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SEC.
427. Samuel F. B. Morse and the Telegraph-1844.
428. The Presidential Election in 1844..
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331
332
435. Taylor's Campaign South of the Rio Grande- -September, 1846,
to February, 1847
338
436. Kearney's Campaign and the Conquest of New Mexico and Cali-
fornia-June, 1846, to January, 1847..
340
437. General Scott's Campaign and the End of the War-
September, 1847
March to
341
438. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Feb. 2, 1848.
439. The Northwestern Boundary Established-1846.
342
440. The Tariff of 1846: The Walker Tariff.
343
441. The Wilmot Proviso-1846.
442. Discovery of Gold in California: The "Forty-niners".
344
443. New States Admitted: Iowa-1846; Wisconsin-1848; Oregon
447. The Newly Acquired Territory and President Taylor's Policy... 349
461. Other Filibustering Schemes: The Walker Expeditions-1853-54 360
462. The Kansas-Nebraska Bill: "Squatter Sovereignty"-1854.
361
463. The Struggle for Kansas.
362
464. The Assault Upon Sumner by Brooks.
365
465. New Political Parties: Republican and Know-Nothing.
366
466. The Presidential Election of 1856.
368
468. The Dred Scott Decision and the Repeal of the Missouri Com-
promise...
369
469. The Kansas Struggle Ends in Victory for Freedom.
371
470. The Lincoln-Douglas Debates..
373
471. John Brown's Raid at Harper's Ferry-1859.
374
376
473. The Presidential Election of 1860.
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472. Mrs. Stowe's "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and Helper's "Impending
Crisis".
474. Secession.
475. Buchanan's Policy.
476. Last Efforts at Compromise The Peace Convention.
477. Government Property Seized: Star of the West Fired Upon....
478. New States: The Census: Relative Strength of North and South. 382
494. The First Blow Struck: The Fall of Fort Sumter-April 14, 1861 398
495. The Effect on the North and South of Sumter's Fall....
496. Davis' Reprisals and Lincoln's Blockade.
497. The Border States..
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400
498. George B. McClellan and the Campaign in West Virginia.
499. Missouri Saved to the Union...
500. Lincoln Calls for More Troops-May 3.
501. Washington Threatened...
502. Battle of Bull Run-July 21..
503. The Effect of the Battle of Bull Run
504. McClellan Succeeds Scott.
505. Naval Operations...
506. Foreign Relations.
507. The Trent Affair.
508. Situation at the Close of the Year.
IMPORTANT BATTLES OF 1861...
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408
511. The Union Victories at Fort Henry-February 6, and Fort Don-
elson-February 16.
409
512. Effect of These Victories.
411
513. Battle of Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing-April 6-7.
514. Capture of New Madrid-March 14, and Island Number Ten-
April 8: Opening of the Upper Mississippi..
412
515. Capture of Corinth-May 30....
516. Effects of Shiloh and Island Number Ten...
At the Mouth of the Mississippi River with Farragut.
517. The Opening of the Lower Mississippi: Capture of New Orleans
-April 18 to May 1.....
413
IN THE CENTER.
In Kentucky and Tennessee with Buell and Rosecrans.
518. Bragg Invades Kentucky..
519. Battle of Murfreesboro-December 31 to January 2.
414
IN THE EAST.
The Alarm at Hampton Roads-The Monitor and the Merrimac.
520. The Confederate Ironclad Merrimac Threatens to Raise the
Blockade March 8..
415
521. The Battle Between the Ironclads-March 9.
On to Richmond.
522. McClellan's Peninsular Campaign....
416
523. Yorktown Taken-April 4: Battle of Williamsburg-May 5-6.... 417
524. Battle of Fair Oaks or Seven Pines-May 31 and June 1..
525. Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley: Washington
417
Threatened...
418
526. The "Seven Days' Fight" Before Richmond-June 26 to July 1.. 418
527. The Effect of McClellan's Failure to Capture Richmond........ 419
Pope's Army of Virginia Meets with Disaster.
528. The Army of Virginia Created...
529. Pope's Campaign and the "Second Bull Run"
420
THE WAR NOW FOR THE UNION AND AGAINST SLAVERY,
533. Lincoln Proclaims Freedom to the Slaves-September 22, 1862,
and January 1, 1863.
423
The Ironclads Fail at Charleston.
545. Battle of Charleston Harbor-April 7.....
Hooker and Chancellorsville.
546. Battle of Chancellorsville-May 2-3....
547. Effect of Chancellorsville...
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432
On to Washington.
548. Lee's Second Invasion of the North.
549. Meade Succeeds Hooker in Command.
433
Gettysburg.
550. The First Day's Battle of Gettysburg-July 1.
434
555. Sherman's Campaign Against Atlanta-May 5 to September 2... 437
556. Sherman Enters Atlanta-September 2....
438
557. Hood Turns Northward-Battle of Nashville-December 15-16.. 439
558. From Atlanta to the Sea-November 15 to December 22.
440
With Farragut at Mobile Bay.
559. Farragut Enters Mobile Bay-August 5.
The Alabama.
560. England and the Confederate Cruisers.
561. The Kearsarge and the Alabama..
441
442
From the Rapidan to the James.
562. Grant's Plan..
563. Battle of the Wilderness-May 5-6.
564. The Battle of Spottsylvania Courthouse-May 9-12.
565. North Anna-May 23-25: Cold Harbor-June 3.
566. Change of Base from the York to the James River
567. The Race for Petersburg..
443
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445
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ASSOCIATED ORGANIZATIONS.
590. The First Organization of Women..
459