UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

• President Abraham Lincoln
• Major Generals John C. Fremont and David Hunter versus President Abraham Lincoln
• Lincoln's First Inaugural Address - March 4, 1861
• The Emancipation Proclamation - September 22, 1862. Effective: January 1, 1863
• Lincoln's Gettysburg Address - November 18, 1863
• A PROCLAMATION - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES - October 20, 1864
• Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address - March 4, 1865
• The Thirteenth Amendment - Ratified: December 18, 1865
• FREEDMAN AND SOUTHERN SOCIETY PROJECT