Introduction
Chronology
1. Documents through 1860
1Abolition Frowned Down (Lithograph), 1839
2A View of the Action of the Federal Government in Behalf of Slavery, 1844
3"Thoughts on Slavery," 1848
4Slavery and the Constitution, 1849
5" 'The Higher Law' in Its Application to the Fugitive Slave Bill," November 1850
6Uncle Tom's Cabin; or, Life among the Lowly, 1851–1852
7Aunt Phillis's Cabin; or, Southern Life As It Is, 1852
8Negroes and Negro Slavery, 1853
9The North and the South, 1854
10"What Makes Slavery a Question of National Concern?" 1855
11Forcing Slavery Down the Throat of a Freesoiler (Lithograph), 1856
12The Democratic Platform (Lithograph), 1856
13"Dixie's Land" (Song), 1859
14"The Crisis," 1860
15"Benedict's 'Wide Awake' Poem," 1860
16"The Union Must Be Preserved! Four Crisis Letters," 1860
17"A Platform for All Parties," 1860
18"The Causes and Remedies of Impending National Calamities," November 20, 1860
19"An Ordinance to Dissolve the Union between the State of South Carolina and Other States," December 20, 1860
20"Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union," December 24, 1860
2. Documents from 1861
21"Slavery: A Divine Institution," 1861
22"God Save the South" (Poem), 1861
23The Hercules of the Union (Lithograph), 1861
24"An Address on the Aspect of National Affairs and the Right of Secession," March 16, 1861
25"The Nineteenth of April," 1861 (Song), 1861
26"The Massachusetts Line" (Song), May 7, 1861
27"The Great Drama; an Appeal to Maryland," May 9, 1861
28"Western Virginia on the Seizure of Sherrard Clemens" (Song), 1861
29"New England" (Song), 1861
30"Cairo" (Song), 1861
31"Secession: A Folly and a Crime," July 4, 1861
32"After Some Time Be Past," July 10, 1861
33"The Fallacy of Neutrality," July 13, 1861
34"God's Way of Crushing the Rebellion," September 29, 1861
35"All Quiet Along the Potomac To-Night" (Poem), November 30, 1861
36"Annual Message of the President," December 3, 1861
37Volunteering Down Dixie (Lithograph), 1861
38"The Army of the Potomac, and Its Mismanagement," December 4, 1861
39"The Confederate Flag: Red, White & Blue" (Song), 1861
3. Documents from 1862
40"Secession: In the Future," 1862 105
41"Battle Cry of Freedom" (Song), 1862
42"Rally Round the Flag Boys!" (Song), 1862
43"Are the Southern Privateersmen Pirates?" 1862
44"A Letter to a Friend in a Slave State," March 24, 1862
45"Some Thoughts on the Pacification of the Country, for the Consideration of the North and the South," 1862
46"Martial Law: What Is It? And Who Can Declare It?" April 2, 1862
47"The History and Theory of Revolutions," April 1862
48"Put It Through!" (Song), 1862
49"Indemnity for the Past and Security for the Future," May 19, 1862
50Thoughts for the Times: Addressed to the Considerate People of the Northern States, 1862
51"Soldiers of Our Army," 1862
52"Confiscation of Rebel Property," 1862
53Morgan's Message to Kentucky, July 15, 1862
54"On the Recognition of the Southern Confederation," 1862
55Song of the Exempts, 1862
56"Washington and Lincoln" (Song), 1862
57"Stonewall Jackson's Way" (Song), September 16, 1862 142
58The Emancipation Proclamation, September 22, 1862
59"Treason and the Punishment It Deserves," October 8, 1862
60"Martial Law," 1862
61"A Compromise" (Song), 1862
62"A Proclamation by the Confederate President," December 24, 1862
63"Abraham's Daughter, or Raw Recruits" (Song), 1862
4. Documents from 1863
64"The Continent Is Trembling," January 9, 1863
65Fourteen Months in American Bastiles, 1863
66"West Point and the War," March 1863
67"Starved in Prison" (Song), 1863
68"A Call to My Countrywomen," March 1863
69"Curses Coming Home to Roost," May 1863
70"Forward or Backward?" 1863 174
71"Freemen, Awake!! Declaration and Protest of Liberty against Usurpation and Tyranny," July 4, 1863
72"A Voice from North-Carolina," July 31, 1863
73"For the Croakers," 1863
74"War, a Necessary Evil," September 19, 1863
75"The Arguments of Secessionists," September 30, 1863
76"Neutral Relations of England and the United States," October 1, 1863
77"France, Mexico, and the Confederate States," October 5, 1863
78"The Cowards Are Coming" (Song), 1863
79"The Gettysburg Address," November 19, 1863
80"Third Annual Message of President Davis," December 7, 1863
5. Documents from 1864
81"The War and Its Close: A Discourse," April 8, 1864
82"Gideon's Water-Lappers," April 8, 1864
83The True Peace Commissioners (Lithograph), 1864
84The True Issue or "Thats Whats the Matter" (Lithograph), 1864
85"Our Captive Soldiers" (Song), 1864
86"Corruptions and Frauds of Lincoln's Administration," 1864
87Compromise with the South (Lithograph), September 3, 1864
88"Peace through Victory: A Thanksgiving Sermon," September 11, 1864
89"Mayor and Council of Atlanta to Sherman," September 11, 1864
90"Reply of Maj. Gen. Sherman to the Mayor of Atlanta," September 12, 1864
91"Coercion Completed, or Treason Triumphant," September 1864
92"A Song for the Boys," 1864
93"Lincoln or McClellan: Appeal to the Germans in America," 1864
94"Message from the President of the United States to the Two Houses of Congress," December 6, 1864
6. Documents from 1865 and Beyond
95"The Conquered Banner" (Poem), April 1865
96The Chas-ed "Old Lady" of the C.S.A. (Lithograph), May 1865
97The "Rail Splitter" at Work Repairing the Union (Lithograph), 1865
98"Can a State Secede? Sovereignty in Its Bearing upon Secession and State Rights," 1865
99"Sherman's March to the Sea" (Song), 1865
100"The Nation" (Poem), 1866
101"The Burning of Columbia, S.C.," 1866
102"The Blue and the Gray" (Poem), 1867
103The Great American Tanner (Lithograph), 1868
104This Is a White Man's Government (Lithograph), September 5, 1868
105"Address on the Life and Character of Gen. Robert E. Lee," October 12, 1871
106"The Military-Prison Keepers of the Late Southern Confederacy, in the Van of the Democratic Party," 1876
107Of Course He Wants to Vote the Democratic Ticket (Lithograph), October 21, 1876
108"General Sherman's March from Atlanta to the Coast," April 26, 1884
109"An Humble Belisarius; or the Life of a 'Johnny Reb,' " 1885
110"Song of the Irish Veteran," 1887
111"Jeff. Davis Spouting Treason," 1887 (Song)
112"Responsibility for the War of Secession," 1893
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