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Photograph of 1861 Inauguration (103.00.00)

Photograph of Lincoln’s First Inauguration
Inauguration of Mr. Lincoln, March 4, 1861, from the Benjamin Brown French. album. Salted paper photograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (103)
Digital ID # ppmsca-07636

Seward’s Changes (100.00.01)

Seward’s Edits of Lincoln’s First Inaugural
William H. Seward’s notes on Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address, 1861. Holograph manuscript. Abraham Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (100)
Digital ID # al0100; al0100_01 - al0100_02

First Inaugural Address (101.00.01)

First Inaugural Address
Abraham Lincoln. First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1861. Printed manuscript with holographic emendations in Lincoln's hand. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (101)
Digital ID# al0101_01- al0101_7

Bible used in AL’s First Inauguration (102.00.00)

“I Do Solemnly Swear”
Holy Bible. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1853. Alfred Whital Stern Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (102)
Digital ID # al0102_01- al0102_04

The Presidency  |  Lincoln as Commander in Chief  |  Call to Arms

Fort Sumter lithograph (118.00.00)

Bombardment of Fort Sumter
Currier & Ives. Bombardment of Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor: 12th & 13th of April, 1861. [New York]: Currier & Ives, [1861?]. Hand-colored lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (118.01)
Digital ID # ppmsca-19520

Port Royal Band Book (123.00.00)

Port Royal Band Book
“Hail to the Chief” from Port Royal Band Book, 1861–1865. Holograph part book. Music Division, Library of Congress (123)
Digital ID # al0123

Sketch of Charleston Harbor (119.00.00)

Sketch of Charleston Harbor
W.A. Williams. Sketch of Charleston Harbor By W.A. Williams, Civil Engineer. Boston: L. Prang & Co., [186-?]. Lithograph map. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (119)
Digital ID # cw0385000

Lincoln’s Call to Arms (120.00.01)

Lincoln’s Call to Arms
Abraham Lincoln. Proclamation by the president for calling up the militia, [April 15, 1861]. Holograph manuscript. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (120)
Digital ID # al0120p1–al0120p2

Message to Congress (121.00.00)

Message to Congress, July 4, 1861
Abraham Lincoln. Message to Congress in Special Session, July 4, 1861. Holograph manuscript with pasted-on emendations. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (121)
Digital ID # al0121p1a, al0121p1b, al0121p2-al0121p7

General Irvin McDowell and Staff (126.00.00)

General Irvin McDowell and Staff
General Irvin McDowell and Staff, Arlington House, 1862. Albumen photograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (126)
Digital ID # ppmsca-19388

Bull Run Campaign (127.00.00)

Bull Run Campaign
F. W. Bornemann. Lithograph Sketch of the Country Occupied by the Federal & Confederate Armies on the 18th & 21st July 1861. Richmond: W. Hargrave White, [ca. 1861]. Lithograph map. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (127)
Digital ID # cw0566000

“The Government is in Great Peril” (125.00.00)

“The Government is in Great Peril”
Thurlow Weed to Abraham Lincoln, August 18, 1861. Holograph letter. Abraham Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (125)
Digital ID # al0125, al0125_01–al0125_02

Battle Lampooned (124.00.00)

Battle Lampooned
“How They Went to Take Canada” from Punch, August 17, 1861. Bound volume. General Collections, Library of Congress (124)
Digital ID # al0124

The Presidency  |  Lincoln as Commander in Chief  |  Battling Incompetence

Draft of the President’s General Order No.1 (133.00.00)

General War Order No. 1
Abraham Lincoln. General War Order No. 1, January 27, 1862. Holograph manuscript. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (133)
Digital ID # al0133, al0133p1

Hare’s Map of the Vicinity of Richmond (134.00.00)

Peninsular Campaign in Virginia, 1862
J. Knowles Hare. Hare’s Map of the Vicinity of Richmond, and Peninsular Campaign in Virginia. . . . New York: 1862. Lithograph map. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (134)
Digital ID # cw0602000

“Distinct and Different Plans” (135.00.00)

“Distinct and Different Plans”
Abraham Lincoln to General George B. McClellan, February 3, 1862. Manuscript letter [copy in the hand of Secretary of War Stanton]. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (135)
Digital ID # al0135

General George Brinton McClellan (130.00.00)

General George Brinton McClellan
Mathew. B. Brady. Gen’l. Geo. B. McClellan, 1861. Carte-de-visite photograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (130)
Digital ID # ppmsca-19389

Special Order No. 191 (143.00.00)

Special Order No. 191
Robert E. Lee. Special Order No. 191, September 9, 1862. Holograph manuscript. George McClellan Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (143)
Digital ID # al0143, al0143p1

Walt Whitman’s Civil War Diary (147.00.00)

Walt Whitman’s Civil War Diary
Walt Whitman. Diary kept during the Civil War, 1862. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (147)
Digital ID # ww0024a

Lincoln on the Antietam Battlefield (146.00.00)

Lincoln on the Antietam Battlefield
Alexander Gardner. “President Lincoln of Battle-field of Antietam, October 3, 1862” from Gardner’s Photographic Sketchbook of the Civil War, 1863. Albumen print. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (146)
Digital ID # ppmsca-12544

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