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The Presidency  |  Lincoln as Commander in Chief  |  Battling Incompetence

Battle of Antietam (145.00.00)

Battle of Antietam
Alexander Gardner. Antietam, Maryland, Confederate dead by a fence on the Hagerstown road, September 1862. Facsimile. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (145)
Digital ID # cwpb-01097

Lincoln Fires McClellan (149.00.01)

Lincoln Fires McClellan
Mary Lincoln to Abraham Lincoln, November 2, 1862. Holograph letter. Abraham Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (149)
Digital ID # al0149p1–al0149p4

Sketch of the Battle of Fredericksburg (164.00.00)

Sketch of the Battle of Fredericksburg
William Willis Blackford. Sketch of the Battle of Fredericksburg, December 13th, 1862. Pen, ink, and pencil map mounted on cloth. Jedediah Hotchkiss Map Collection, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (164)
Digital ID # cwh00123

“Experience Enough to Know” (150.00.01)

“Experience Enough to Know”
Abraham Lincoln to Fanny McCullough, December 23, 1862. Holograph letter. On loan from the Benjamin Shapell Family Manuscript Foundation (150)
Digital ID # al0150a, al0150b

Major General Ambrose E. Burnside (162.00.00)

Major General Ambrose E. Burnside
Gen’l. Burnside, ca. 1861. Carte-de-visite photograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (162)
Digital ID # ppmsca-19392

Hooker Appointed Commander (166.00.00)

Hooker Appointed Commander
Abraham Lincoln to General Joseph Hooker, January 26, 1863. Holograph letter. Alfred Whital Stern Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (166)
Digital ID # al0166

Major General Joseph Hooker (165.00.00)

Major General Joseph Hooker
Major General Joseph Hooker. Carte-de-visite photograph, between 1861 and 1865. Civil War Photograph Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (165)
Digital ID # cph-3c11519

The Army of the Potomac (168.00.00)

The Army of the Potomac
Edwin Forbes. President Lincoln Reviewing the Army of the Potomac on Monday, April 6, 1863. Graphite drawing. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (168)
Digital ID # ppmsca-19523

Lincoln Redirects Hooker’s Strategy (167.00.00)

Lincoln Redirects Hooker’s Strategy
Abraham Lincoln to General Joseph Hooker, [April 6, 1863]. Holograph letter. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (167)
Digital ID # al0167

The Presidency  |  Lincoln as Commander in Chief  |  Emancipation Proclamation

Emancipation Proclamation (153.00.01)

Draft of the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln. Initial draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, July 22, 1862. Holograph manuscript. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (153)
Digital ID # al0153p1, al0153p2

Booklet of Proclamation (155.00.00)

Final Version of the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln. Emancipation Proclamation Issued by the President of the United States, Issued January 1st, 1863. Washington, D.C.: Gideon & Pearson, 1863. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (155)
Digital ID # al0155

Lincoln Reads the Emancipation Proclamation to his Cabinet (154.00.00)

Lincoln Reads the Emancipation Proclamation to his Cabinet
Salmon P. Chase. Holograph journal, open to September 22, 1862. Salmon Chase Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (154)
Digital ID # al0154

Emancipation of the Slaves (156.00.00)

Emancipation of the Slaves
Emancipation of the Slaves, proclamed [sic] on the 22nd September 1862, by Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States of North America. Philadelphia: J. Waeshle, ca. 1862. Lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (156)
Digital ID # ppmsca-19391

Arrival in Camp—under the Emancipation Proclamation (157.00.00)

An Arrival in Camp—Under the Proclamation of Emancipation
Alfred R. Waud. An Arrival at Camp—Under the Proclamation of Emancipation, January 1863. Pencil and Chinese white drawing. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (157)
Digital ID # ppmsca-09900

Lincoln Defends the Emancipation Proclamation (160.00.01)

Lincoln Defends the Emancipation Proclamation
Abraham Lincoln to Albert Hodges, April 4, 1864. Holograph letter. Abraham Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (160)
Digital ID # al0160p1–al0160p3

A Southern View (161.00.00)

A Southern View
Adalbert J. Volck. “Caricature of Lincoln Writing the Emancipation Proclamation,” from V. Blada’s War Sketches. Baltimore, 1864. Alfred Whital Stern Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (161)
Digital ID # al0161

“Broken eggs can not be mended” (158.00.01)

“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

The Presidency  |  Lincoln as Commander in Chief  |  Success through Trial and Error

Union Victories, 1863 (175.00.00)

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 (176.00.01)

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 (171.00.01)

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

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