CHAPTER XIII.

MILITARY EVENTS OF 1863.-THE REBEL DEFEAT AT GETTYSBURG.--FALL

OF VICKSBURG AND PORT HUDSON.

The Battles at Fredericksburg.—Rebel Raid into Pennsylvania.—Results at

Gettysburg.–Vicksburg and Port Hudson Captured.-Public Rejoicings.

-The President's Speech.—Thanksgiving for Victories.-Battle of Chat-

tanooga.—Thanksgiving Proclamation.....

Page 407

CHAPTER XIV.

POLITICAL MOVEMENTS IN MISSOURI.—THE STATE ELECTIONS OF 1863.

General Fremont in Missouri.—The President's Letter to General Hunter.-

Emancipation in Missouri.-Appointment of General Schofieid.—The

President and the Missouri Radicals.-The President to the Missouri

Committee.—The President and General Schofield.—The President and

the Churches.-Letter to Illinois.—The Elections of 1863......... Page 422

CHAPTER XV.

THE CONGRESS OF 1863–'64.-MESSAGE OF THE PRESIDENT.-ACTION OF

THE SESSION.-PROGRESS IN RAISING TROOPS.

The President's Message.—The Proclamation of Amnesty.--Explanatory

Proclamation.-Debate on Slavery.-Call for Troops.-General Blair's

Resignation.—Diplomatic Correspondence.-Our Relations with England.

-France and Mexico.—The President and the Monroe Doctrine... Page 445

CHAPTER XVI.

MOVEMENTS TOWARDS RECONSTRUCTION.

State Governments in Louisiana and Arkansas.--Difference of Views be-

tween the President and Congress. The Rebellion and Labor.-The

President on Benevolent Associations.-Advancing Action concerning

the Negro Race.-Free State Constitutions....

Page 481

CHAPTER XVII.

MILITARY EVENTS OF THE SPRING AND SUMMER OF 1864.

Battle of the Olustee.-Kilpatrick's Raid on Richmond.—The Red River

Expedition. The Fort Pillow Massacre.—Rebel Atrocities.-General

Grant's Advance upon Richmond.—Battles in May.—Sherman's March to

Atlanta.--Rebel Raids in Maryland and Kentucky.-Siege of Petersburg.

- Martial Law iu Kentucky.--Draft for Five hundred thousand Men.-

Capture of Mobile and Atlanta..

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CHAPTER XVIII.

THE POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OF 1864.

The Presidential Election.—The Cleveland Convention.—The Convention at

Baltimore.—Mr. Lincoln's Renomination and Acceptance.--Popular Feel-

ing During the Summer.--The Arguelles Case.—The Forged Proclama-

tion.—The Niagara Falls Conference.-The Chicago Convention.—Progress

and Result of the Campaign.-Popular Joy at the Result.......

Page 547

CHAPTER XIX.

THE MEETING OF CONGRESS AND PROGRESS OF THE WAR

Condition of the Country at the Meeting of Congress.—The Message.—Pro-

ceedings in Congress.—Fort Fisher.— Death of Edward Everett.—Peace

Conferonce in Hampton Roads.—Military Affairs.....

Page 620

CHAPTER XX.

CLOSE OF THE REBELLION.

The Inaugural Address.--Proclamation to Deserters.-Speeches by the Pres-

ident.-Destruction of Lee's Army. The President's Visit to Richmond.

- Return to Washington.-Close of the War....

Page 669

CHAPTER XXI.

THE PRESIDENT'S ASSASSINATION.

The Condition of the Country.-Assassination of the President.—Murderous

Assault upon Secretary Seward.—The Funeral Procession from Washing-

ton to Springfield, Illinois.--Fate of the Assassins.- Estimate of Mr.

Lincoln's Charactor.—Conclusion.

Page 691

ANECDOTES AND REMINISCENCES OF PRESIDENT

LINCOLN.

Mr. Lincoln's Sadness...

His Favorite Poem

His Religious Experience.

His Sympathy ......

His Humor, Shrewdness, and Sentiment.

The Emancipation Proclamation

PAGE

726

728

730

735

743

759

REPORTS, DISPATCHES, AND PROCLAMATIONS RELATING TO

THE ASSASSINATION.

Secretary Stanton to General Dix....

783

The Death-Bed..

785

The Assassins

786

Reward Offered by Secretary Stanton...

787

Flight of the Assassins ...

787

The Conspiracy Organized in Canada.

787

Booth Killed.—Harold Captured....

788

Reward Offered by President Johnson...

788

The Funeral...

788

OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Acting Secretary Hunter to Minister Adams.

789

Acting Secretary Hunter to his Subordinates...

789

Orders from Secretary Stanton and General Grant

789

Orders from Secretary Welles....

790

Order from Secretary McCulloch..

791

Order from Postmaster-General Dennison...

791

Proclamation by President Johnson of a Day of Humiliation and Mourning 791

Secretary Stanton to Minister Adams...

792

IMPORTANT LETTER FROM J. WILKES BOOTH.

INDICTMENT OF THE CONSPIRATORS

THE FINDING OF THE COURT

793

796

799