For the war years,Historical New York Times Project—The Civil War Years, 1860–1866 provides category listings of more than 80 selected articles arranged chronologically by years. It also includes articles on topics like battles, military, politics, relations among the States, and social issues. The site lists articles on Lincoln’s election, inaugural, and assassination, censorship of the press, abolition of slavery, formation of the Confederate States of America, and Sherman’s March to the Sea, among other topics.
Users can select any page number for any year in the decade on Historical New York Times Project—The Civil War Years, 1860–1866 . This project was undertaken by the Universal Library at Carnegie Mellon University. The creators note they will be providing much more detailed indexing and full-text over time. Despite the current work-in-progress state of the site, it can be extremely rewarding to those studying American life during the 1860s.
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