Historic Documents
of the
American Civil War

Hardee's Rifle & Light Infantry Tactics - Drill Manual
Gilham's Manual of Instruction from the 47th Virginia site.
U.S. Army Regulation 1861- from the University of Michigan
U.S. Army Uniform Regulation of 1861
Youth's Educator For Home And Society - 1896 - Victorian Etiquette Manual
Geneology Resources - National Archives Site

Compromise of 1850

The Fugitive Slave Act

President Abraham Lincoln

Letter to Horace Greeley

Letter to Mrs. Bixby

Gettysburg Address

Emancipation Proclamation

Thanksgiving Proclamation

Speech to the 164th & 166th Ohio

More: Abraham Lincoln OnLine Speeches and Writings

Internet Public Library POTUS

White House Biography

General Robert E. Lee

Terms of Surrender at Appomatox Court House

Farewell to the Army of Northern Virginia

General George McClellan

Letter to President Lincoln

President Andrew Johnson

Proclamation Declaring the Insurrection at an End

Walt Whitman

Selections from Leaves of Grass
Cavalry Crossing a Ford
An Army Corps on the March
To You
Here the Frailest Leaves of Me

Various Poems