Primary Documents in American History

Battle of Williamsburg--Gen. Hancock's charge, May 5, 1862. Kurz & Allison, 1893. Prints & Photographs Division. Reproduction Number: LC-USZC4-1758

Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860-1877

Homestead Act (1862)

Pacific Railway Act (1862)

Morrill Act (1862)

Emancipation Proclamation (1863)

Gettysburg Address (1863)

13th Amendment to the Constitution (1865)

Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865)

Treaty with Russia for the Purchase of Alaska (1867)

14th Amendment to the Constitution (1868)

15th Amendment to the Constitution (1870)