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The Run for President
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Election: Celebration and Trepidation
First Flag of Independence Raised in the South
Henry Cleenewerck. The First Flag of Independence Raised in the South, by the Citizens of Savannah, GA. November 8th, 1860. Savannah: R.H. Howell, 1860. Lithograph. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (099)
Digital ID # cph-3g04584
Rise to National Prominence
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Journey to Washington
Lincoln’s Face and Hand
Leonard Wells Volk. Sculpture of Lincoln’s hand, May 21, 1860 and face, March 1860. Bronze. Alfred Whital Stern Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (087 and 088)
Digital ID # at0051_6 [Digital image of life mask is currently unavailable online]
Lincoln's Farewell Address to Springfield
Abraham Lincoln. Farewell Address to Springfield. Holograph manuscript, February 11, 1861. Robert Todd Lincoln Papers, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (086)
Digital ID# al0086
Publishing the Farewell Address
President-elect Lincoln Farewell Address, 1861. Broadside. Alfred Whital Stern Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (085)
Digital ID # al0085
The Presidency
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The Sixteenth President
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 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
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
“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
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Lincoln as Commander in Chief
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Call to Arms
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
“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
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
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, 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
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
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”
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
“How They Went to Take Canada” from Punch, August 17, 1861. Bound volume. General Collections, Library of Congress (124)
Digital ID # al0124
The Presidency
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Lincoln as Commander in Chief
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Battling Incompetence
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
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”
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
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