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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.-EARLY DIFFERENCES.

THE THIRTEEN COLONIES.-DIFFERENCES BETWEEN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN COLONIES.-

SLAVERY. THE CONFEDERATION OF THE COLONIES.-ONE NATION TO-DAY AND THIR-

TEES TO-MORROW. THE CONSTITUTION AND THE UNION.-FEDERALISTS AND DEMOCRATIC-

REPUBLICANS.-ALEXANDER HAMILTON.-THOMAS JEFFERSON.-WASHINGTON A PEACE-

MAKER-FRANCE OR ENGLAND.-A BITTER STRUGGLE. SUCCESS OF THE FEDERAL-

ISTS.-MILLIONS FOR DEFENCE, NOT ONE CENT FOR TRIBUTE.-ALIEN AND SEDITION

LAWS-STATE RIGHTS.-THE VIRGINIA AND THE KENTUCKY RESOLUTIONS.-WAR WITH

ENGLAND. THE HARTFORD CONVENTION.-SLAVE STATES AND FREE STATES.-THE MIS-

SOURI COMPROMISE.-THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.-FREE TRADE OR PROTECTION.-JOHN

C. CALHOUN,-NULLIFICATION.-WEBSTER AND HAYNE.-ANDREW JACKSON.-BY THE

ETERNAL, THE UNION SHALL BE PRESERVED. THE COMPROMISE TARIFF.... ..Page

CHAPTER II.-SLAVERY.

SLAVERY AND EMANCIPATION.-JOHN RANDOLPH'S OPINION.-BENJAMIN LUNDY.-WILLIAM

LLOYD GARRISON.-THE ANTI-SLAVERY SOCIETY.-THE ABOLITIONISTS.-CHANGE OF

OPINION IN THE SOUTH.-TEXAS.-THE WHIG PARTY.-THE LIBERTY PARTY.-WAR

WITH MEXICO.-THE WILMOT PROVISO.--SLAVE STATES AND FREE STATES.-THE FREE-

SOIL PARTY.-HENRY CLAY AND THE COMPROMISES OF 1850.-THE FUGITIVE SLAVE

LAW. -PERSONAL LIBERTY LAWS.-THE KANSAS AND NEBRASKA BILL.-SQUATTER

SOVEREIGNTY.-KANSAS A BATTLE-GROUND.-ASSAULT UPON SENATOR SUMNER.-THE

REPUBLICAN PARTY.-THE DRED SCOTT CASE.-FILIBUSTERING EXPEDITIONS.-JOHN

BROWN'S RAID.-CAPTURE OF HARPER'S FERRY.-JOHN BROWN'S EXECUTION.-HIS SOUL

IS MARCHING ON..........

CHAPTER III.-SECESSION.

DIVISION OF the DEMOCRATIC PARTY.-STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS.-JOHN C. BRECKINRIDGE.

ELECTION OF LINCOLN.-THE NEWS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.-PRESIDENT BUCHANAN.-THE

CRITTENDEN COMPROMISE.-SECESSION OF SOUTH CAROLINA.-SCENES IN CHARLESTON,

-THE TOMB OF CALHOUN.-SECESSION BONNETS.-FOREIGN NEWS.-FORTS MOULTRIE

AND SUMTER.-MAJOR ANDERSON.-REMOVAL TO SUMTER.-RAISING THE FLAG.-UNITED

STATES BUILDINGS SEIZED.-MAJOR ANDERSON AND STATE RIGHTS.-THE STAR OF THE

WEST.-SECESSION OF OTHER STATES.-JOHN A. DIX AND THE FLAG.-THE CONFEDERATE

STATES.-JEFFERSON DAVIS.-ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS.-THE PEACE CONGRESS.—

TWIGGS'S SURRENDER.-FORT PICKENS SAVED........

CHAPTER IV.—SUMTER.

INAUGURATION OF LINCOLN.-HIS EARLY LIFE.-LINCOLN AND DOUGLAS. PEACE OR WAR?-

THE CABINET. THE STARS AND BARS.-THE CONFEDERATE COMMISSIONERS. SECRETARY

BLAIR'S OPINION.-SECRETARY SEWARD AND THE WAYWARD STATES.-CAPTAIN FOX.-

THE ATTEMPT TO PROVISION SUMTER-GENERAL BEAUREGARD.-THE FIRST SHOT

AGAINST SUMTER.-THE CIVIL WAR BEGUN.-ANDERSON AND HIS MEN.-THE BARRACKS

ON FIRE-MAKING CARTRIDGES.-KNOCKED DOWN TEMPORARILY.-FLAMES AND SMOKE.

-THE FLAG HIT,-THE SURRENDER.-SALUTE TO THE FLAG.-YANKEE DOODLE............ 50

CHAPTER V.-UPRISING OF THE NORTH.

REJOICING IN THE SOUTH.-WASHINGTON THREATENED.-LINCOLN CALLS FOR TROOPS.-

ENTHUSIASM IN THE NORTH.-75,000 COFFINS WANTED.-SECESSION OF VIRGINIA.-HELP

FOR WASHINGTON.-MASSACHUSETTS TROOPS MOBBED IN BALTIMORE.-WASHINGTON IN

A STATE OF SIEGE. THE NEW YORK SEVENTH AND THE MASSACHUSETTS EIGHTH.-BEN.

BUTLER.-OLD IRONSIDES.-RAILWAY REPAIRING.-ROOM ENOUGH TO BURY SEVENTY-

FIVE THOUSAND.-I MUST HAVE TROOPS.-BALTIMORE OVERAWED.-HARPER'S FERRY

BURNED.-DESTRUCTION OF THE GOSPORT NAVY YARD.-THE BLOCKADE PROCLAIMED.-

CONFEDERATE PRIVATEERS.-NORTH CAROLINA SECEDES -MORE VOLUNTEERS WANTED.

-CAPTURE OF CAMP JACKSON, ST. LOUIS.-UNION FEELING IN KENTUCKY.

CHAPTER VI.-MARCH INTO VIRGINIA.

CONFEDERATE CONGRESS AT MONTGOMERY.-KING COTTON.-REMOVAL TO RICHMOND.-

MANASSAS JUNCTION.-WASHINGTON A CAMP.-SECESSIONISTS IN WASHINGTON. SECES-

SION LADY'S COSTUME.-A HEAVY PETTICOAT.-MARY'S CAPS.-BUTTONS FOR LUNCH.-

BRAVE MISS WEBSTER.-A SUSPICIOUS FUNERAL.-A KITE WITH A VALUABLE TAIL.-

THE UNION TROOPS IN VIRGINIA.-ARLINGTON HEIGHTS.-FORT-BUILDING.-DEATH OF

ELLSWORTH.-FORTRESS MONROE.-CONTRABANDS.-LITTLE BETHEL.-BIG BETHEL

DEATH OF THEODORE WINTHROP.-LIEUTENANT GREBLE.-MCCLELLAN IN WESTERN

VIRGINIA.-PHILIPPI.-RICH MOUNTAIN.-DEATH OF GENERAL GARNETT.-PATTERSON

CROSSES THE POTOMAC.-PATTERSON AND JOHNSTON.....

CHAPTER VII.-BULL RUN.

FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE VOLUNTEERS.-GENERAL MCDOWELL.-ON TO RICHMOND.-

THE MARCH BEGUN.-BEAUREGARD'S POSITION.-BATTLE OF BULL RUN. STONEWALL

JACKSON. JOHNSTON AIDS BEAUREGARD.-DEATH OF GENERAL BEE.-MRS. HENRY'S

HOUSE. A DISGUSTED IRISHMAN.-THE STARS AND STRIPES OR THE STARS AND BARS.-

KIRBY SMITH AND EARLY TO THE RESCUE.-THE UNION ROUT.-DAVIS VISITS THE

BATTLE-GROUND.-THE CENTREVILLE PICNIC.-CONFEDERATE EXAGGERATIONS.-A LONG

RETREAT. DEN I GOT OFF.-CONFEDERATE HOPES.-THE NORTH PREPARES FOR WAR IN

EARNEST.-MCCLELLAN IN COMMAND OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.-THE BULL RUN

CHAPTER VIII.-BOONVILLE.-WILSON'S CREEK.

MILITARY IMPORTANCE OF CAIRO.-BIRD'S POINT.-LYON IN COMMAND IN MISSOURI.-

GOVERNOR JACKSON CALLS FOR VOLUNTEERS AGAINST THE UNION.-BATTLE of Boon-

VILLE. FIGHT NEAR CARTHAGE.-FRANZ SIGEL'S RETREAT.-FREMONT IN COMMAND IN

THE WEST.-BEN MCCULLOCH.-BATTLE AT DUG SPRING.-WILSON'S CREEK.—THE

CONFEDERATES SURPRISED.-A FALSE FLAG.-WHERE IS SIGEL?-DEATH OF LYON.-

RETREAT TO SPRINGFIELD.-STORY OF EDDY, THE DRUMMER-BOY.....

CHAPTER IX.-LEXINGTON.-BELMONT.

GENERAL BISHOP POLK.-FREMONT'S PROCLAMATION.-A POLITIC CONTRABAND.-PRICE

ATTACKS LEXINGTON.-MULLIGAN'S BRAVE DEFENCE.-PRECIOUS WATER.-SURRENDER

OF LEXINGTON.-NO AMMUNITION LEFT.-GENERAL PILLOW AT NEW MADRID.-THE CON-

FEDERATES SEIZE COLUMBUS.-ISLAND NUMBER TEN,-ZOLLICOFFER AND BUCKNER IN-

VADE KENTUCKY.-CONFEDERATE CAMP AT BOWLING GREEN.-FREMONT MARCHES TO

SPRINGFIELD.-ZAGONYT'S CHARGE.-MAJOR WHITE'S ADVENTURE.-FREMONT SUPER-

SEDED. GENERAL HALLECK IN COMMAND IN MISSOURI.-STERLING PRICE AND HIS MEN.—

JEFF. THOMPSON.-GENERAL GRANT AT CAIRO.-BATTLE OF BELMONT.-GENERAL CHEAT-

HAM'S ESCAPE...........

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER X.-WESTERN VIRGINIA.

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GENERAL ROSECRANS IN WEST VIRGINIA.-ROBERT E. LEE.-BATTLE OF CARNIFEX FERRY.

-ESCAPE OF FLOYD.-REYNOLDS AND LEE.-DEATH OF COLONEL WASHINGTON.-TRAV-

ELLERS' REPOSE. - MILROY AND JOHNSTON.-MUNSON'S HILL, VIRGINIA. THE POTOMAC

CLOSED BY CONFEDERATE BATTERIES.-ACQUIA CREEK.-TORPEDOES.-ARMY OF THE

POTOMAC.-QUAKER GUNS.-LEWINSVILLE AND DARNESTOWN.-DISASTER AT BALL'S

BLUFF. DEATH OF COLONEL BAKER.-FALSE REPORTS OF BATTLES.-GENERAL STONE

IN FORT LAFAYETTE, -FAULT-FINDING.-SOLDIERS' JOKES.-HARD-TACK.-FORAGING.-

DRAWING POTATOES.-SOLDIERS' SLANG.-GENERAL SCOTT RESIGNS.-MCCLELLAN GEN-

ERAL-IN-CHIEF.-DRANESVILLE.-WINTER QUARTERS.................

CHAPTER XI.-THE ATLANTIC COAST.

SECRETARY WELLES AND THE NAVY.-CONFEDERATE PRIVATEERS.-THE LADY DAVIS.-

THE SAVANNAH'S CREW TREATED AS PIRATES.-THE PETREL SUNK.-THE SUMTER.-

RAPHAEL SEMMES.-THE LAWS ABOUT PRIZES.-THE NASHVILLE.-BLOCKADE RUNNING.

-EXPEDITION AGAINST HATTERAS.-THE FORTS CAPTURED.-A UNION EXPEDITION

SPOILED.-FORT PICKENS.-WILSON'S ZOUAVES.-THE BOYS HAVE GOT THE MONEY.-

NIGHT ATTACK ON THE ZOUAVES' CAMP.-BOMBARDMENT OF FORTS MCREE AND BAR-

RANCAS. THE MANASSAS RAM-FIGHT WITH THE UNION FLEET IN THE MISSISSIPPI.-

CHAPTER XII.-DEEDS OF THE NAVY.

THE PORT ROYAL EXPEDITION.-HILTON HEAD. THE MOSQUITO FLEET.-PORT ROYAL.-

BEAUFORT.-FRENCH COLONY OF 1562.--CAPTURE OF THE FORTS.-COTTON-BURNING.-

MASSA BOBOLITION.-BIG TYBEE ISLAND.-MARTELLO TOWER.-SINKING OF THE STONE

FLEET AT CHARLESTON.-MASON AND SLIDELL.--THE TRENT AND THE SAN JACINTO.-

LIEUTENANT FAIRFAX AND MISS SLIDELL-HONORS TO CAPTAIN WILKES.-THE BRITISH

LION GROWLS AND GETS READY FOR WAR.-I'M OFF TO CHARLESTON.-MR. LINCOLN'S

STORY OF THE TWO DOGS.-MR. SEWARD'S JOKE.-MASON AND SLIDELL DELIVERED UP.

CHAPTER XIII.-MILL SPRING.-FORT HENRY.

ZOLLICOFFER IN KENTUCKY.-CAMP WILDCAT.-GENERAL SCHOEPF.-SHAM SECESSION

OF KENTUCKY.-GENERAL BUELL.-COLONEL GARFIELD.-BATTLE OF MILL SPRING.—

DEATH OF ZOLLICOFFER. THE YANKEES WILL COTCH US.-CONTRABAND
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FUN.-

SCHNAPPS! SCHNAPPS!-ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON.-FORTS HENRY AND DONELSON,-

COMMODORE FOOTE.-TORPEDOES.-CAPTURE OF FORT HENRY.-GENERAL TILGHMAN.

CHAPTER XIV.-FORT DONELSON.-NASHVILLE,

THE TENNESSEE RIVER OPENED.-GENERAL GRANT.-COMMODORE FOOTE AS A PREACHER.

-SIEGE OF FORT DONELSON.-SHARPSHOOTERS.-A GALLANT BOY.-SLEET AND SNOW.-

FOOTE AND HIS GUNBOATS.-THE COMMODORE WOUNDED.-A BOLD SORTIE.-THE CON-

FEDERATES CHECKED.-ESCAPE OF FLOYD AND PILLOW.-FOREST AND HIS CAVALRY.-

UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER GRANT.-TRIUMPHAL ENTRY.-CLARKSVILLE AND NASH-

VILLE OCCUPIED.-ANDREW JOHNSON.-A SHARP NEWSBOY.- THE CONFEDERATES

ABANDON COLUMBUS.-JOHN MORGAN-THE DISOBEDIENT SOLDIER.-AN UNFORTUNATE

GATEKEEPER.-A COSTLY LOAD OF MEAL.-MORGAN AND THE TELEGRAPH OPERATOR.. 171

CHAPTER XV.-ROANOKE.-NEW BERNE.-PULASKI.

EXPEDITION AGAINST ROANOKE ISLAND.-A GUNBOAT FIGHT.-FORT BARTOW.-A GALLANT

ATTACK.-Zou! Zou! Zou!-CAPTURE OF ROANOKE ISLAND.- ELIZABETH CITY.-GALLANT

JOHN DAVIS.-ATTACK ON NEW BERNE.-NEWS FROM MANASSAS.-FALL OF NEW BERNE.

-THE DAILY PROGRESS.-DE ROTTEN BALLS.-THE CHILD OF THE REGIMENT.--BOM-

BARDMENT OF FORT MACON.-A PATCHED FLAG.-BATTLE OF SOUTH MILLS.-SIEGE OF

FORT PULASKI-MORTARS AND HOW TO FIRE THEM.-ALL'S WELL!-A REGIMENT OF

WHITTLERS.-PULASKI SURRENDERS.-FORT CLINCH.-AN OLD NEWSPAPER.-HOLD ON,

MARS' YANKEE!.....

CHAPTER XVI.-PEA RIDGE.-ISLAND NUMBER TEN.

PRICE IN SPRINGFIELD.-RETREATS BEFORE CURTIS.-SUGAR CREEK.-CURTIS FALLS BACK

TO PEA RIDGE.-ALBERT PIKE AND HIS INDIANS.-EARL VAN DORN.-BATTLE OF PEA

RIDGE. ELKHORN TAVERN.-A NIGHT OF ANXIETY.-DEATH OF BEN. MCCULLOCH.—

THE CONFEDERATES RETREAT. INDIAN ATROCITIES.-BEAUREGARD IN THE MISSISSIPPI

VALLEY.-A NEW LINE OF DEFENCE.-ISLAND NUMBER TEN.-GENERAL POPE ATTACKS

NEW MADRID.-THE CONFEDERATES ABANDON THE FORTS.-COMMODORE FOOTE AND

HIS FLEET.-BOMBARDMENT OF ISLAND NUMBER TEN.-DIGGING A CANAL.-GUNBOATS

RUNNING THE BATTERIES.-THE LITTLE GIBRALTAR SURRENDERS...

CHAPTER XVII.-SHILOH.-MEMPHIS.

BEAUREGARD AT CORINTH.-GRANT AND HALLECK.-PITTSBURG LANDING.-ALBERT SYDNEY

JOHNSTON JOINS BEAUREGARD.-MARCHES AGAINST GRANT.-SHILOH CHURCH.-AN

UNCOMFORTABLE NIGHT.-WE SHALL SLEEP IN THE ENEMY'S CAMP.-THE UNION ARMY

SURPRISED. SHERMAN AND HIS MEN.-SKULKERS.-DEATH OF JOHNSTON. GRANT AT

BAY.-BEAUREGARD KEEPS HIS PROMISE.-BUELL TO THE RESCUE.-THE GUNBOATS DO

GOOD SERVICE.-A DREADFUL RETREAT.-BOATS ENOUGH.-KENTUCKIANS AT SHILOH.

-HOLD, BILL! THAT'S FATHER-SCHPIKE DEM GUNS!--MITCHELL IN HUNTSVILLE. —

HALLECK RELIEVES GRANT OF COMMAND.-CORINTH.-QUAKER GUNS.-FORT PILLOW.—

BATTLE OF GUNBOATS.-MEMPHIS TAKEN...

CHAPTER XVIII.-NEW ORLEANS.

EXPEDITION AGAINST NEW ORLEANS.-SHIP ISLAND.-FARRAGUT AND HIS FLEET.-DEFENCES

OF THE CITY.-MORTAR VESSELS DISGUISED.-FIRE-RAFTS.-A FURIOUS BOMBARD-

MENT.-FARRAGUT PASSES THE FORTS.-THE VARUNA SUNK.-A BRAVE BOY.-AN

AWFUL SIGHT.-THE HARTFORD IN FLAMES. SINKING OF THE GUNBOATS.-THE

MANASSAS EXPLODES.-NEW ORLEANS AMAZED.-SHIPS AND COTTON BURNED.-GEN-

ERAL LOVELL.-MUMFORD AND THE FLAG.-THE FORTS SURRENDER TO PORTER.—A

FAT MAN GROWS LEAN.-BUTLER IN NEW ORLEANS.-HANGING OF MUMFORD.-BUT-

LER'S ACCUSERS.-FARRAGUT PASSES THE VICKSBURG BATTERIES.-BATTLE AT BATON

ROUGE. THE ARKANSAS DESTROYED.-CAPTURE OF GALVESTON........

CHAPTER XIX.-MERRIMACK AND MONITOR.

IRON-CLADS.-THE MERRIMACK.-SHE STEAMS TO HAMPTON ROADS.-AN IRON STORM.-

SINKING OF THE CUMBERLAND.-THE CONGRESS SURRENDERS.-THE MINNESOTA IN

DANGER. THE MERRIMACK LEAVES HER PREY.-A DISMAL NIGHT.-ARRIVAL OF THE

MONITOR.-A CHEESE BOX ON A PLANK.-EXPLOSION OF THE CONGRESS.-A SUNDAY

VISIT. THE MONITOR IN WAITING.-THE CHEESE-BOX IS MADE OF IRON-LIEUTENANT

WORDEN WOUNDED.-THE MERRIMACK RETREATS.-THE MINNESOTA SAVED.-HONORS

TO ERICSSON.-JOE'S DEAD...

CHAPTER XX. PENINSULA CAMPAIGN.

THE GRAND ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.-WASHINGTON AND RICHMOND.-MCCLELLAN ILL.-

EDWIN M. STANTON-PLANS FOR TAKING RICHMOND.--PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S ORDER.-

OPPOSITION TO MCCLELLAN. THE CONFEDERATES LEAVE MANASSAS.-MCCLELLAN'S

COMMAND CHANGED.-STONEWALL JACKSON IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.-GENERAL

BANKS OPPOSES HIM.-THE POTOMAC FREE.-THE ARMY GOES TO THE PENINSULA.--THE

FRENCH PRINCES.-MR. LINCOLN AND THE POLITICIANS.-SIEGE OF YORKTOWN.-BIG

NIGGER, COME DOWN!-OLD SETH.-JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON. TORPEDOES.-BATTLE OF

WILLIAMSBURG.-THE CHICKAHOMINY.-NORFOLK.-DRURY'S BLUFF.-PANIC IN RICH-

CHAPTER XXI.-SHENANDOAH VALLEY.-CHICKAHOMINY.

MCDOWELL AT FREDERICKSBURG.-PORTER AT HANOVER COURT-HOUSE.-MCDOWELL OR-

DERED TO WASHINGTON,-STONEWALL JACKSON.-JACKSON OR A RABBIT.-JACKSON'S

PRAYERS. BANKS DRIVEN INTO MARYLAND.-JACKSON REPULSES FREMONT.-DEFEATS

SHIELDS.-TURNER ASHBY.-A GALLANT DEED.-FLOODS IN THE CHICKAHOMINY.-THE

UNION ARMY DIVIDED.--SEVEN PINES AND FAIR OAKS. GENERAL JOHNSTON WOUNDED.

-ROBERT E. LEE IN COMMAND OF THE CONFEDERATES. THE SWAMPS OF THE CHICKA-

HOMINY.-BALLOONS IN WAR.-HOW ARE YEES, BYES?-JEB STUART. THE RIDE

AROUND MCCLELLAN.-WHITE HOUSE.-WASHINGTON'S MARRIAGE.-STONEWALL JACK-

SON AND THE FARMER...

CHAPTER XXII.-SEVEN DAYS' FIGHT.

LEE ATTACKS MCCLELLAN. BEAVER DAM CREEK.-BATTLE OF MECHANICSVILLE. — A

CHANGE OF BASE BATTLE OF GAINES'S MILLS-GENERAL MCCALL'S ESCAPE.

MCCLELLAN'S RETREAT TO THE JAMES RIVER. THE WHITE OAK SWAMP.-BATTLE OF
SAVAGE'S STATION-BATTLE OF FRAZIER'S FARM.-MCCALL A PRISONER.-BATTLE OF

MALVERN HILL-MCCLELLAN AT HARRISON'S LANDING.-END OF THE SEVEN DAYS'

FIGHT.-DEPARTURE OF THE FRENCH PRINCES.-PRESIDENT LINCOLN VISITS MCCLEL-

LAN-THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE VOLUNTEERS...........................

CHAPTER XXIII.-POPE'S CAMPAIGN.

GENERAL POPE AND THE ARMY OF VIRGINIA.-POPE'S ADDRESS TO HIS SOLDIERS.-HAL-

LECK AS GENERAL-IN-CHIEF.-LEE'S STRATEGY.-BATTLE OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN.—

STUART'S RIDE AROUND POPE.- POPE'S UNIFORM. - STONEWALL JACKSON BEHIND

POPE.-FIGHT AT BRISTOW STATION. THE SECOND BATTLE OF BULL RUN. - POPE

DECEIVED. BATTLE OF CHANTILLY. - POPE SHOWS HIS BACK. DEATH OF PHIL

KEARNY.-POPE RESIGNS AND GOES WEST. MCCLELLAN AGAIN. POPE'S CHARGES

AGAINST PORTER.-LEE'S SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN.-THE CONFEDERATES CROSS THE

POTOMAC.-COOL RECEPTION IN MARYLAND.-BARBARA FRIETCHIE AND STONEWALL

JACKSON.........

CHAPTER XXIV.-SOUTH MOUNTAIN.-ANTIETAM.

MCCLELLAN MARCHES AGAINST LEE. WELCOME IN FREDERICK.-A FORTUNATE DIS-

COVER7.-STONEWALL JACKSON GOES TO HARPER'S FERRY. — BATTLES OF SOUTH

MOUNTAIN AND CRAMPTON'S GAP.-FALL OF HARPER'S FERRY.-LEE HARD PRESSED.-

HIS POSITION NEAR SHARPSBURG.-THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM.-DEATH OF GENERAL

MANSFIELD.-HOOKER WOUNDED.-SUMNER HOLDS HIS GROUND.-BURNSIDE ATTACKS

ON THE LEFT. LEE RECROSSES THE POTOMAC.-A DRAWN BATTLE. - GOOD-BY,

SAMMY.-I'M A BOLD SOJER BOY.-JEB STUART IN PENNSYLVANIA.-MCCLELLAN FOL-

LOWS LEE.-SUPERSEDED BY BURNSIDE.-MCCLELLAN'S FAREWELL-A QUESTION FOR

GENERAL HALLECK.....

CHAPTER XXV.-FREDERICKSBURG.

BURNSIDE'S NEW PLAN.-THE MARCH TO FREDERICKSBURG.-LEE HOLDS THE HILLS.-PON-

TOON BRIDGE-BUILDING. SHARPSHOOTERS. - THE TOWN SHELLED. A DANGEROUS

CROSSING. THE GRAYBACKS HUNTED OUT OF THEIR HOLES.-A BRAVE DRUMMER-

BOY.-THE ARMY CROSSES THE RIVER.-BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG.-HOOKER'S GAL-

LANT ASSAULT. — BURNSIDE RETREATS. - CONFEDERATE HOPES. - BURNSIDE RESIGNS,

AND HOOKER TAKES COMMAND OF THE ARMY.-WINTER QUARTERS. SAD CONDITION

OF THE CONFEDERATES.-THE LADIES AT WORK.-CONFEDERATE MANUFACTURES.—

WOODEN SHOES.-SOUTHERN BOOKS.-A HOME-MADE CHRISTMAS.-PICKET TALKS.—

MY MOTHER! MY MOTHER!-JACKSON'S RESIGNED!.

CHAPTER XXVI.—Bragg in Kentucky.-MURFREESBORO,

GRANT AND SHERMAN.-GRANT AGAIN IN COMMAND.-SHERMAN'S COTTON MONEY.--GENERAL

BRAGG SUCCEEDS BEAUREGARD.-MORGAN'S RAID INTO KENTUCKY.-FOREST IN TENNES-

SEE-KIRBY SMITH ENTERS KENTUCKY.-BATTLE OF RICHMOND.-BRAGG CAPTURES

UNION TROOPS AT MUMFORDSVILLE.-A LONG WAGON TRAIN,-BUELL MARCHES AGAINST

BRAGG. BATTLE OF PERRYVILLE. BRAGG RETREATS INTO TENNESSEE.-ROSECRANS

SUCCEEDS BUELL-BATTLE OF IUKA.-VAN DORN ATTACKS CORINTH.-DEFEATED BY

ROSECRANS.- PEMberton SUCCEEDS VAN DORN. BRAGG AT MURFREESBORO, — PRESI-

DENT DAVIS'S VISIT. — COWARDLY SOLDIERS. THE BATTLE OF MURFREESBORO. —

BRAGG'S RETREAT.............
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