Abraham Lincoln's Springfield ("House Divided") Speech (1858)

Abraham Lincoln's Farewell Speech (1861)

Lincoln's First Inaugural Address (1861)

Secession Acts of the Thirteen Confederate States (1860-61)

Davis' Farewell Address to the U.S. Senate (1861)

Constitution of the Confederate States of America

Jefferson Davis' Inaugural Address (1861)

Lincoln's Thanksgiving Proclamation (1863)

The Emancipation Proclamation (1863)

Lee's Letter to Davis following the Battle of Gettysburg (1863)

Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (1863)

Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865)

The Surrender Document that Lee Signed (1865)

General Lee's Farewell Order to his Army (1865)

Lee's Explanatory Letter to Davis (1865)

Lincoln's Speech on Reconstruction (1865)