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April 1862–November 1862
Contraband Relief
Elizabeth Keckley (1818–1907). Behind the Scenes or Forty Years a Slave, and Four Years in the White House. New York: G. W. Carlton, 1868. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (050.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0050p2]
Spreading the News
Philadelphia Inquirer, April 30, 1862. Newspaper Section, Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress (052.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0052]
The Mississippi River
David Dixon Porter (1813–1891), in the hand of a clerk, to Montgomery C. Meigs (1816–1892), May 14, 1862. Montgomery C. Meigs Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (051.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0051, cw0051p001]
Emancipation in the District of Columbia
Henry Ward Beecher (1813–1887) to Abraham Lincoln, April 16, 1862. Telegram. Abraham Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (048.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0048]
Slave Code for the District
The Slavery Code of the District of Columbia, Together with Notes and Judicial Decisions Explanatory of the Same by a Member of the Washington Bar. Washington, D.C.: L. Towers, 1862. Law Library, Library of Congress (049.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0049]
Money Problems
General Order, Head Quarters. Charleston, Virginia: 1862. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (054.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0054]
Financing the War
$1000 Confederate bond, issued May 5, 1862. Confederate States of America Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (055.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0055]
“Greenback” United States $1 bill featuring portrait of Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase (1808–1873), 1862. United States Department of the Treasury Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (053.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0053, cw0053p1]
Confederate $50 bill, 1864. Rose Bell Knox Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (056.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0056]
Getting a Bird's Eye View
Thaddeus S. C. Lowe (1832–1913) to Generals Andrew A. Humphries (1810–1883) or Randolph B. Marcy (1812–1887), June 9, 1862. Institute of Aerospace Sciences Archives, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (062.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0062, cw0062p1]]
Arthur Lumley (ca. 1837–1912), artist. Professor Lowe Dictating a Dispatch to G. McClellan during Battle at Fair Oaks, ca. 1862. Wood engraving. Bella Landauer Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (061.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ppmsca-33126]
Casualties of War
Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson (1824–1863) to James Shields (1810–1879), June 11, 1862. Julian DeForest Venter Collection of Stonewall Jackson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (064.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0064, cw0064p1]
“A Short History of T. J. Jackson” from Histories of Generals. New York: Knapp & Co., ca. 1888. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (063.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0063]
Domestic Concerns
Congressional Directory 37th Congress. Washington, D.C.: 1862. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (067.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0067, cw0067p1]
Battle of Chickahominy
John Bachmann. Birds Eye View of the Seat of War around Richmond Showing the Battle on Chickahominy River, 29 June 1862. New York: John Bachmann, 1862. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (065.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0621000]
William M’Ilvaine, Jr. (1813–1867). The Chickahominy—Sumners Upper Bridge, [1862]. Watercolor drawing. Marian S. Carson Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (066.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ppmsca-20015]
Taking Account
Richmond Whig (Richmond, Virginia), July 2–3, 1862. Newspaper Section, Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress (187.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0187, cw0187p1]
The Lincoln Boys
Brady’s National Photographic Portrait Galleries. [Willie and Tad Lincoln, sons of President Abraham Lincoln, with their cousin Lockwood Todd], April 1861. Albumen silver print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (069.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ppmsca-19325]
Grieving Mothers
Mary Todd Lincoln to Julia Ann Sprigg, May 29, 1862. Mary Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (068.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0068, cw0068p1]Uriah Clark. Plain Guide to Spiritualism: A Hand-book for Skeptics, Inquirers, Clergymen, Believers, Lecturers, Mediums, Editors, and All Who Need a Thorough Guide to the Phenomena, Science, Philosophy, Religion and Reforms of Modern Spiritualism. Boston: William White & Co., 1863. Harry Houdini Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (070.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0070]
"Kiss Me before I Die Mother"
E. Clark Isley, composer. “Kiss Me before I Die Mother.” Augusta, Georgia: Blackmar & Bro., ca. 1862. Music Division, Library of Congress (213.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0213]
A Map of the Valley
Jedediah Hotchkiss (1828–1899). “Map of the Shenandoah Valley,” 1862 and “Sketchbook of Jed Hotchkiss, Capt & To. Eng. Hd. Qurs, 2nd Corps, Army of N. Virginia.” Manuscript map and notebook. Hotchkiss Map Collection, Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (057.00.00, 058.00.00)
[Digital ID# g3882s-cwh00089, g3880m-gcwh0001]
Jedediah Hotchkiss. Diary, January 1–November 28, 1863. Jedediah Hotchkiss Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (059.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0059]
The Bloody Day
Alexander Gardner (1821–1882). The “Sunken Road” at Antietam. September 1862. Albumen silver print, printed later. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (073.00.00)
[Digital ID# LC-DIG-ppmsca-07751]
Stereoscope. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (074.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0074a]
The Battlefield at Antietam
William H. Willcox. Map of the Battlefield of Antietam. Philadelphia: P.S. Duval & Son, 1862. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (075.00.00)
[Digital ID# g3844s-cw0252000]
Minie Balls: Small but Lethal
Minie ball, ca. 1862–1865. Nathaniel Sisson Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (071.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0071]
Weapons of Destruction
Ordnance Bureau. The Field Manual for Use of the Officers on Ordnance Duty. Richmond: Ritchie & Dunnavant, 1862. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (072.00.00)
[Digital ID# cw0072]
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