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...
DescriptionCompilation of names and places of residence for United States Civil War members of the Connecticut Heavy Artillery, "1st Ct. V.H. Artillery", circa 1890. Work included a historical sketch of the...
DescriptionLewis' chronological review of political, economic and social events that shaped the U. S. from the first session of Congress on March 4, 1789 to 1910, highlighted the struggle to maintain a union...
DescriptionA letter from the Rev. Samuel Blanchard Howe's sister,Anne, that informed Samuel their nephew "James B. Fairbairn is a Quartermaster Sergeant of a regiment in Beverly and is expecting daily to be...
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.
DescriptionThis study described the character and culture the African-American people have created for themselves in the United States, first as slaves and then as a free people. It pointed to the many important...
