Virginians in Charleston, p. 1466-A Cry for Blood, 1466-Events in Charleston, 1467—
Siege of Fort Sumter, 1467-Incidents of the Struggle, 1468-Evacuation of the Fort, 1469—
Joyful Feelings in Charleston, 1470-Gratitude of the Loyal People Displayed, 1470-Honors
to Major Anderson, 1470-Attempts to Capture Fort Pickens, 1470-Honors to Lieuten-
ant Slemmer, 1472-President's Call for Troops, 1473-Responses to the Call, 1473-Uprising
of the Loyal People, 1474-Boastings of the Northern Press, 1475-A Fatal Mistake, 1476—
Interpretations of Scripture, 1476-Proclamations and Counter-Proclamations, 1476—Priva-
teering Recommended to the Confederates, 1477—Action of the Confederate Congress, 1477—
Privateers Commissioned, 1477.
The Virginia Convention, p. 1478-Union Sentiments Suppressed by Violence, 1479—Ordi.
nance of Secession Passed, 1479-Bad Faith, 1479-Virginia Annexed to the Confederacy, 1479
-The People Disfranchised, 1480-The National Capital to be Seized, 1480-Davis's Profes
sions, 1480-Poetic Comments on them, 1481-Events at Harper's Ferry and Gosport Navy.
Yard, 1481-Response to the Call for Troops, 1482—Massachusetts Sends Troops to Washing.
ton, 1483-Attack upon them in Baltimore, 1483-Crítical Situation of the Capital, 1484—The
President and Maryland Secessionists, 1485—Prompt and Efficient Action of General Wool,
1485-Union Defence Committee, 1486--General Butler's Operations in Maryland, 1486—H♦
takes Possession of Baltimore, 1487-Events at the Capital, 1488-Preparations for the Strug.
gle, 1488.
Defection of Colonel Lee, p. 1489-Temptation and Fall, 1490-First Invasion of Virginia,
1490-Death of Colonel Ellsworth, 1491-Blockade of the Potomac, 1492-Engagement at
Sewall's Point, 1492-Loyalty in Western Virginia, 1492—Action of the Secessionists, 1492-
Conventions, 1492-Creation and Admission of a New State, 1493-Troops from Beyond the
Ohio, 1495-The First Battle on Land, 1495—Attitude of the Border States, 1495-Kentucky
Unionism, 1495-Events in Missouri, 1497-General Lyon, 1497-The Governor of Missouri
Raises the Standard of Revolt, 1498-Movements in Tennessee, 1498-Pillow and Polk, 1498-.
Change in the Confederate Seat of Government, 1498-Jefferson Davis in Virginia, 1498-His
Reception in Richmond, 1499.
Beauregard's Proclamation, p. 1500-Insurgents at Harper's Ferry, 1501-Exploits of an
Indiana Regiment, 1501-Events on the Virginia Peninsula, 1501-Battle at Big Bethel, 1502-
National Troops on the Upper Potomac, 1503-The Capital in Danger, 1503-A Gunpowder
Plot, 1504-Action of England and France, 1504-Punch's Epigram, 1505-Conduct of Great
Britain and the Western European Powers, 1505-Russia, 1507-Meeting of Congress, 1507-
Department Reports, 1508-Appropriations, 1508-Increase of the Navy, 1508-Enthusiasm of
the People, 1509-Women's Work, 1509-Miss Dix, 1509-United States Sanitary and Christian
Commissions, 1511-Benevolent Work in Philadelphia, 1511.
Confederates in Virginia, p. 1513-National Troops in Western Virginia, 1513—McClellan's
Campaign, 1514-Secessionists Repressed in Baltimore, 1515-Confederate Privateers, 1515-
Troops near Washington, 1516-Manassas Junction, 1516-Patterson Crosses the Potomac,
1517-Movements of National Troops, 1517-Battle at Blackburn's Ford, 1517-Battle of Bull's
Run and its Effects, 1518-War in the West, 1522-General Lyon's Campaign, 1522-Military
Operations in Missouri, 1522-Death of Lyon, 1524-Union Movement, 1524-Movements of a
Disloyal Governor, 1524.
Fremont in Missouri, p. 1525-Siege and Fall of Lexington, 1526—Kentucky Neutrality
Violated by the Confederates, 1526—Events in Eastern Kentucky, 1527-Buckner's Raid, 1527—
Fremont Superseded, 1528-Battle at Belmont, 1529-Military Movements in Northwestern
Virginia, 1529-Lee, Floyd, and Wise, 1530-Civil War Ended in West Virginia, 1531-Capture
of Hatteras Forts, 1531-Events near Fort Pickens and Southwest Pass, 1533-Operations on
the Coast of South Carolina, 1533-McClellan in Command, 1534—“ On to Richmond!” 1535—
Boldness of the Confederates, 1535-They are Pushed Back, 1536-Battle at Ball's Bluff, 1537.
Inaction of the Army of the Potomac, p. 1538-Capture of Mason and Slidell, 1539-Conduct
of the British Government and Press, 1540-President Lincoln's Wisdom, 1540-Release of the
Captives, 1541-Expedition to the Coast of North Carolina, 1542—Capture of Roanoke Island,
1543-Proclamation to the People of Eastern North Carolina, 1543-Department Commanders
West of the Mississippi, 1544-Missouri Purged of Armed Insurgents, 1544-The Campaign
in Missouri, 1544-Insurgents Chased into Arkansas, 1545—Battle of Pea Ridge, 1546-Military
Operations in New Mexico, 1546-Battle at Valverde, 1548-Insurgents Expelled from New
Mexico, 1548-Civil and Military Transactions in Kentucky, 1548-Battle of Mill Spring, 1550
-The Confederate Line Across Kentucky Broken and Shortened, 1550-Beauregard in the
West, 1551.
A Gun-boat Fleet, p. 1552—Expedition against Forts Henry and Donelson, 1552—Capture of
Forts Henry and Hieman, 1553-Naval Expedition up the Tennessee, 1553-Its Discoveries,
1554-Army Reorganized, 1554—Siege of Fort Donelson, 1554—Change in Temperature, 1554-
Engagements on Land and Water, 1555-A Desperate Measure Attempted, 1555-Council of
War, 1556-Cowardice, 1556-Surrender of Fort Donelson, 1557-Army Postal Service, 1557-
Panic at Nashville, 1559-Surrender of the City, 1559-Provisional Government for Tennessee,
1559-Events on the Mississippi River, 1560-Siege and Capture of Island Number Ten, 1560—
Movement toward Corinth, 1562-National Army at Pittsburg Landing, 1562-Buell's Army
on the March, 1563.
The Nationals and Confederates at Shiloh, p. 1564-Battle of Shiloh: Its Events and Results,
1565-The Confederate Retreat to Corinth, 1566-Siege and Capture of Corinth, 1566-General
Mitchel's Raid into Alabama, 1567-Recovered Territory, 1567-Raid upon a Railway, 1568—
Capture of Memphis, 1569—Capture of New Berne and Fort Macon, 1569-Events on the Coast
of North Carolina, 1569—Siege and Capture of Fort Pulaski, 1570-Conquests on the Southern
Army of the Potomac, p. 1577-Armies Ordered to Move, 1578-McClellan's Plan of Opera
tions, 1578—Evacuation of Manassas, 1579—“ Promenade" of the Union Army, 1579—McClel
lan Relieved, 1579—The “Monitor” and “Merrimac," 1580-Events in the Shenandoah Valley,
1581-Battle at Kernstown, 1581-Army of the Potomac on the Peninsula, 1581-Siege of York-
town, 1581-Magruder's Strategy, 1582-Battle at Williamsburg, 1582-Tardy Movements, 1582
-McClellan and the President, 1583-Capture of Norfolk, 1584-Military Events in the Valley,
1584-Battles at Winchester, Cross Keys and Port Republic, 1585-The "White House," 1586
-On the Chickahominy, 1586—Confederate Government Rebuked, 1586-Fatal Hesitation, 1586
-Battle at Fair Oaks, 1587-Stuart's Raid, 1589.
Battles of Mechanicsville and Gaines's Mill, p. 1591-Transfer of the Army to the James River, 591-Battles at Savage's Station, White-Oak Swamp and Glendale, 1591-Battle at Malvern
Hill, 1592-The Army at Harrisco's Landing, 1593--" Army of Virginia," 1593-Battle of
Cedar Mountain, 1593-Washington in Danger, 1594-McClellan and the Government, 1595-
Flank Movement, 1595-Battles at Groveton, Bull's Run and Chantilly, 1595-Call for Volun
teers, 1596-Barbara Frietchie, 1597-Battles on South Mountain and Antietam Creek, 1598-
Burnside Succeeds McClellan, 1601-The Army at Fredericksburg and Battle there, 1601.
National Rule in the Southwest, p. 1604-Guerrillas, 1604-Invasion of Kentucky, 1604-
Cincinnati Saved, 1605-Battle at Mumfordville and Perryville, 1605-Army of the Cumberland,
1606-Battle at Iuka Springs, 1606-General Ord's Movements, 1606-Battle at Corinth, and
Operations Near, 1606—Capture of Baton Rouge, 1607-Destruction of the "Arkansas," 1608
-Operations in Arkansas and Louisiana, 1608-Battle at Murfreesboro, 1610-Emancipation
Proclamation, 1611-The Confederate Government, 1611-Davis President, 1612—Doings of the
Confederate Congress, 1612-British Sympathy with the Confederates, 1612-The "Alabama,”
1613-Operations against Vicksburg, 1613-Operations on the Mississippi, 1614- Battles at
Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hills and Big Black River, 1615-Vicksburg
Invested, 1615.
Investment and Siege of Vicksburg, p. 1616-Galveston, 1617-Banks in Louisiana, 1617—
Siege and Surrender of Port Hudson, 1618-The Two Armies in Virginia, 1618-Peck and
Longstreet at Suffolk, 1618-Moseby at Fairfax Court-House, 1618-Cavalry Battle, 1618-
Cavalry Raids, 1618-Movements on Chancellorsville, 1619-Battle there, 1620-Death of
"Stonewall Jackson," 1620-Sedgwick's Escape, 1620-Retreat of the Army of the Potomac,
1621-Siege of Suffolk, 1621-The Confederate Army and Service, 1621-Power of the Confed.
erates Abroad, 1622-Davis Recognized by the Pope, 1622-Napoleon, Mexico, and the Confed.
eracy, 1622-Napoleon's Real Designs, 1623-Confederates Invade Maryland and Pennsylvania,
1624-Panic, 1624-Operations in Pennsylvania, 1624-Battle at Gettysburg, 1625-Seward's
Circular, 1628.
Partisan Opposition to the Government, p. 1629—Knights of the Golden Circle, 1629-The
Draft, 1630-Riots in New York, 1630-Colored Troops in New York, 1631-Morgan's Great
Raid, 1631-Meade and Lee in Virginia, 1632—Operations of the Two Armies in Virginia, 1632
-Raid in Western Virginia, 1633-Rosecrans and Bragg in Tennessee, 1634-Streight's Great
Raid, 1634-Bragg Driven to and from Chattanooga, 1634-Burnside in East Tennessee, 1635-
Battle of Chickamauga, 1635—The Army at Chattanooga, 1636—Division of Mississippi, 1636—
Battle at Wauhatchie, 1637-The Mule Charge, 1637-Events in East Tennessee, 1638-Battle
on Lookout Mountain and on Missionary Ridge, 1638—Operations against Charleston, 1640–
Robert Small, 1640-Death of General Mitchel, 1640.
Efforts to Capture Charleston, p. 1641-"The Swamp Angel," 1642-Siege of Fort Wagner,
1643-Sumter in Ruins, 1643-Events West of the Mississippi, 1643-Invasion of Missouri,
1643-Lawrence Sacked, 1644-Events in Arkansas and in the Indian Territory, 1644-Raid
into Missouri, 1645-Struggle for Louisiana, 1645-Grant in New Orleans, 1646—Designs gainst Texas, 1646-Forrest in Tennessee, 1646-Strength of the Nationals and Confederates
Compared, 1646-High-Handed Measures, 1647-The British and the Confederates, 1647-
Good Signs, 1647-Grant Lieutenant-General, 1647—Campaign of 1864, 1648-Sheran's Rad
in Mississippi, 1648—Massacre at Fort Pillow, 1649-Forrest's Exploits, 1650-Red River Expe-
dition, 1650-The Expedition Abandoned, 1651-Negro Troops, 1651.
Another Invasion of Missouri and its Results, p. 1654—Morgan in East Tennessee, 1655—
Cavalry Operations against Richmond, 1656-Campaign of the Army of the Potomac Begun,
1656-Battles in the Wilderness and near Spottsylvania Court-House, 1656—Sheridan's Raid, 1657
-Operations between Petersburg and Richmond, 1657-Kautz's Raid, 1658-Struggles of Grant
and Lee, 1658-Battle at Cool Arbor, 1659-The Nationals Cross the James and Invest Peters-
burg, 1660-Confederate Invasion of Maryland, 1660-Salvation of Washington, 1660-A
Plundering Raid to Chambersburg, 1661-Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, 1661-His
Brilliant Campaign, 1661—Richmond Threatened, 1663—Siege of Petersburg, 1664—Capture of
Fort Harrison, 1664-Medal to Colored Troops, 1664-Losses, 1664-Sherman's Campaign in
Georgia, 1664.
The Armies at Marietta, p. 1666-Death of Bishop Polk, 1666-Hood in Command, 1667—
Battles around Atlanta, 1667-Thomas sent to Nashville, 1668-Hood Chased into Alabama,
1668-Sherman's March to the Sea, 1668-Evacuation of Savannah, 1668-Events in Florida and
North Carolina, 1668-Invasion of Tennessee, 1669-Hood's Defeats and Escape, 1670-Con-
federate Cruisers, 1670—Capture of the Alabama, 1671-Farragut near Mobile, 1672—Election
of President, 1672-Sherman in the Carolinas, 1673-Evacuation of Charleston, 1673-Grier-
son's Raid, 1674-Capture of Fort Fisher, 1674-Battles at Averysboro' and Bentonville, 1675-
Wilson's Raid, 1675-Capture of Mobile, 1675-Operations below Petersburg, 1676-Sheridan's
Raid, 1676-Lee's Attempt to Escape, 1676-Stoneman's Raid, 1676-Movements for Peace,
A Desperate Struggle, p. 1679—Battle at the Five Forks, 1679-Assault on Petersburg, 1680
-Panic in Richmond, 1680-Flight of the Confederate Government, 1681-Richmond on Fire,
1681-National Troops Enter it, 1681-Trophies and Confederate Archives, 1681-Rejoicings,
1681-Seward's Speech, 1682-Evacuation of Petersburg, 1682-Lee becomes Despondent, is
Defeated, and Surrenders at Appomattox Court-House, 1683-Lee's Farewell Address, 1685—|
Lincoln in Richmond, 1686-Proclamation of Peace, 1686-Assassination of the President, 1686
-The Assassin's Fate, 1687-Johnson President, 1687-A Murderous Plot, 1687-Proposal by
the Confederate Leader Rejected by General Johnston, 1688-Surrender of General Johnston
and others, 1688-Capture of Jefferson Davis, 1689-Leniency toward Him, 1689.
Peace, p. 1690-The Armies Return Home, 1691-Address to the Soldiers by the General-in-
Chief, 1691-Disbanding of the Armies, 1692-A Problem Solved, 1692-The Navy, its Growth
and Work, 1692-The Blockade and Blockade Runners, and the Results, 1693-Exchange of
Prisoners, 1694-Davis's Proclamations, 1694-Exchange of Prisoners Stopped, 1694-Treat-
ment of Union Prisoners, 1695-Lee's Ignorance, 1697-The Responsibility Properly Placed,
1697-Hospitals, 1698—United States Sanitary and Christian Commissions, 1698.
Reorganization of the Union, p. 1702-President Johnson's Plan, 1702-Thirteenth Amend-
ment, 1703—Character of the President, 1703-Justice for the Freedmen, 1704-Motives of
Lincoln and Johnson Contrasted, 1704-A Pitiful Trick, 1705-Action in the Disorganized
States, 1705-The Test Oath, 1706-" Reconstruction" Committee, 1706-President, Offended,
makes War on Congress, 1706—His Political Tour, 1707—His Vetoes, 1708-The President and
Secretary Stanton, 1708-French Troops in Mexico, 1709-Napoleon's Designs and Perfidy, 1709
-British Interference, 1709-Suffrage in the District of Columbia, 1710-President Threatened
with Impeachment, 1710-Acts of Congress Vetoed and Passed, 1711-Extra Sessions, 1712—
Unlawful Conduct of the President, 1712.
The President's Message Condemned, p. 1714-His Conduct Arraigned, 1714-Stanton
Reinstated, 1715-Johnson against Grant, 1715-" Reconstruction" Acts. 1715-A High-handed
Measure, 1715-Impeachment of the President, 1716-Charges, 1716—Managers, 1717-Popular
Excitement, 1717-Trial and Verdict, 1718-Presidential Nominations, 1718-Congress De-
nounced by a Convention, 1719-Revolutionary Proposition, 1719-Grant and Colfax Elected,
1719-Amendment of the Constitution, 1720-Reorganization Completed, 1720—Amnesty, 1720
-Military Rule Abandoned, 1721-Treaty with China, 1721-Policy toward the Indians Consid-
ered, 1722-Fifteenth Amendment, 1723-Financial Measure, 1723-Inauguration of Grant, 1724
-His Cabinet, 1724-Retirement of President Johnson, 1724.
Public Affairs, p. 1726-"Alabama" Claims, 1726-Financial Affairs, 1727-National Debt, Banking and Currency, 1727-Suspension and Resumption of Specie Payments, 1727-Proposed Amendment of the Constitution, 1728-Pacific Railway, 1728-Inter-oceanic Ship Canal Consid- ered, 1729—Difficulties with Cuba and Spain, 1730—The “Virginius" Affair, 1730-The San
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