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HISTORY OF THE CIVIL WAE
Chapter I Page
"^ The Great Factor in Destruction of Slavery ... 1
^ Theory of South Carolina 2
' Crittenden Compromise 3
Southern Confederacy 5
Lincoln's Inaugural Address 6
- Anderson and Fort Sumter 7
Seward's Foreign Policy 8
Bread for Anderson 11
^ Bombardment of Fort Sumter 13
Rising of the North 16
Baltimore Riot 17
The Blockade 20
Supposed Danger to Washington 21
The Border States 24
The Civil War 26
Unpreparedness 30
Jefferson Davis 34
Lincoln 35
"On to Richmond" 36
Battle of Bull Run 39
The President's Courage 43
CHAPTER II A Congress . . ._ j__ 47
':i3C:gLAVERY THE CaUSE OF THE WaR ...... 49
^] Fremont 50
I McClellan 56
Great Britain's Action 64
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Mason and Slidell . . .70
English Precedents 75
Lincoln and Seward 79
Surrender of Mason and Slidell 82
CHAPTER III Simon Cameron 84
Edwin M. Stanton 85
Fort Donelson 87
Surrender of Donelson 91
Ulysses S. Grant 92
McClellan's Dalliance 95
Grant and Halleck .96
Grant and Sherman Surprised at Shiloh .... 98
Battle of Shiloh 101
Lincoln and Grant . . 108
The Blockade 110
The Merrimac . . Ill
The Monitor 114
Farragut — Fox 118
Farragut's Capture of New Orleans 119
McClellan's Peninsular Campaign 125
Stonewall Jackson's Campaign 128
*'The Great Scare" . . . 130
Battle of Fair Oaks 132
Robert E. Lee 133
Battle of Gaines's Mill 135
McClellan's Demoralization 139
Lee and McClellan 140
Lee and Jackson 141
Seven Days' Battles /HS"
CHAPTER IV Legal-Tender Act 146
Lincoln's Attitude to Slavery 149
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Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation .... 152
Lincoln and Greeley 154
"Three Hundred Thousand More" 155
Pope and Halleck 157
Pope's Defeat 160
McClellan Again in Command 162
Lee's Invasion of Maryland 164
Battle of Antietam . 170
Proclamation of Emancipation 171
CHAPTER V Fall Elections of 1862 . 175
Alarm in Cincinnati 176
BuELL AND Morton '. 178
McClellan's Removal 180
Unfortunate Choice of Burnside 182
Battle of Fredericksburg 184
The Cabinet Crisis 187
Lincoln's Sagacity 192
Lincoln — Chase 194
Lincoln — Seward 196
Battle of Stone's River 199
Action of Congress 202
Popular Feeling and Action . . . . . . . 205
Hooker in Command 207
Battle of Chancellorsville . .211
Effect of Chancellorsville 221
CHAPTER VI Lee's Invasion of Pennsylvania 225
Meade Succeeds Hooker 231
Battle of Gettysburg • . 233
Pickett's Charge 237
Lee — Meade 244
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Lincoln — Meade 246
Grant's Expedition Against Vicksburg 247
ViCKSBURG Campaign 251
Surrender of Vicksburg 257
CHAPTER VII The Alabama 263
English Mediation Proposed , . 268
Gladstone . 269
Charles Francis Adams 270
Earl Russell . 271
The Emperor of the French 272
Anti-Slavery Sentiment 273
The Times — Saturday Review 276
Grote — Carlyle . . . . . ^ 277
Dickens — Trollope — Tennyson 278
Iron-Clad Rams 279
England and France 285
CHAPTER VIII New York Draft Riot 288
Meade . 291
Battle of Chickamauga 294
Grant in Command 296
Thomas — Grant 297
Battle of Chattanooga 298
Recruits Wanted 300
Grant — Sherman — Thomas — Sheridan .... 302
CHAPTER IX Grant's Wilderness Campaign 306
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Battle of Cold Harbor 311
Chattanooga — Atlanta Campaign 314
Sherman — Thomas 317
Lincoln — Chase 318
Grant's Campaign 320
Lincoln Renominated 321
CHAPTER X Lincoln — Grant 323
Washington in Danger 326
Disappointment in Grant 328
Men Wanted . . . •. 331
Johnston — Hood 332
Yearning for Peace 333
Dissatisfaction with Lincoln 334
Battle op Mobile Bay 336
Capture of Atlanta 337
Sheridan 338
Lincoln Reelected 339
CHAPTER XI Life at the North 341
Privations. OF THE War 342
Postage Stamps Currency 343
Fractional Currency 345
Gloom — Despair 346
Business Activity . . . 347
Arbitrary Arrests 348
Copperheads 350
Seymour — Vallandigham 351
The Democrats 351
Arbitrary Arrests 354
Sanitary Fairs 357
Trade with the South 358
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Grave Financial Position 360
The Northern Governors . . . . . . . 361
Stanton — Lincoln 363
CHAPTER XII Discomfort at the South 366
Lack of Tea and Coffee . . . . . . . . 367
Lack of Bread and Meat 369
Difficulty of Transportation 370
The Age of Iron 374
Munitions of War . . . 377
Blockade Running--..^. . . • 378
JThe Negro Slaves J 381
Conscription at~the South 382
Carnival of Fiat Money 384
High Prices in the Confederacy . . . . . . 386
Impressment Imperative 387
The Southern Women 389
Distress and Privations 389
Religious Feeling South 391
Comparison Between South and North 392
North — a Dictatorship 394
South — a Socialized State 395
Davis — Lincoln . 396
CHAPTER XIII Sherman — Thomas . 398
Sherman's March to the Sea ....... 400
Living on the Country 404
Dj:structlqn 405
The-^DJegroes \ . 408
Savannah Taken 409
Grant — Thomas 410
Battle of Nashville 411
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Thirteenth Amendment 413
Distress in the Confederacy 414
Lee — Jefferson Davis 416
Hampton Roads Conference 417
Lincoln's Magnanimity 420
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