1865

This collection contains the entries written or created in 1865, the fifth year of the Civil war, for the Union Homefront collection compiled by Wallace Hettle, a history professor at the University of Northern Iowa.

This collection is a subset of the larger Union Homefront: A History in Documents collection.

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53. The Question of Lady Doctors: Views of a Regular Physician (1865)

The New York Times and Wallace Hettle (Editor)

Document citation:

“The Question of Lady Doctors.” The New York Times (New York), January, 8, 1865, pg. 5.

Retrieved From: https://www.nytimes.com/1865/01/08/archives/the-question-of-lady-doctors.html?searchResultPosition=18
54. The Question of Female Physicians: What Ladies of the Old School Think About It (1865)

The New York Times and Wallace Hettle (Editor)

Document citation:

“The Question of Female Physicians.” The New York Times (New York), January 15, 1865, pg. 5.

Retrieved From: https://www.nytimes.com/1865/01/15/archives/the-question-of-female-physicians.html?searchResultPosition=33
55. Experience of Eighteen Years in Slavery - Mattie J. Jackson (1865)

Mattie J. Jackson, L. S. Thompson, and Wallace Hettle (Editor)

Document citation:

Thompson, L.S. and Jackson, Mattie J. The Story of Mattie J. Jackson: Her Parentage—Experience of Eighteen Years in Slavery—Incidents During the War—Her Escape from Slavery. Lawrence: Sentinel Office, 1866, pg. 30.

Retrieved From: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17827
56. Second Inaugural Address - Abraham Lincoln (1865)

Abraham Lincoln and Wallace Hettle (Editor)

Document citation:

Lincoln, Abraham. “Second Inaugural Address.” March 4, 1865.

Retrieved From: https://www.loc.gov/item/mal4361300/
57. White House Funeral for Lincoln - Reverend Phineas Gurley (1865)

Phineas Gurley (Reverend) and Wallace Hettle (Editor)

Document citation:

Gurley, Phineas. “The Funeral Oration.” The New York Herald (New York), April 20, 1865, pg. 5.

Retrieved From: https://www.loc.gov/item/sn83030313/1865-04-20/ed-1/
58. Celebration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln - William Howard Day (1865)

William Howard Day and Wallace Hettle (Editor)

Document citation:

Day, WM. Howard. “Oration.” In Celebration by the Colored People's Educational Monument Association in memory of Abraham Lincoln, on the Fourth of July, in the Presidential grounds, Washington, D.C. by The Colored People’s Educational Monument Association, pg. 14-17. Washington, D.C.: McGill & Witherow, 1865.

Retrieved From: https://www.loc.gov/item/12030032/
59. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott (1865)

Louisa May Alcott and Wallace Hettle (Editor)

Document citation:

Alcott, Louisa May. Little Women; or Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy: Part First. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1868, pg. 7-9.

Retrieved From: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/001421435
60. O Captain! My Captain! - Walt Whitman (1865)

Walt Whitman and Wallace Hettle (Editor)

Document citation:

“O Captain! My Captain!” In Leaves of Grass, Walt Whitman, pg. 262-263. London: David Bogue, 1881.

Retrieved From: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100142634
61. The Resources and Prospects of America - Sir Samuel M. Peto (1865)

Samuel M. Peto (Sir) and Wallace Hettle (Editor)

Document citation:

Peto, Samuel M. The Resources and Prospects of America Ascertained During a Visit to the States in the Autumn of 1865. London: Alexander Strahan, 1866, pg. 386-92.

Retrieved From: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006594314