DescriptionThe United States Sanitary Commission was established on June 13, 1861 by President Lincoln, for the purpose of supporting the Northern Armies with supplies and medical care. Each State had its own...
DescriptionOne month after the bombing of Fort Sumter, a flag-raising ceremony was held at the campus of Rutgers University. Former U.S. Senator and past president of Rutgers, Theodore Frelinghuysen (1787-1862)...
DescriptionArticle from the New Jersey Freeman that talked about the 3-5 ratio in determining population of states. The article says it is a great injustice that five slaves should equal three freeman and thus...
DescriptionArticle from the New Jersey Freeman that expressed one person's feeling about the possible annexation of Texas into the Union as a slave state. The article's writer believed the North should fight...
DescriptionA letter from the Rev. Samuel Blanchard Howe's sister,Anne, that informed Samuel their nephew James Fairbairn was now in Washington and was expecting everyday to be ordered to Richmond.
DescriptionA letter by Joseph Willard to an English correspondent that explained the causes of the Civil War and linked British policy to some of the roots of it.
DescriptionBroadside listing the officers, staff and privates mustered into the Civil War armed services in Trenton, NJ, by Lieut. Ash on September 28, 1863.
DescriptionGen. McClellan, in this public letter, declared his agreement with Judge Woodward's election as Governor of Pennsylvania against Hon. Chas J. Biddle's contrary assertions.
DescriptionArticle in the New Jersey Freeman about the formation of a Libert Party in Virginia, a slave state. The party resolved that they can no longer elect slaveholders and that it was their duty to God to...
