HISTORY

OF THE

AMERICAN CIVIL WAR.

BY

JOHN WILLIAM DRAPER, M.D., LL.D.,

PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK;
AUTHOR OF A TREATISE ON HUMAN PHYSIOLOGY," A HISTORY OF

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THE INTELLECTUAL DEVELOPMENT OF EUROPE," ETC., ETC.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

CONTAINING THE EVENTS FROM THE INAUGURATION OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN

TO THE PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION OF THE SLAVES.

LONDON:

LONGMANS, GREEN, & Co.

1871.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred

and sixty-eight, by

HARPER & BROTHERS,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.

CONTENTS.

SECTION VII.

THE PROGRESS AND CULMINATION OF THE CONSPIRACY.

CHAPTER XXXIV.

THE INAUGURATION OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND ORGANIZATION OF HIS

ADMINISTRATION.

Lincoln's Departure from Springfield, 13.-Davis's Journey to Montgomery; Lin-

coln's Views of Secession, 14.-Lincoln's Journey to Washington, 15.—His In-

augural Address, 16.-Buchanan leaves the White House, 17.-Influence of the

Secretary of State, 18.-Difficulties of the Administration, 19.-Formation of the

Cabinet, 20.-Arrival of Commissioners Forsyth and Crawford, 21.-Their Ap-

plication for a Reception, 22, 23.-Offensive Character of their Correspondence,

24.-Lincoln calls out the Militia and summons Congress, 25.-The Free States

furnish Troops, 26.-The Slave States refuse Troops, 27.-Proclamation of the

Blockade, 28.—Blockade and Port-closure, 29.-Secessionist Letters of Marque,

29.-Seizure of Telegrams; additional Troops called out, 30.-Suspension of

Habeas Corpus; Attitude toward Foreign Powers, 31.-Belligerent Acknowl-

edgment by England, 32.—Instruction to Foreign Ministers, 33.-The Political

Ideas of the Time, 34.-Position of the Democratic Party, 35.-Lincoln's Posi-

tion, 36.-Lincoln and Davis, 37.-Lincoln in Retirement, 38.-Peculiarities of

his Character, 39, 40.

CHAPTER XXXV.

RETROSPECT OF THE PROGRESS OF THE CONSPIRACY AT THE INAUGURATION

OF LINCOLN.

Two Phases of the Secession Movement, 41.-The favorable Period for Treason,

42.—Preliminary Steps of the Conspirators, 43.-Measures determined on, 44.-

Washington to be seized, 45.-The Attorney General Stanton, 45.-Holt, the

Secretary of War, 46.—Dix, the Secretary of the Treasury, 47.-Holt's Report,

48.-Projected Seizure of Washington, 49, 50.-Troops brought to Washington,

51.-Attempts to have them removed, 52.-Report of the Naval Committee, 53.

-Censure of the Secretary of the Navy, 54.-Attempts to introduce Spies into

the Government Departments, 55.-Attempts to bring Maryland and Virginia

over to the Conspiracy, 56.-Success of the Conspiracy, 57.

CHAPTER XXXVI.

THE BOMBARDMENT OF FORT SUMTER.

Difficulty of relieving Sumter; the Administration inclines to surrender it, 58.—

Finally sends an Expedition, 59.-The Frigate Powhatan detached, 59.-Beau-