The Emancipation Proclamation (Harper's Weekly, 1863)There is much that can be said about President Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation , however this one page down-load will give the reader a clear understanding of what the legislation did and did not do.
It was argued that slavery in the United States did not end in 1865...
*A Film Clip About President Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation* Lee's ''Victory'' at Gettysburg... (Harper's Weekly, 1863)Here is a tongue-and-cheek piece of creative writing in which a New York-based scribe writes as if he is reporting on the Southern press and the joyous glee that was widely generated as a result of General Lee and his magnificent victory at Gettysburg... The New York City Draft Riot (Harper's Weekly, 1863)"The attempt to enforce the draft in the city of New York has led to rioting. Men have been killed and houses burned; worst of all, an orphan asylum - a noble monument of charity for the reception of colored orphans - has been ruthlessly destroyed, and children and nurses have lost everything they had in the world." The Victory at Vicksburg (Harper's Weekly, 1863)Here is a summation of Admiral Porter's official dispatch on the progress of his gunboats at Vicksburg during the July of 1863. *Watch a Quick Clip About the Battle of Vicksburg* | 
