Fifty basic Civil War documents

Frontmatter Introduction (page 5) PART I THE SOUTH SECEDES 1. South Carolina Declaration of Causes of Secession (page 7) 2. Henry Timrod: "A Nation Among Nations" (page 11) 3. Oliver Wendell Holmes: "Brother Jonathan's Lament for Sister Caroline" (page 13) 4. Alexander Stephens: Slavery the Cornerstone of the Confederacy (page 15) 5. The Surrender at Fort Sumter (page 17) 6. Robert E. Lee Goes with His State (page 22) 7. Sam Houston Refuses to Go with His State (page 25) 8. Jefferson Davis: Inaugural Address (page 28) Part II "THE UNION FOREVER" 9. Lincoln Refuses to Compromise on Slavery in the Territories (page 33) 10. J. J. Crittenden: A Plea for Compromise (page 37) 11. Lincoln: First Inaugural Address (page 41) 12. W. H. Seward: A Plan to Avert Civil War (page 49) 13. Proclamation of a Blockade (page 52) 14. The Supreme Court Upholds the Blockade: The Prize Cases (page 54) 15. Crittenden-Johnson Resolutions on the War (page 56) 16. Lincoln: Message to Congress (page 58) Part III THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR 17. Lincoln: Messages to Congress on Compensated Emancipation (page 62) 18. Union or Emancipation (page 68) 19. Emancipation (page 71) 20. President Lincoln and the Working-Men of Manchester, England (page 74) 21. Jefferson Davis: Reply to the Emancipation Proclamation (page 79) 22. Captain Wilkes Seizes Mason and Slidell (page 81) 23. James Russell Lowell: "Shall It Be Love, or Hate, John?" (page 86) 24. Lord Palmerston and Lord Russell Consider Recognition or Mediation (page 88) 25. Charles Francis Adams: "This Is War" (page 93) 26. Ousting the French from Mexico (page 96) 27. Lincoln: The Gettysburg Address (page 101) Part IV INTERNAL PROBLEMS, NORTH AND SOUTH 28. Kentucky Tries to Be Neutral (page 103) 29. West Virginia Becomes a State (page 106) 30. Ex Parte Merryman (page 109) 31. Ex Parte Milligan (page 114) 32. A Southern Unionist: James Louis Petigru (page 122) 33. Discontent in the Confederacy (page 124) 34. Wartime Legislation (page 128) Part V GRAND STRATEGY 35. Confederate Strategy (page 135) 36. How the Army of Northern Virginia Got Its Ordnance (page 140) 37. Lincoln Appoints Hooker to Command the Army (page 143) 38. General Lee Offers to Resign After Gettysburg (page 145) 39. Lee Foresees Ultimate Defeat (page 149) 40. Grant's Anaconda Strategy (page 150) 41. Secretary Benjamin Recalls the Mistakes of the Confederacy (page 153) Part VI WARTIME RECONSTRUCTION 42. Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction (page 157) 43. Congress Versus the President (page 161) 44. Lincoln: Second Inaugural Address (page 167) 45. Lincoln: Last Public Address (page 169) Part VII APPOMATTOX AND THE END 46. Jefferson Davis: Last Message to the People of the Confederacy (page 175) 47. General Lee Surrenders (page 177) 48. General Johnson Surrenders (page 183) 49. The Assassination of Lincoln (page 184) 50. James Russel Lowell: "Bow Down, Dear Land, For Thou Hast Found Release" (page 188) List of Anvil Books (page 192)