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Mr. Lincoln's White House - http://www.mrlincolnswhitehouse.org/
An account of Lincoln and of the White House and Washington during his Presidency. |
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The Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, 1861-1865 - http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/tafthtml/tafthome.html
Documents daily life in Washington, D.C., through the eyes of Taft, an examiner for the U.S. Patent Office, and includes an account of Lincoln's assassination. Site has page images of the three manuscript volumes, transcriptions, and a biography of Taft. Part of the Library of Congress American Memory site. |
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Rose O'Neal Greenhow Papers - http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/greenhow/
Greenhow, a leader in Washington society, was also one of the most celebrated Confederate spies in the Civil War. Site has letters and news clippings from the collections of Duke University, plus historical background information. |
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Rose O'Neal Greenhow, 1814-1864: My Imprisonment and the First Year of Abolition Rule at Washington - http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/greenhow/menu.html
In this 1863 autobiography, the Washington, D.C., socialite and Confederate spy told her story and gave her view of contemporary events. Full text (352 pages). A volume in Documenting the American South, a series of electronic text reprints. |
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Virginia Lomax, b. 1831: The Old Capitol and Its Inmates - http://docsouth.unc.edu/fpn/lomax/menu.html
1867 first-person account of life in the Old Capitol Prison and Carrol Prison, which housed prisoners during the Civil War. Full text (226 pages). A volume in Documenting the American South, a series of electronic text reprints. |