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- Abraham Lincoln, 1863
- This portrait of Abraham Lincoln was taken during the Civil War.
- Format: image/photograph
- Abraham Lincoln portrait
- Portrait of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States.
- Format: image/photograph
- Inauguaration of Abraham Lincoln, March 4, 1861
- Format: image/photograph
- The Emancipation Proclamation (page 1 of 5)
- The first page of the Emancipation Proclamation, as signed by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. The remaining pages are available on the website of the National...
- Format: image/proclamation
- The assassination of Abraham Lincoln
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 7.10
- President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated April 14, 1865, five days after Lee's surrender at Appomattox and two weeks before Johnston's final surrender at Bennett Place.
- Format: article
- National calamity! Lincoln and Seward assassinated
- This broadside was printed after the assassination attack, but before the news was telegraphed confirming that Secretary of State William Seward had survived.
- Format: image/poster
- Illustration: Lincoln taking the oath at his second inauguration, March 4, 1865.
- Wood engraving of Lincoln with hand on Bible, Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase administering oath of office.
- Format: image/illustration
- Timeline of Reconstruction in North Carolina
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.2
- Timeline of major events in North Carolina during Union occupation and after the Civil War, 1862–1877.
- Format: timeline
- Secession and civil war
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 1.2
- After Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency in 1860, seven southern states seceded from the United States. Four more followed after South Carolina troops fired on Fort Sumter in April 1861 and Lincoln called for troops to put down the rebellion.
- Format: article
- The Coming Man's Presidential Career, a la Blondin
- Charles Blondin was a French-born acrobat who became famous in the late 1850s for his daring tightrope walks over Niagara Falls. He repeated the feat several times, once carrying his agent across the falls on his shoulders. Here, Lincoln is shown in the guise...
- Format: image/cartoon
- President Lincoln's funeral procession in New York City
- Format: image/illustration
- Lincoln's plans for reconstruction
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 7.5
- In Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address, with the Civil War nearly over, Lincoln called for reconciliation between North and South.
- Format: speech
- Commentary and sidebar notes by David Walbert and L. Maren Wood.
- Timeline of the Civil War, January–June 1861
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 1.1
- Timeline of secession and the beginning of the Civil War.
- Format: timeline
- Timeline of the Civil War, August 1864–May 1865
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 7.1
- Timeline of major events in the last year of the U.S. Civil War.
- Format: timeline
- The Emancipation Proclamation
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 4.7
- Proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln, January 1, 1863, freeing slaves in states or parts thereof then in rebellion against the United States. Includes historical commentary.
- Format: proclamation
- Plan for a panel discussion regarding the validity of the Lincoln Administration
- This lesson encourages students to investigate all sides of the issues within the context of the Civil War era. Students will become “experts” on the Lincoln administration and accept the responsibility of sharing their expertise with their classmates through oral communication in a panel discussion.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 8 Social Studies)
- The Election of 1860: Electoral map
- Although Abraham Lincoln won only 40 percent of the national popular vote, he won majorities in the populous northern states, giving him a majority of electoral votes. The Southern Democrat John Breckinridge, meanwhile, won majorities across the less-populous...
- Format: image/map
- North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction
- Primary sources and readings explore North Carolina during the Civil War and Reconstruction (1860–1876). Topics include debates over secession, battles and strategies, the war in North Carolina, the soldier's experience, the home front, freedom and civil rights for former slaves, Reconstruction, and the "redemption" of the state by conservatives.
- Format: book (multiple pages)
- Stephen A. Douglas portrait
- Portrait of Stephen A. Douglas (1813-1861), a politician who served in the Illinois state legislature as well as the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate. Douglas was famous for his role in a series of debates with Abraham Lincoln, and his support...
- Format: image/photograph
- African Americans get the vote in eastern North Carolina
- In North Carolina in the Civil War and Reconstruction, page 9.9
- After the Civil War, African American communities in eastern North Carolina, having already tasted freedom during the war, were ready to fight for political rights.
- Format: article
