson's Creek : Missouri, August 1861
• W. E. Woodruff : from With the Light Guns in '61-'65
• Noninterference with Slavery: July 1861
• Freeing the Slaves of Rebels: Missouri, August 1861
• John C. Fremont : Proclamation, August 30, 1861
• Modifying a Proclamation : September 1861
• Abraham Lincoln to John C. Fremont, September 2, 1861
• The Need for Black Soldiers: September 1861
• Frederick Douglass : Fighting Rebels with Only One Hand, September 1861
• Revoking Fremont's Proclamation: September 1861
• Abraham Lincoln to Orville H. Browning, September 22, 1861
• A Cherokee-Confederate Alliance: Indian Territory, October 1861
• John Ross : Message to the National Council, October 9, 1861
• Crittenden-Johnson Resolutions, July 22-25, 1861
• Battle of Ball's Bluff: Virginia, October 1861
• Henry Livermore Abbott to Josiah Gardner Abbott, October 22, 1861
• Replacing Winfield Scott: October 1861
• George B. McClellan to Mary Ellen McClellan, October 25, 26, 30, and 31, 1861
• "I am tired of incompetents": November 1861
• Charles Francis Adams Jr. to Henry Adams, November 5, 1861
• Preparing for the Next Battle : November 1861
• George B. McClellan to Samuel L. M. Barlow, November 8, 1861
• Battle of Belmont: Missouri, November 1861
• Ulysses S. Grant to Jesse Root Grant, November 8, 1861
• Assuming Command: Washington, D.C., July 1861
• A Doctor at Belmont : Missouri, November 1861
• Lunsford P. Yandell Jr. to Lunsford Yandell Sr., November 10, 1861
• The Capture of Port Royal : South Carolina, November 1861
• Samuel Francis Du Pont to Sophie Du Pont, November 13-15, 1861
• A Former Slave Remembers : South Carolina, November 1861
• Sam Mitchell : Narrative of the capture of the Sea Islands, November 1861
• A Confederate Sermon : Georgia, November 1861
• Henry Tucker : God in the War, November 15, 1861
• Richmond, Virginia, November 1861
• Jefferson Davis : Message to the Confederate Congress, November 18, 1861
• George B. McClellan to Mary Ellen McClellan, July 27, 1861
• The Army of the Potomac : Virginia, November 1861
• Harper's Weekly : The Great Review
• Slavery and the Press: November 1861
• Ulysses S. Grant to Jesse Root Grant, November 27, 1861
• Shortages and Inflation : Virginia, Autumn 1861
• Sallie Brock : From Richmond During the War
• The "Trent" Affair : London, November-December 1861
• Benjamin Moran : Journal, November 27-December 3, 1861
• War with England : London, November 1861
• Henry Adams to Charles Francis Adams Jr., November 30, 1861
• "Our men are not good Soldiers" : July 1861
• Washington, D.C., December 1861
• Abraham Lincoln : Annual Message to Congress, December 3, 1861
• Preparing to Enlist : Boston, December 1861
• Charles Francis Adams Jr. to Henry Adams, December 10, 1861
• A Song of the Contrabands : Virginia, 1861
• Let My People Go
• Not Relying on Foreign Aid : December 1861
• Robert E. Lee to George Washington Custis Lee, December 29, 1861
• The President's Duty to Act : Washington, D.C., December 1861
• Edward Bates : Diary, December 31, 1861
• William T. Sherman to Ellen Ewing Sherman, July 28, 1861
• Lincoln and McClellan : Washington, D.C., January 1862
• Irwin McDowell : Memorandum, January 10-13, 1862
• "The bottom is out of the tub" : Washington, D.C., January 1862
• Montgomery C. Meigs, Memoir of Meetings with President Lincoln, January 10-13, 1862
• "This army has got to fight" : January 1862
• Edwin M. Stanton to Charles A. Dana, January 24, 1862
• "Our late awful disaster": July 1861
• Horace Greeley to Abraham Lincoln, July 29, 1861

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