Civil War Documents

This collection includes the Declaration of Causes for Secession (Texas, Mississippi, and South Carolina), Confederate Constitution, the Gettysburg Address, Emancipation Proclamation, Inaugural Address from Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, Alexander Stephens' Corner Stone Speech, Lincoln's Reconstruction Plan, the Conscription Act, the Blockade Proclamation, Patrick Cleburne's Letter Addressing the Need to Free and Arm the Slaves, the Terms of Surrender at Appomattox Court House, Diary Excerpts, and more.