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Th e Conscription and Enrollment Act (1863) 88
Th e Prize Cases (1863) 93
Abraham Lincoln’s Letter to Erastus Corning and Others (1863) 98
Abraham Lincoln’s Proclamation on Troop Quotas (1863) 107
Louis Lambert (Patrick Gilmore)’s “When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again” (1863) 109
Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (1863) 111
Law Equalizing the Pay of Black Soldiers (1864) 113
Th e Wade-Davis Bill (1864) 115
An Act to Encourage Immigration (1864) 121
Abraham Lincoln Explains His Veto of the Wade-Davis Bill (1864) 123
Abraham Lincoln’s Memorandum on the Possibility of Electoral Failure (1864) 125
Abraham Lincoln’s Response to a Serenade (1864) 126
Law Creating the Freedmen’s Bureau (1865) 128
Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address (1865) 131
Confederate Law Authorizing the Enlistment of Black Soldiers (1865) 133
Correspondence between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee (1865) 137
Robert E. Lee’s Explanation of Surrender (1865) 142
Section II
DEATH OF LINCOLN TO INAUGURATION OF GRANT
William Lloyd Garrison’s Comments at Calhoun’s Grave (1865) 147
Walt Whitman’s “O Captain! My Captain!” (1865) 148
Gordon Granger’s General Orders, Number 3 (1865) 150
Th irteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (1865) 152
Black Codes (1865–1866) 153
Ex Parte Milligan (1866) 160
Civil Rights Act (1866) 171
Th e Reconstruction Acts (1867) 173
Andrew Johnson’s Veto of the First Reconstruction Act (1867) 182
Treaty with Russia Purchasing Alaska (1867) 192
