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Part I
THE STORY OP THE COLONIES : FROM INFANCY TO INDEPENDENCE. CHAPTER I.
DISCOVERY O^ AMERICA. PAOB
Christopher Columbus. — The Route to the East. — Columbus wishes to sail Westward to India. — He applies to Portugal and Genoa. — Finally aided by Isabella of Spain. — Sets Sail from Palos. — Incidents of Voyage. — Discovers West Indies. — Riches of the New World. — Second Voyage 26
Chapter VI. Discovery Of The Mississippi River
Cortez and Pizarro. — Story of Narvaez. — Cabe^a de Vaca crosses the Continent. — Fer- ' dinand de Soto. — Grand Army of De Soto. — Story of John Ortiz. — The Great Mississippi. — Burial of De Soto. — Return of his Army 43
Chapter VII. English And French Explorers
Henry VII. of England. — Sebastian Cabot discovers North America. — The French King sends Ships to America. — Verrazano comes to New York. — Voyages of Jacques Cartier to Canada. — His Ship lost in the St. Lawrence . . . . .49 vi CONTENTS.
Chapter VIII. French Attempts At Settlement
The French Protestants. — The Land of Flowers. — The Colony of Ribault in Carolina. — Spaniards at St. Augustine. — The Spanish massacre the French Colon3% — Sad Fate of Ribault and his Companions. — Dominic de Gourgues. — He avenges the Murder of Frenchmen ■ . . . . .53
Chapter IX. English Attempts At Settlement
Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage. — His Ship struck by an Iceberg. — The Shipwrecked Crew. — Walter Raleigh's First Colony. — Homesick Emigrants. — The Lost Colonists 59
Chapter X. The Indians
First Inhabitants of America. — Aztecs in Mexico. — The Red Men of the United States. — How they looked. — Their Houses. — The Clothes they wore. — Canoes. — Food. — Household Implements. — Indian Women. — The Happy Hunting-grounds . . . 65
Chapter XI. First Permanent English Settlement
King James gi-ants Lands in Virginia. — The Sealed Orders for the Colony. — Captain John Smith. — His School-days. — Turns Hermit. — Tournament with the Turks. — His Slavery in Tartary. — His Character as Leader in a Colony 74
Chapter XII. The Jamestown Colony
Smith and Newport explore the Country. — Smith taken Prisoner by Indians. — The Young Pocahontas saves his Life. — New Arrivals in Jamestown. — Shipwreck of Gates and Somers. — Pocahontas taken Prisoner. — Marriage and Death of Pocahontas 79
Chapter XIII. The Planter In Virginia
How a Settlement was begun. — Exports of the Colonists. — Choosing Sites for Plantations. — Slavery introduced into Virginia. — Bujnng a Wife with Tobacco. — Life in England in 1607. — A Virginia Planter's House in 1649 84
Chapter XIV. A Chapter Of English History
John Smith sets out on another Voyage. — Queen Elizabeth and her Father. — Bloody Mary persecutes the Protestants. — The Puritans. — The Cavaliers. — The Puritan Emigrants in Holland. —They resolve to buy Lands in America . . ... 90
Chapter XV. Emigration Of Pilgrims
The Mayflower sets sail from Plymouth. — Landing in Massachusetts. — Treaty with Massasoit. — Struggles of the Colony. — Massachusetts Baj' Colony formed. — The Apostle of the Indians 94
Chapter XVI. Settlement Of Rhode Island
Religious Intolerance. — Roger Williams's Banishment. — He finds Succor from friendly Indians. — Providence settled. — Religious Freedom in Rhode Island. — Williams gets a Charter for his Colony ... 102
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CHAPTER XVn.
WEST COUNTKY PKOPLE SETTLE CONNECTICUT.
Settlers in Dorchester. — March to Connecticut River. — New Haven founded. — Traders and Fishermen settle New Hampshire and Maine. — Troubles in England. — The King beheaded. — Story of Oliver Cromwell. — Maine a Province of Massachusetts . . 106
CHAPTER xvnr.
THE DUTCH IN AMERICA.
The Country of Holland. — How they keep off the Sea. — Dutch Traders. — Henry Hudson sent to America. — Hudson River discovered. — Fur-trade. — New York City begun. — Indians afraid of Windmills. — Warfare with Indians. — Kieft's Massacre . 109
CHAPTER XIX.
THE SWEDES IN NEW JERSEY AND DELAWARE.
Peter Minuit and his Colony of Swedes. — They buy New Jersey for an Iron Kettle. — New Jersey' claimed and named by Three Nations. — A New King in England. — New York City becomes an English Colony. — New .Jersey named by an English Nobleman 115
CHAPTER XX.
SETTLEMENT OF MARYLAND.
Lord Baltimore and the Carolinas. — Roman Catholic Colony. — Indian Wonder at the Big Canoe. — Freedom to worship God. — Papists and Puritans. — Lord Baltimore's Ambition. — Maryland one of the King's Colonies. — Ribault and Raleigh's Unsuccessful Colonies. — The Carolinas settled again . 118
CHAPTER XXI.
THE QUAKER SETTLEMENT.
Persecution of Quakers. — William Penn the Admiral. — His only Son turns Quaker. — Dress and Manners of Quakers. — Young Penn inherits his Father's Wealth. — He brings a Colony to America. — Treaty with Indians. — City of Brotherly Love. — Naming of Pennsylvania. — Delaware made a Separate Colony 122
CHAPTER XXII.
GEORGIA SETTLED.
Another Colony planned. — General Oglethorpe. — The Town of Savannah begun. — Oglethorpe's Treat}-. - Speech of Indian War-chief. — March of Salzburgers. — Pro-slavery Agitators. — John Wesley the Great Methodist. — Georgia becomes a Royal Province 125
CHAPTER XXIII.
KING PHILIP'S WAR.
The Thirteen Colonies. — The Colonists' Fear of the Indians. — Philip, the Son of friendly Massasoit. — John Sassamon tells Tales of Philip. —Blood shed by English and Indians. — Outbreak of Indian War. — The Attack on Hadley. — " The Indians! The Indians !"— Appearance of the Strange Warrior. — The Regicides. — Death of King Philip. — End of the War 128
CHAPTER XXIV.
AFFAIRS IN VIRGINIA.
Governor William Berkeley. — " Thank God there are no Free Schools in Virginia! " — John Washington tights Maryland Indians. — Savages retaliate. — Nathaniel Bacon viii CONTENTS.
goes into the Field without a Commission. — He is declared Traitor. — Great Excitement in Jamestown. — Attack on the Town. — Bacon's Death. — Berkeley hangs the Rebels. — The King calls him back to England. — What the King said of Berkeley . 134
CHAPTER XXV.
AFFAIRS IN NEW YORK AND MASSACHUSETTS.
England and Holland at War. — The Dutch take New York City again. — Edmund Andros in Boston. — His Tyrannies there. — His Journey to Connecticut. — Disappearance of the Charter. — The New English King. — Uprising in New York. — Leisler executed. — Charter Oak 137
CHAPTER XXVI.
SALEM WITCHCRAFT.
Belief in Witches. — Causes for this Belief. — The Idea of the Devil. — Study of Necromancy. — Two Children " bewitched." — Arrest of Friendless Old Women. — Babies chained and thrown into Prison as Witches. — Torture of Witches. — Confessions. — Hanging of Women. — Witches' Hill. — End of the Witchcraft Madness . . . 141
CHAPTER XXVII.
INTER-COLONIAL WARS.
War between French and English Colonies. — The French League with Indians. — Horrors of Indian Warfare. — Story of Hannah Dustin. — Bravery of the Women. — Towns destroyed. — Peace declared. — Another War. — Peace of Utrecht. — George's War. — Peace of Aix-la- Chapelle 146
CHAPTER XXVIII.
FRENCH DISCOVERERS AND JESUIT MISSIONARIES.
Colony of Jacques Cartier. — French Fishermen. — Samuel Champlain the Father of New France. — Jesuits on the Mississippi. — Story of Isaac Jogues. — Indians worshiping with Roman Catholics 150
CHAPTER XXIX.
THE MISSISSIPPI EXPLORED.
James Marquette is sent to the Great River. — He goes with Joliet to Wisconsin. — Carrying their Canoes on their Backs. — The Bison and Deer. — Greeting of the Illinois. — Death of Marquette. — Robert La Salle in Illinois. — Fort Heartbreak. — Murder of La Salle. — Hennepin goes to Falls of St. Anthony. — Adventures of Marquette and Joliet. — Explorations of the Mississippi River by La Salle and Hennepin . . . 153
CHAPTER XXX.
THE LAST COLONIAL WAR.
Position of French and English Colonies. — The English Colonies hug the Sea-coast. — Jealousy between the Nations. — Trouble brewing. — Young George Washington. — His Winter Journey to Fort Duquesne 157
CHAPTER XXXI.
FOUR EXPEDITIONS AGAINST THE FRENCH.
Flan of the Campaign. — Braddock's Contempt for American Militia. — George Washington in the Expedition. — Braddock's Defeat. — French Neutrals. — Burning of Acadie. — Evangeline. — Sir William Johnson. — King Hendrick killed .... 161
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CHAPTER XXXII.
SECOND YEAR OF WAR.
French Fortifications in America. — War in earnest. — Story of Mrs. Howe and her Children. — Massacre at Fort William Henry. — Loss of a Noble Young Leader. — George Washington's Advice to the British Colonel. — The City of Quebec. — Wolfe approaches the Fortress. — The Heights of Abraham. — Defeat of the French. — Death of Wolfe. — Peace at last 16(
CHAPTER XXXIII.
A TOUR IN AMERICA.
Sailing for Boston. — Boston in 1760. — Dress of Lady and Gentleman. — Thanksgiving in New England. — Irish Flax Spinners. — By Stage-coach to New Haven. — New York Harbor. — A Dutch Interior. — Drive through New York City. — New Year's Day. — Up the Hudson to Albany. — Journey through New Jersey. — How Philadelphia Streets were named. — The Great State-house Bell. — Account of Benjamin Franklin. — Plantations in Virginia. — Christmas Festivities. — A Group of Noble Virginians. — Cotton Crop of Eliza Lucas 173
CHAPTER XXXIV.
UPRISING OF THE COLONIES.
The New King. — Royal Treasury empty. — Taxation without Representation. — Stirring Scene in Boston State-house. — The People and the Stamp Act. — Speech of Patrick Henry. — Our Defenders in England 186
CHAPTER XXXV.
MORE OPPRESSION.
Daughters of Liberty. — Redcoats in Boston. — Boston Massacre. — Boy Rebels. — Tax on Tea. — First Continental Congress. — The Man who attended it. — Speech of William Pitt. — Whigs and Tories. — The Patriotic Barber. — Yankee Doodle . . . .191
CHAPTER XXXVI.
BATTLE OF LEXINGTON.
Hidden Stores of Gunpowder and Bullets. — Paul Revere 's Ride. — Midnight March. — Scene at Lexington Meeting-house. — First Blood shed. — Destruction of Stores. — The Retreat and Pursuit. — Lord Percy at Charlestown. — "Yankee Doodle" and " Chevy Chase " 198
CHAPTER XXXVII.
TICONDEROGA AND BUNKER HILL.
Congress meets again. — George Washington made Commander of the Armies. — Green Mountain Boys. — Ethan Allen takes Ticonderoga and Crown Point — Oglethorpe refuses to fight the Americans. — Noble Words of Samuel Adams. — Americans on Bunker Hill. — Battle of Bunker Hill. — The Monument there 204
CHAPTER XXXVIII.
WASHINGTON AND HIS ARMY.
Washington's Camps about Boston. — The Patriot Generals. — Story of Israel Putnam. — Dress of the Soldiers. — Pennsylvania Riflemen. — Story of a Marksman. — Washington's Anxieties 212
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CHAPTER XXXIX.
THE MARCH TO QUEBEC.
On to Canada. — Montgomery clothes his Soldiers in Montreal. — Benedict Arnold's Heroic March to Quebec. — Attack on the Citadel. — Montgomery's Death. — Brave Act of Aaron Burr. — Retreat from Canada 215
CHAPTER XL.
AFFAIRS IN MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
The Redcoats imprisoned in Boston. — Howe concludes to leave Boston. — The Tories go to Halifax. — Entrance of Washington into Boston. — Joy of the Patriots. — Washington goes to New York. — The Hessians in America. — A British Fleet attacks Charleston . 218
CHAPTER XLI.
INDEPENDENCE DECLARED.
Colonial Feeling towards England. — The Declaration of Independence. — Our National Holiday. — Retreat from Kipp's Landing. — Anger of Washington. — Mrs. Murray's Ruse to save General Putnam. — Retreat through New Jersey. — A Gloomy Outlook for Washington. — Bad News from Newport and Lake Champlain. — Prison Ships. — Washington crosses the Delaware. — Victory at Trenton 221
CHAPTER XLII.
Rebels and Redcoats in Friendly Converse. — Battle of Princeton. — Washington at Morristown. — The Marquis de Lafayette. — Other Noble Foreigners. — Defeat at Brandywine. — Story of Lydia Darrah. — Good News on the Way 227
CHAPTER XLIII.
burgoyne's campaign.
The Burning of Danbury. — General Burgoyne. — The Tory Brant. — Burgoyne takes Ticonderoga. — Defense of Fort Stanwix. — Brave General Herkimer. — Massacre of Jane McCrea. — Murmurs against General Schuyler. — The Relief of Fort Stanwix. — Stark's Speech at Bennington. — The Encampment on Bemis Heights. — Battle of Saratoga. — Surrender of Burgoyne . 2-32
CHAPTER XLIV.
THE YEAR 1778.
Gayeties in Philadelphia. — The Terrible Winter at Valley Forge. — Story of Washington and the Farmer. — Molly Pitcher at Monmouth. — Philadelphia ours once more. — The Wyoming Massacre. — Tories and Indians. — Atrocities of the Wyoming Attack. — End of the Year 239
CHAPTER XLV.
SAVANNAH AND STONY POINT.
Continental Money. — Lincoln and Count D'Estaing at Savannah. — Defeat to the Americans. — Mad Anthony Wayne. — The Forlorn Hope. — Taking of Stony Point . . 243
CHAPTER XLVI.
JOHN PAUL JONES.
Privateers. — Daring Adventure of John Paul Jones. — The Bon Homme Richard, — Fight with the iSera^is. — The Ships tied together. — Victory , . 246
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CHAPTER XLVn.
EVENTS DURING 1779.
Discontent in the Arm}'. — Flogging of Soldiers. — Taking of Charleston by the British.
— Tarleton's Quarter. — General Marion's Militia. — Storj' of Marion and the British Officer. — Count Rochambeau in Rhode Island 250
CHAPTER XLVni.
TREASON OF BENEDICT ARNOLD.
West Point. — Gustavus, and John Anderson. — Capture of Colonel Andr6. — Escape of Benedict Arnold. — Andre condemned to be hanged. — His Letter to Washington. — Plot to save Andr^. — Feigned Desertion of Champe. — The Execution of Andre.— Failure of Champe's Enterprise and his Return 253
CHAPTER XLIX.
DEFEAT AND VICTORY IN THE SOUTH.
Misfortunes of Gates in South Carolina. — A Stronghold on King's Mountain. — General Greene takes Command. — A Ragged Army. — Victory at Cowpens. — Sharp Retort of a Patriotic Woman. — The Bravery of South Carolina Women .... 260
CHAPTER L.
Greene's campaign.
Mareh through the Carolinas. — Attack upon Camden. — Fort Ninety-six. — Eutaw Springs ....:.. 265
CHAPTER LI.
THE WINTER OF 1780-81.
Mutiny in the Army. — Riot among Wayne's Troops. — Mutineers shot. — Benedict Arnold ravages Virginia. — Governor Thomas Jefferson. — Arnold in his Native State. — Barbarous Murder of Colonel Ledyard. — Concentration of the French and American Forces for Campaign of 1781 267
CHAPTER LII.
SIEGE OF YORICTOWN.
March of French Army to Virginia. — The whole Army of Washington before Yorktown.
— The Batteries open Fire. — Cornwallis attempts to Escape. — His Surrender. — General Lincoln's Revenge. — End of the War 271
CHAPTER LIII.
CLOSING EVENTS OF THE REVOLUTION.
Savannah and Charleston evacuated by the British. — England baited on all Sides. — She is glad to have Peace. — Our Great Statesmen during the War. — Benjamin Franklin in France. — John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. — Henry Laurens in the Tower of London. — John Jay. — The First Secretary of the Treasury. — The Commission to Treat for Peace. — The Thirteen English Colonies become the Nation of the United States. — Evacuation of New York City. — Fireworks on Bowling Green. — Washington's Farewell to his Otiicers. — Affecting Scene in Francis's Tavern .... 274 xii CONTENTS.
PART 11.
THE STORY OF THE NATION : ITS BIRTH, CONFLICTS, AND TRIUMPHS. CHAPTER I.
CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES.
Forming a Government. — The Constitution and its Makers. — Grand Celebration in New York City. — The Two Political Parties. — Washington made President. — Inauguration Ball. — Change in Dress and Manners after the Revolution 283
CHAPTER n.
EVENTS IN WASHINGTON'S ADMINISTRATION.
Settlers in the Western Country. — " D. Boon cilled a Bar." — Scarcity of Salt. — Danger from Indians. — General Anthony Wayne sent to fight Savages. — Death of Wayne. — Three New States added to the Nation. — Story of Young Andrew Jackson.
— Revolution in France. — The Guillotine. — French Sympathizers in the United States. — Washington's Public Life draws to a Close 288
CHAPTER III.
ADAMS' S ADMINISTRATION.
War with France imminent. — Washington and Napoleon. — The Nation mourns at Washington's Death. — The Capital changed to Washington City. — Mrs. Adams's Experiences in Washington 294
CHAPTER IV.
JEFFERSON'S PRESIDENCY.
The Purchase of Louisiana. — The First Journey from Ocean to Ocean. — Lewis and Clarke's Expedition. — The Sources of the Missouri and Columbia Rivers. — The Great Pacific Ocean. — Return of Lewis and Clarke 297
CHAPTER V.
WAR WITH ALGERINE PIRATES.
Pirates of the Mediterranean Sea. — Demands of these Sea Robbers on United States. — General Eaton's Interview with the Bey of Tunis. — Royal Beggars. — War declared.
— Daring Feat of Decatur. — The Philadelphia burned in the Harbor of Tripoli. — TheBashawHamet. — Endof War 301
CHAPTER VI.
JEFFERSON'S SECOND TERM.
Aaron Burr's Duel with Hamilton. — Hamilton's Death. — Burr's Disgrace. — First Steamboat on the Hudson. — Fulton's Triumph. —The Great Event of Jefferson's Administration 309
CHAPTER VII.
MADISON'S PRESIDENCY.
Character of Madison. — Tecumseh. — William Henry Harrison, Governor of Indiana. — The Visit of Tecumseh. — The Prophet. — Battle of Tippecanoe. — Impressment of American Sailors on English Ships. — The Leopard and Chesapeake. — War declared against England. — Flogging of an American Sailor. — War Feeling in the United States . 311
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CHAPTER VIII.
OPENING OF THE WAR OF 1812.
The Scene of War. — Hull's Surrender of Detroit. — Disgrace of Hull. — The Chicago Massacre. — Young Winfield Scott. — Defeat on all Sides . . . 316
CHAPTER IX.
VICTORIES ON THE OCEAN.
The Constitution beats the Guerriere. — The Wasp on a Frolic. — Decatur wins Fresh Laurels. — Flag of the Macedonian presented to Mrs. Madison. — Bainbridge and the Constitution. — British Anger at Defeat 320
CHAPTER X.
EVENTS OF 1813.
Bounty on American Scalps. — The Slaughter at Frenchtown. — The Hornet meets the Peacock. — Lawrence takes command of the Chesapeake. — The Shannon challenges the Chesapeake. — Death of Lawrence. — " Don't give up the Ship " . . . .324
CHAPTER XI.
BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE.
Ship-building on the Lake. — A Stage-coach loaded with Sailors. — The Look-out at Put-in Bay. — The Battle begins. — Commodore Perry's Ship disabled. — He rows to the Niagara. — Victory on Lake Erie. — Battle of the Thames = 328
CHAPTER XII.
FRESH VICTORIES AND DEFEATS.
The Battle of Chippewa. — Scott at Lundy's Lane. — Admiral Cockburn sails up the Potomac. — Alarm at Washington. — The Defense at Blagdeusburg. — Invasion of Washington. — The Dinner at the White House. — Baltimore besieged. — The Star Spangled Banner .332
CHAPTER Xin.
MACDONOUGH's VICTORY.
" Old Ironsides." — Macdonough on Lake Champlain. — Fight on Lake and on Shore. — Victory in the Fleet. — The British Defeat at Plattsburg 338
CHAPTER XIV.
THE LAST CAMPAIGN OF THE WAR.
Signs of Peace. — Andrew Jackson at New Orleans. — Organizes Regiments of Black Men. — Preparations for a Merry Christmas in Camp. — Barricades of Sugar Hogsheads. — Battle of New Orleans. — The Peace Angel. — A New President elected . 341
CHAPTER XV.
MONROE AND ADAMS.
More Pirates. — War with Indians. — Lafavette's Visit. — Five New States. — Monroe Doctrine. — Another President from Massachusetts. — Death of Two Patriots. — Massachusetts and Virginia. — A Democratic President ....... 345
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CHAPTER XVI.
RAILROADS AND BANK.S. • ,
Character o^ -^narpw Jackson. — Traveling by Steam. — Tram-ways. — Oliver Evans's Steam-engme. — George Stephenson. — Jackson's War with the Banks. — The First National Banks. — Jackson vetoes the Bank Charter 352
Chapter XVII. Nullifiers In South Carolina
Manufactures in United States. —They ask for a "Protective Tariff." — The South threaten Rebellion. — Three Great Men. — The Man of the South. — The Man of the West. — The Man of the North. — Wrath of Jackson. — Speech of Daniel Webster. — The Nullifiers subdued. — Indian Troubles again. — The Indians moved West. — Jackson returns to his Hermitage 358
Chapter XVIII. Van Buren, Harrison, And Tyler
"Old Hickorv " and " Old Ironsides." — Hard Times. — Log Cabin Campaign. — Death of General Harrison. — John Tyler's Presidency. — A New Invention. — Samuel Morse, the Artist and Inventor. — Invention of the Telegraph. — A New Political Question 367
Chapter XIX. Brief History Of Mexico
Spanish Conquest of Mexico. — Inhabitants of Mexico. — Americans in Texas. — Sam Houston. — Texas rebels against Mexico, and asks to join the United States . . 371
Chapter XX. Beginning Of The Mexican War
"Old Zach." —Troops on the Rio Grande. —P«/o Alto. — The Prairie on Fire. — A Battle-field by Night. — Victory over the Mexicans. — Crossing the Rio Grande. — Scenery about Monterey. — Capture of the Bishop's Palace. — Siege of the Town. — Monterey taken 375
Chapter XXI. Invasion Of Mexico
Army of the West. — Conquest of New Mexico. — Fremont, the Explorer of the Rocky Mountains. — He enters California. — Kit Carson. — Fremont declares California an Independent State. — The Army of the Centre. — " Rough and Ready." — Bragg' s Battery. — Victory of Buena Vista. — Five Thousand Miles' March . . • .378
CHAPTER XXII. SCOTT'S march to MEXICO
The Fortress of San Juan D'UUoa. — Vera Cruz. - The Road to the Mexico. — Cerro Gordo, or " Big Hill." — The Ascent of the Hill. —In the Cordilleras. — The Defenses of Mexico. — The Hill at Contreras. — The Bridge at Churubusco.— The King's Mill.
— Grasshopper Hill. — School-boys' Defense of their Academy. — Entry into Mexico.
— End of War 38S>
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Chapter XXIII. The New Eldorado
General Taylor made President. — Gold in California. — The Gold Fever. — Death of Taylor. — Fillmore succeeds him. — Election of Franklin Pierce 397
Chapter XXIV. Slavery In United States
Beginning of African Slavery. — First Triumph of Slavery in Georgia. — The North and South. — Washington's Letter to Lafayette. — Slavery in the Constitution. — The Slave-trade. — Turner's " Slave-ship." — Disputes about Slavery. — Chattel Votes. — California wants to be a Free State. — Anger of the South 403
Chapter XXV. Effects Of Slaveky
Extravagance of the Tobacco Planter. — Poor Whites. — Black House-servants. — Cotton Plantations. — Three Classes in the South 409
Chapter XXVI. A New Party
The First Abolitionist. — A Mob in Boston. — Shooting of Lovejoy. — The Cradle of Liberty. — A Quaker Poet. — Arguments on both Sides. — Gunpowder and Cold Steel . 413
Chapter XXVII. Fugitive Slave Law
The President from New Hampshire. — Escape of Fugitive Slaves. — Story of Margaret Garner. — The Missouri Compromise. — Beating of Charles Sumner. — " Indignation " Meetings. — The Awkward Lawyer, and the Little Giant 417
Chapter XXVIII. The Kansas Struggle
Settling Kansas. — Free-state Emigrants. — Bloodshed on the Plains. — Sharps's Rifles. — A Modern Puritan. — The " John Brown Tract." — Attack on Lawrence. — Old Ossawatomie. — Kansas a Free State 421
Chapter XXIX. Raid Into Virginia
Presidential Contest of 1856. — An Exodus of Slaves. — The "Kennedy Farm." — Surprise of the Watchmen at Harper's Ferry. — The Arsenal taken. — John Brown Pikes — Arrival of Soldiers. — Capture of John Brown. — His Trial. — John Brown's Speech. — Sentence and Execution. — Scene on the Gallows 426
Chapter XXX. Lincoln Elected President
Party Quarrels. — The Story of Abraham Lincoln's Boyhood. — Feeling of the South. — Threats to break up the Union. —Joy in South Carolina at Lincoln's Election. —What 's Treason ? — Difference between Northern and Southern Patriotism .... 431
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Chapter XXXI. Beginning Of Hostilities
Inauguration Speech of Lincoln. — Coercion. — National Property. — Forts in Charleston Harbor. — Guns opened on Fort Sumter. — The Bombardment. — The Flag hauled down. — Intense Excitement. — Patriotism in the North. — Patriotism in the South . 436
Chapter XXXVI. The Great Border State
Border Ruffians. — The Faithful Germans. — Keeping Neutral. — The "Rebel Yell" — Heroic Death of Lyon. — Fremont in St. Louis. — His Proclamation. — Removal from Command. — Fremont's Body-guard. — Charge of the Guard. — Beriah Magoffin. — McClellan commands the Army of the Potomac. — All Quiet on the River . . . 492
Chapter XXXVII. Affairs On The Sea-coast
The Blockade. — Blockade Runners. — The Sea Islands. — A Steamboat Waltz. — The Trent. — Seizure of Prisoners on an English Ship. — Feeling of England. — Danger of War averted 469
Chapter Xxxviii. Taking Of Donelson
Gibraltar of the West. — U. S. Grant in Cairo. — Patience and Perseverance. — Commodore Foote batters Fort Henry. — The Muddy Road to Donelson. — The Rebel Ruse. — Grant detects the Design. — Fall of Donelson. — Unconditional Surrender. — Halleck in Missouri. — A Renegade Poet. — Pea Ridge. — Guerrillas. — Close of the Year 1862 . 472
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Chapter XXXIX. Work On The Ocean In 1862
Hampton Roads. — The Burnside Expedition. — A Formidable Monster. — How the Cumberland went down. — A Cheese Box on a Raft. — Fight of the Monitor and Merrimack 479
Chapter XL
The Log Meeting-house. — The Surprise. — " Drive the Yankees into the River." — Beauregard's Great Victory. — The Tide turns next Morning. — Cutting a Canal under Water. — Taking of Island No. 10. — The Siege of Corinth. — Beauregard's Last Strategy. — The Nation had found its Leader 482
Chapter XLI. Capture Of New Orleans
Ship Island. — Admiral Farragut. — Birnam Wood. —A Huge Fire Monster. — Cutting away the Barriers. — Passing the Forts. — The Levee at New Orleans. — A Bombastic Major. — Temper of the Citizens. — What " Beast Butler " did in New Orleans . . 489
Chapter XLII. Peninsular Campaign
Quiet on the Potomac. — Quaker Guns. — Transportation of an Army. — On to Richmond.
— Death in the Swamps. — Norfolk taken by General Wool. — Stonewall Jackson in Western Virginia. — Seven Days' Retreat. — Discouragement of the President . . 495
Chapter XLIII. Invasion Of Maryland
Pope takes Command. — More Defeats. — Maryland ! my Maryland ! — Entrance into Frederick. — Barbara Frietchie. — Through the Mountain-gap. — McClelian makes haste. — The Antietam Creek. — Fighting Joe Hooker. — The Battle. — Lee's Retreat.
— Burnside made Commander. — Ruins of Fredericksburg 499
Chapter XLIV. Affairs In The West
Generals Bragg, Polk, and Hardee. — The Queen City threatened. — Southern Rhetoric.
— Armor of the Southern Soldiers. — Rebel Spoils in Kentucky. — Battle of Corinth. — Christmas Jollity at Murfreesboro'. — Rosecrans marches on the Revelers. — " We fight,
or die here." — Victory for Unionists 508
Chapter XLV. Emancipation
The Day of Jubilee. — Sambo in the Union Lines. — The Loyal Chattel. — Lincoln on the Union and Slavery. — His Solemn Vow. — The Emancipation Proclamation. — Prejudice against Negro Soldiers 514
Chapter XLVI. Siege Of Vicksburg
Western Men. — Surroundings of Vicksburg. — Digging a Canal again. — Running the Batteries. — Grant's Baggage. — The Assaults. — Bombardment. — Surrender. — Port
Hudson. — The Mississippi flows unvexed to the Sea 517
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Chapter XLVII. The War In The East
The Army in Winter-quarters. — Stonewall Jackson's Death. — Invasion of Pennsylvania. — The Call for a Leader. — Gettysburg. — Sanitary Commission. — Horrors of a Battle-field. Narrative of an Eye-witness. —A Modern Sidney. — The Consecration of Gettysburg ^24
CHAPTER XLVni.
RIOTS IN NEW YORK CITY.
Drafting.— Traitors in the North. — A Peace Party. —Beginning of the Draft. — The Mob. — Destruction of Private Property. — Mob Violence is suppressed . . .530
Chapter XLIX. Efforts To Take Charleston
Three Strongholds of the Enemy. — Monitors in Charleston Harbor. — Folly Island. — The Storming of Wagner. — Robert Shaw "buried under his Niggers." —The Swamp Angel. — Fall of Wagner 533
Chapter L. Guerrilla Raids
John Morgan. —Raid into Indiana. — A Plucky Colonel. — Ohio at Morgan's Mercy.— Capture of Morgan. —Morgan's Escape from Prison. — Quantrell and his Ruffians. — The Sack of Lawrence. — A Hideous Butchery 53'
Chapter LI. Chattanooga And Lookout Mountain
Chattanooga Valley. — The Gateway of the Mountains. — Mission Ridge. — Defeat of Union Troops. — "Hold Chattanooga, or starve." — Battle in the Clouds. — The Rebels' last stand. — Victory for the Nation 540
Chapter LII
kilpatrick's raid.
Prison Pens. — Their Horrors. — Kilpatrick and Dahlgren. — Dahlgren lost in the Woods.
— Shot from an Ambush. — Robbing his Body. — Return of Kilpatrick . . . 544
Chapter LIII. Grant In Virginia
Old Virginia. — Lincoln's Passes to Richmond. — First Meeting of Grant and Lincoln.
— A Baulky Team. —Hard Times in Richmond. — The Wilderness. — "Grant not a Retreating Man." — Slow " Hammering." — " We will fight it out on this Line " . 541
Chapter LIV. Sheridan's Ride
General Phil. Sheridan. — Jubal Early's Raid. —Sheridan "Goes in."- The Ride from Winchester. — The Army settles round Petersburg. — A Mine exploded. — A Pit of Death 55S
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Chapter LV. The War In The West
Red River Expedition. — Forrest's Raid. — Butchery at Fort Pillow. — Secret Societies.
End of the Struggle in Missouri 557
Chapter LVI. Naval Engagements
A Confederate Navy. — Ships built in English Ports. — The Alabama. — Fight with the Kearsarge. — Story of a Brave Sailor. — Collins violates Neutrality Laws. — The Battle of Mobile Bay. — Farragut lashed to the Main-top. — The Gulf is Ours . . .560
CHAPTER LVn.
ON TO ATLANTA.
William T. Sherman. — The Three Armies. — Rebel Generals. — The Army fights its Way to Atlanta. — McPherson killed. — "Atlanta is Ours and fairly Won." —Designs againstNashville.— "Old Reliable."— Nashville saved 564
CHAPTER LVni.
THE MARCH TO THE 8EA.
The Army begins its March. —The Army Battle Hymn. —The Land of Plenty. — Prison Pen at Millen. — "Old Glory." — The Sight of the Sea. — Lincoln's Christmas Present. — Sherman goes North. — Burning of Columbia. — Charleston restored to the Nation. — Nearing the End of the March. — The Forlorn Hope of Johnston. — It is baffled at Bentonsville. — Sherman ]\)ins Grant 569
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