Browse Items (282 total)

  • Subject is exactly "United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865"
Go to Mark Howard to his wife item page

Letter by Mark Howard, insurance company president and Lincoln political appointee, describing his meeting in Chicago with Abraham Lincoln and other prominent Republicans shortly after Lincoln's election in 1860.
Go to Letter about the Lincoln-McClellan campaign by Reverdy Johnson item page

Letter about the Lincoln-McClellan campaign by former Attorney General, Reverdy Johnson supporter of McClellan. Believing that Lincoln's actions on emancipation and other areas to be illegal, he states "I hope you can keep the case before the public.…
Go to R. C. Keyes to Mr. Lucas item page

Reminsciences about Abraham Lincoln written by a man who grew up on a farm near the Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. In his letter to Mr. Lucas, he recounts his boyhood impressions of Lincoln, of his attendance at the 1860 Republican National…
Go to Betsy Kinsley from Charlie Kinsley, Jun. 9, 1861 item page

Letter written by a guitar player performing with a traveling circus in Michigan. The band plays for the 4th Michigan Regiment.
Go to Grand Jury indictment of George Gregg item page

Illinois Grand Jury indictment of George Gregg for selling spirituous liquors without a license. Signed by Ward H. Lamon, former law partner of Abraham Lincoln.
Go to Abraham Lincoln to H.L. Haines item page

Signed response from Abraham Lincoln to the request for an autograph, July 10, 1860
Go to J. Elfreth Watkins from Robert Todd Lincoln item page

Letter from Robert Todd Lincoln, son of Abraham Lincoln, politely refusing to express an opinion in print.
Go to Autograph of Robert Todd Lincoln item page

Autograph of Robert Todd Lincoln
Go to Abraham Lincoln's second law partner Stephen T. Logan item page

Stephen T. Logan, Abraham Lincoln's second law partner from 1841-1844. Print of portrait and signed note dated Sept. 1834.
Go to Harriet Lundy from Thomas Lundy, Oct. 9, 1862 item page

Letter from Thomas Lundy, a soldier in the Michigan 19th Infantry, describing his time in a Cincinnati hospital.
Go to J.G Ramsdall from A.B. Markham item page

Letter describing Abraham Lincoln's second Inaugural Address, the celebrations, and his impressions of Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Pittsburgh, and Harrisburgh. The letter is accompanied by an envelope addressed to Mr. Claude Hamilton from the…
Go to John W. Markle to his wife item page

Letter from John W. Markle written on Charles Magnus broadside ballad of "Nobody Hurt" (Old Abe) by John Ross Dix with images of Columbia holding a pen, the Constitution and a shield; the face of Abraham Lincoln framed by a star and array of U.S.…
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