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The American conflict: a history of the great rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64: its causes, incidents, and results: intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the war for the Union.  Volume 1. (open access)

The American conflict: a history of the great rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-'64: its causes, incidents, and results: intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases, with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the war for the Union. Volume 1.

Volume one of a two-volume set gives a historical overview of slavery and the abolition movement in the U.S., records events leading to secession, and details political and military action early in the Civil War. Chapter XII (pp. 147-177) discusses the annexation of Texas to the United States. Analytical index begins on p. 633.
Date: 1864
Creator: Greeley, Horace, 1811-1872.
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Almanac for 1864 (open access)

The Texas Almanac for 1864

The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time.
Date: January 1864
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Texas Almanac for 1865 (open access)

The Texas Almanac for 1865

The almanac covers general topics about the state of Texas including statistics for individual counties, agriculture, expenditures, and weather, as well as discussions of legal and social issues of the time.
Date: 1864
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Journal of Henry Maxwell] (open access)

[Journal of Henry Maxwell]

Journal of Henry Maxwell containing daily activities and accounts. A newspaper clipping with a poem is included.
Date: January 1864
Creator: Maxwell, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Journal of Henry Maxwell] (open access)

[Journal of Henry Maxwell]

Journal of Robert Strain Maxwell containing daily activities and accounts.
Date: January 1864
Creator: Maxwell, Henry
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Diary of G. L. MacMurphy] (open access)

[Diary of G. L. MacMurphy]

Diary of G. L. MacMurphy of Galveston, Texas, describing events of the Civil War from his perspective as a soldier. Parts of the diary were written in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and a list in the back of the diary has the names of soldiers and whether they had died or deserted.
Date: 1864/1865
Creator: MacMurphy, G. L.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Diary of Henry J. Durgin] (open access)

[Diary of Henry J. Durgin]

Diary of Henry J. Durgin, Chief Bugler of the 1st N. H. Cavalry from Franklin, Louisiana, a leather-bound book with small paragraphs written under a typed heading for each day of 1864. Durgin served in the Civil War at Camp Ford.
Date: 1864
Creator: Durgin, Henry J.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Diary of J. D. Howard Atkinson Ills: 1864] (open access)

[Diary of J. D. Howard Atkinson Ills: 1864]

Diary of J. D. Howard Atkinson Ills from 1984.
Date: 1864-01-01/1864-12-31
Creator: Howard Atkinson Ills, J. D.
System: The Portal to Texas History