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Library of Congress1868

Address by Daniel Ullmann, LL.D., before the Soldier's and Sailor's Union of the State of New York, on the organization of colored troops and the regeneration of the South : delivered at Albany, February 5, 1868.

Ullmann, a white officer, explains how at Lincoln's direction he organized and armed freed slaves in Louisiana during the Civil War, and he gives his assessment of African American troops based on this experience. In order to regenerate the South, Ullmann argues for removal of all southern state governments, for education and full citizenship for freed slaves, and for the breakup and distribution of large plantations to create a class of loyal yeomanry.

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Library of Congress2004

The impact of the civil war on capital intensity and labor productivity in southern manufacturing

"The Civil War resulted in a substantial divergence in the regional structure of factor prices. In particular, wages fell in the South relative to the non-South, but interest rates and other measures of the costs of capital increased. Using archival data for manufacturing establishments, we show that capital-output and capital-labor ratios in southern manufacturing declined relative to non-southern manufacturing after the War, precisely in the direction implied by the regional shifts in factor prices. Labor productivity in Southern manufacturing also declined, but this decline is explained by the reduction in capital intensity"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.

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Library of Congress1912

List of all music copyrighted in the United States from January 1, 1860 to December 31, 1866, inclusive

Letterpress. Only 2 copies created. Very fragile. Handwritten. Supplementary material, laid in, includes a letter from Abram R. Serven to Linn R. Blanchard and a short compilation of song titles (11. p.). Title from label on front cover. Gift; Abram R. Serven; 1934. Compiled in 1911 or 1912, from the United States Copyright file, for music publisher Leo Feist at the request of Abram R. Serven. Rare item. Left in original class number with original shelflisting.

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Library of Congress1856

Post- und Eisenbahn-Reisekarte--Deutschland, Holland, die Schweiz, Italien bis Neapel, der grösste Theil von Frankreich, Ungarn, Polen etc. : mit besonderer Rücksicht auf Eisenbahnen u. Seedampfschiffahrt

Post-road/railroad map of Central Europe (Germany, Benelux, Switzerland, Austria, Poland, Hungary, and adjacent regions). The component German states/principalities and adjacent countries are shown in distinctive border coloration. Title from map-content area (recto). When affixed to the cloth backing the map sheet was sectioned to 24 panels. Handwritten (cursive script) inked identification statement on paper label affixed to cloth backing (verso): German post and rail in 1856, Millard Fillmore, May 16, 1856. LC sheet imperfect: Use-worn, LC accession rubber-stamp in map-content area (top recto), lead-pencil annotations on cloth backing (verso). Includes notes, indexed table titled "Statistische Uebersicht der 38 deutschen Bundesstaaten", railroad distance table, waterways distance table, and key to abbreviations. Five paper panels with statistical tables, panel with spa/health-resort locations, panel with 6 trans-Alpine road profiles, and cover panel affixed to cloth backing (verso). Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Vault

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Library of Congress2019

Ending the civil war and consequences for Congress

"The social changes and human and economic costs of the Civil War led to profound legal and constitutional developments after it ended, not least of which were the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendments and the many laws devised to protect the civil rights of newly freed African Americans. These amendments and laws worked for a while, but they were ineffective or ineffectively enforced for more than a century. In Ending the Civil War and the Consequences for Congress, contributors explore how the end of the war both continued the trauma of the conflict and enhanced the potential for the new birth of freedom that Lincoln promised in the Gettysburg Address. Collectively, they bring their multidisciplinary expertise to bear on the legal, economic, social, and political aspects of the aftermath of the war and Reconstruction era. The book concludes with the reminder of how the meaning of the war has changed over time. The Civil War is no longer the "felt" history it once was, Clay Risen reminds us, and despite the work of many fine scholars it remains contested"-- Provided by publisher.

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