The Abraham Lincoln Papers at the Library of Congress

Subject: The Civil War, Abraham Lincoln

Themes: 19th Century

Age groups: High School Homeschooling

Resource type: Websites

At this remarkable collection you can read the original draft of the Emancipation Proclamation, review a timeline of the events leading too and resulting from the Emancipation Proclamation, and find out more about the assassination of the 16th president of the United States. There is also a gallery of images created at the time and much more.