The 1860 Election, Lincoln’s Inauguration, and Secession – Waypoints

Abraham Lincoln, Message to Congress in Special Session

Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural Address

Abraham Lincoln, Fragment on Constitution and Union

Abraham Lincoln, 1860 Address at the Cooper Institute

Georgia Secession Statement

A Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of the State of Mississippi from the Federal Union

Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union

Four 1860 Party Platforms