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Lincoln as Commander in Chief
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Emancipation Proclamation
“Broken eggs can not be mended”
Abraham Lincoln to General John A. McClernand, January 8, 1863. Holograph letter. On loan from the Benjamin Shapell Family Manuscript Foundation (158)
Digital ID # al0158_01, al0158_02
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Success through Trial and Error
Union Victories, 1863
Admiral Porter’s Fleet Running the Rebel Blockade of the Mississippi at Vicksburg, April 16th, 1863. New York: Currier & Ives, 1863. Lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (175)
Digital ID # ppmsca-19399
Vicksburg Daily Citizen
Vicksburg Daily Citizen, July 2, 1863. Vicksburg, Mississippi. Newspaper printed on wallpaper. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (176)
Digital ID # rbpe-0850100a/004d
Field of Gettysburg
Theodore Ditterline. “Field of Gettysburg, July 1st, 2nd, & 3rd, 1863” from Sketch of the Battles of Gettysburg. . . . New York: C. Alvord, 1863. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (171.01)
Digital ID # cw0331000
Major General George Gordon Meade
George Gordon Meade, Major General, United States Army (1815–1872). Philadelphia: Henszey & Co., [ca. 1864]. Carte-de-visite photograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (170)
Digital ID # ppmsca-19398
Lincoln Criticizes General Meade
Abraham Lincoln to George Meade, July 14, 1863. Holograph letter. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (174)
Digital ID # al0174p1 – al0174p3
General View of the Union Lines
Edwin Forbes. General View of the Union Lines on the Morning of July 3, 10 AM, During the Attack of Johnston’s Div. C.S.A. Oil painting, between 1865 and 1895. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (172)
Digital ID # cph-3b52476
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Lincoln as Commander in Chief
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Gettysburg Address
Gettysburg Address
Abraham Lincoln. “Nicolay Copy” of the Gettysburg Address, 1863. Holograph manuscript. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (186)
Digital ID # al0186p1 – al0186p2
Lincoln’s Gettysburg Invitation
Judge David Wills to Abraham Lincoln, November 2, 1863. Holograph letter. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (181)
Digital ID # al0181p1–al0181p3
Dedication Ceremony, November 19, 1863
Abraham Lincoln at Gettysburg, November 19, 1863. Facsimile from glass plate negative. Brady-Handy Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (185)
Digital ID # cwpb-07639
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Lincoln as Commander in Chief
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End in Sight
Map of 1864 Military Campaign
Charles Sholl. Military Topographical Map of Eastern Virginia Showing the Routes Taken by Several Army Corps & the Battles Fought in the Present Campaign of 1864 Under Lt. Gen. U.S. Grant, 1864. Lithograph. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (195)
Digital ID # cw0499000
The War Takes its Toll on Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln to an unnamed correspondent, May 7, 1864. Holograph letter. On loan from a private collector (193)
Digital ID # al0193
General Sherman Reviewing his Army
William Waud. General Sherman Reviewing his Army in Savannah before Starting on his New Campaign, [December 1864–January 1865]. Pencil drawing. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (198)
Digital ID # ppmsca-09919
Sherman’s Christmas Gift to Lincoln
William T. Sherman to Abraham Lincoln, December 22, 1864. Telegraph message. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (196)
Digital ID # al0196
Abraham Lincoln to William T. Sherman, December 26, 1864. Holograph letter. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (197)
Digital ID # al0197p1 - al0197p2
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Healing the Nation’s Wounds
Campaign Buttons from 1864
Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson campaign buttons, 1864. Tintypes with metal casings. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (217)
Digital ID # ppmsca-19434—ppmsca-19439
The Blind Memo
Abraham Lincoln. Memorandum, August 23, 1864. Holograph document. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Library of Congress (204)
Digital ID # al0204, al0204p1
Nightmare of Election Defeat
Currier & Ives. Abraham’s Dream!—“Coming Events Cast Their Shadow Before.” New York: Currier & Ives, ca. 1864. Lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (205)
Digital ID # ppmsca-19400
Last Photograph of Lincoln
Henry F. Warren. The Latest Photograph of Abraham Lincoln, March 6, 1865. Albumen print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (207)
Digital ID # ppmsca-19192
Lincoln’s Silver Inkwell
Tiffany & Co., New York. Inkwell given to Abraham Lincoln by Charles Poston, 1865. Given to the Library of Congress by Lincoln’s granddaughter, Mary Lincoln Isham, 1937. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (218)
Digital ID # scsm1300
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