Calling a Secession Convention, November 1860. What Shall the South Carolina Legislature Do? November 3, 1860 / Charleston Mercury --
"Alarms from the South" : Illinois, November 1860. Memoranda Regarding Abraham Lincoln, November 5-6, 1860 / John G. Nicolay --
The Threat of Secession, November 1860. Going to Go, November 9, 1860 / New-York Daily Tribune --
The Need for Southern Cooperation, November 1860. Jefferson Davis to Robert Barnwell Rhett Jr., November 10, 1860 --
Debating Secession, Georgia, November 1860. Speech at Milledgeville, November 15, 1860 / Benjamin Hill --
"States cannot exist disunited," November 1860. The Right of States to Secede, November 16, 1860 / New York Daily News --
"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 1, 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 --
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, December 1, 1860 --
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 / 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 / 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 --
"A terrible revulsion of feeling" : South Carolina, December 1860. Diary, December 26-27, 1860 / Catherine Edmondston --
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 --
"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 / Robert E. Lee to George Washington Custis Lee, January 23, 1861 --
Montgomery, Alabama, February 1861. Inaugural Address, February 18, 1861 / Jefferson Davis --
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 / 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 / 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 / Charles C. Jones Sr. to Charles C. Jones Jr., April 20, 1861 --
Secessionism in Richmond: Virginia, April 1861. Diary, April 15-22, 1861 / John B. Jones --
The Baltimore Riot: April 1861. From Historical Sketch of the Old Sixth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers / John W. Hanson --
"I have but one sentiment now": Illinois, April 1861 / Ulysses S. Grant to Frederick Dent, April 19, 1861, and to Jesse Root Grant, April 21, 1861 --
Montgomery, Alabama, April 1861. Message to the Confederate Congress, April 29, 1861 / Jefferson Davis --
"Strike down slavery itself": May 1861. How to End the War, May 1861 / 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 / 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 --
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 Russell 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 --
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 Ballou to Sarah Ballou, July 14, 1861 --
Battle of Manassas : Virginia, July 1861 / Charles Minor Blackford : from Letters from Lee's Army --
The Union Army Retreats : Virginia, July 1861 / William Howard Russell : from My Diary North and South --
"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, 1861 --
Celebrating Victory : Virginia, July 1861 / Mary Chesnut : Diary, July 24, 1861 --
Noninterference with Slavery: July 1861 / Crittenden-Johnson Resolutions, July 22-25, 1861 --
Assuming Command: Washington, D.C., July 1861 / George B. McClellan to Mary Ellen McClellan, July 27, 1861 --
"Our men are not good Soldiers" : July 1861 / William T. Sherman to Ellen Ewing Sherman, July 28, 1861 --
"Our late awful disaster": July 1861 / Horace Greeley to Abraham Lincoln, July 29, 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 --
Freeing the Slaves of Rebels: Missouri, August 1861 / John C. Frémont : Proclamation, August 30, 1861 --
Modifying a Proclamation : September 1861 / Abraham Lincoln to John C. Frémont, September 2, 1861 --
The Need for Black Soldiers: September 1861 / Frederick Douglass : Fighting Rebels with Only One Hand, September 1861 --
Revoking Frémont'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 --
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 --
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 --
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 --
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 --
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.
