Pamphlet advertising the “True Republican” ticket for the 1860 election from Racine, Wisconsin
View Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyRepublican campaign materials for Abraham Lincoln and other candidates running for election.
Political cartoon about the 1860 presidential election
New York (State). Education Dept. Division of Visual InstructionView Full Item in New York State ArchivesProgressive Democracy, Prospect of a Smashup, 1860. This political cartoon shows a divided Democratic Party headed towards a breakup, as Northern Democrats fight Southern Democrats over the expansion…
Speech by Texas senator John Hemphill about the state of the Union, January 1861
Hemphill, John, 1803-1862View Full Item in Schreiner UniversityCorrespondence between the President’s cabinent and senators from seceded states about Fort Sumter, January and February 1861
United States. President (1857-1861 : Buchanan)View Full Item in Schreiner UniversityPolitical cartoon about secession titled “The Dis-United States,” 1861
View Full Item in Boston Public LibraryTitle from item. Summary from: Library of Congress Print & Photographs Collection. The Confederate leaders are portrayed as a band of competing opportunists led by South Carolina governor and secessio…
President Lincoln’s first inaugural adress in both original draft and its final form, given in March 1861
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865View Full Item in Cornell UniversityStern collection 137; Monaghan 2485. Foreword signed: Judd Stewart. "Privately printed."
Legal briefs about the Confiscation Act, signed by President Lincoln on August 6, 1861
Waples, Rufus, 1825-1902View Full Item in University of MichiganAt head of title: United States Circuit court, Eastern district of Louisiana: Hon. E. H. Durell, district judge, presiding. Cover title.
Correspondence between the US and Great Britain and France about the Trent Affair, a diplomatic incident in 1861
United States. Dept. of StateView Full Item in Library of CongressJanuary 6, 1862--Read and ordered to be printed. Caption title.
Political cartoon criticizing the influence of Radical Republican publisher Horace Greeley
McLenan, John, 1827-1865, Harper's WeeklyView Full Item in Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg College - GettOpen Public Collection; Political cartoons
Letter from Republican Senator Charles Sumner to William Lloyd Garrison, December 22, 1861
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874, Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879View Full Item in Boston Public LibraryHolograph, signed. Title devised by cataloger. This date is inferred. Charles Sumner informs William Lloyd Garrison that he has issued a delivery to Gen. McClellan. Sumner asserts that "for some time…
Political cartoon about Lincoln’s views on emancipation, 1862
Nast, Thomas, 1840-1902, New York Illustrated NewsView Full Item in Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg College - GettOpen Public Collection; Political cartoons
Letter from Gerritt Smith to the people of Smithfield, New York, asking them to vote Republican in the coming election for New York governor, October 1862
Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874View Full Item in Boston Public LibraryHolograph, signed. Title devised by cataloger. In this typed letter addressed to "the Town of Smithfield, [New York]", Gerrit Smith acknowledges the toll the American Civil War has taken on the commun…
The Emancipation Proclamation, enacted on January 1, 1863 by President Lincoln
National Archives and Records Administration. Office of the Federal Register. 4/1/1985View Full Item in National Archives at Washington, DC - Textual ReferenceDecorative poster celebrating the Emancipation Proclamation, 1863
Lincoln, AbrahamView Full Item in Wisconsin Historical SocietyPoster with decorative border and text of the Emancipation Proclamation by Abraham Lincoln.
Speech by Rep. Clement Vallandigham criticizing abolition and demanding peace, 1863
Vallandigham, Clement L. (Clement Laird), 1820-1871View Full Item in Harvard UniversityPhotograph of Democratic congressmen including George Pendleton and Clement Vallandigham by Mathew Brady, 1863
War Department. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (8/1/1866 - 9/18/1947)View Full Item in National Archives at College Park - Still PicturesSatirical poem about the Copperhead Democrats and their allegiances, 1863
View Full Item in University of ChicagoUniversity of Chicago Library c. 2 is signed by John A. McAllister and Benson J. Lossing.
Political cartoon about Copperhead Democrats and their resistance to war, February 1863
Unknown, Harper's WeeklyView Full Item in Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg College - GettOpen Public Collection; Political cartoons
Political cartoon titled “Reception of the Copperheads at Richmond,” 1863
McLenan, John, 1827-1865, Harper's WeeklyView Full Item in Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg College - GettOpen Public Collection; Political cartoons
Photograph of the crowd at Gettysburg National Cemetery for Lincoln’s address, November 19, 1863
War Department. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. (8/1/1866 - 9/18/1947)View Full Item in National Archives at College Park - Still PicturesRecord of the votes of the Copperhead Democrats in the United States Congress, 1863-1865
Union Congressional Committee (U.S.)View Full Item in University of MinnesotaSpeech by Senator Charles Sumner supporting the proposed amendment of the Constitution abolishing slavery, April 8, 1864
Sumner, Charles, 1811-1874View Full Item in University of CaliforniaGeorge Pendleton’s speech in defense of fellow Democrat Alexander Long who risked expulsion from the House of Representatives, April 11, 1864
Pendleton, George H. (George Hunt), 1825-1889View Full Item in Harvard UniversityCaption title.
Copperhead pamphlet from 1864 by C. Chauncey Burr, a magazine editor from New York City
View Full Item in Harvard UniversityPartly in verse. Title vignette. Attributed to Alexander Del Mar. Cf. NUC pre-1956 imprints.
Letter from Oliver Johnson to William Lloyd Garrison about Radical Republican politics and the 1864 election
Johnson, Oliver, 1809-1889, Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879View Full Item in Boston Public LibraryHolograph, signed. Title devised by cataloger. Oliver Johnson writes to William Lloyd Garrison remarking that he is not suprised by Garrison's letter, he "felt sure that my faithful showing up of the…
Congressional Committee report on the political record of George H. Pendleton, candidate for Vice-President, 1864
Union Congressional Committee (U.S.)View Full Item in University of MinnesotaPolitical cartoon about Democrat George McLellan’s campaign for President, 1864
View Full Item in Boston Public LibraryTitle from item. Election of 1864. A cartoonist's view of what would happen if George B. McClellan the Democratic candidate won the election. Although he tried to disclaim it to some extent, McClellan…
Union Congressional Committee campaign literature about the Democratic Convention, 1864
Union Congressional Committee (U.S.)View Full Item in University of Minnesota1864 election cartoon measuring Democratic candidate George McClellan’s military record against his successor Ulysses S. Grant
View Full Item in Boston Public LibraryTitle from item. Summary from: Library of Congress Print & Photographs Collection. An election year cartoon measuring Democratic candidate McClellan's military failures against the recent successes of…
Political cartoon about the political partnership of the 1864 Democratic Presidential ticket
View Full Item in Boston Public LibraryTitle from item. Summary from: Library of Congress Print & Photographs Collection. The unlikely teaming of military leader George B. McClellan with Peace Democrat (Copperhead) George Hunt Pendleton as…
Ohio Presidential nomination ticket for the “Union” candidates from the November 8, 1864 election
View Full Item in Tennessee State Library and ArchivesOhio Presidential nomination ticket from November 8, 1864 election. "Union" Ticket is for Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson electors.
Cover for sheet music titled “McClellan is the Man,” 1864
Carter, F. N. (Franklin N.), approximately 1827, Black & Case (Boston, Mass.), Fabronius, Dominique CView Full Item in Boston Public LibraryTitle from item, from additional material accompanying item, or from information provided by the Boston Public Library. Music title page is part of sheet music for McClellan is the Man, composed by He…
Political cartoon titled “The Copperhead Plan for Subjugating the South,” 1864
Bellew, Frank, Harper's WeeklyView Full Item in Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg College - GettOpen Public Collection; Political cartoons
The front page of The New York Herald announcing Lincoln’s assasination on April 15, 1865
View Full Item in Washington University, St. LouisPolitical cartoon illustrating the challenges of Reconstruction legislation for President Johnson, 1865
View Full Item in Boston Public LibraryTitle from item. President Andrew Johnson digs a hole for the train of the Radical Republican Party with a shovel marked "veto". Johnson did veto the Radical Republican Freedmen's Bureau Bill and the…
