TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

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SECOND STAGE of the WaR-LINCOLN Takes AffaIRS
IN HAND AT THE WEST GRANT CAPTURES FORT
DONELSON AND ITS ARMY - ROANOKE ISLAND......

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CHAPTER II.

HALLECK, BUELL, POPE - MISSISSIPPI RIVER-FARRA-

GUT AND Butler · - NEW ORLEANS.

I

18

CHAPTER III.

ARMY OF THE POTOMAC - MCCLELLAN MOVES AGAINST

RICHMOND YORKTOWN WILLIAMSBURG FAIR

OAKS

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CHAPTER IV.

32

BATTLES NEAR RICHMOND - HARRISON'S LANDING..... 57

CHAPTER V.

COMMANDS OF FREMONT, McDowell and BANKS CON-

SOLIDATED - HALLECK AND POPE CALLED TO THE EAST

- EXIT FREMONT LINCOLN VISITS MCCLELLAN in

CAMP

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68

CHAPTER VI.

DEALING WITH THE "FUNDAmental CausĘ” THREE

NOTABLE LETTERS...

80

POPE IN VIRGINIA-HALLECK AND MCCLELLAN-"SEC-

OND BULL RUN"- LEE IN MARYLAND

ANTIETAM. 94

CHAPTER VIII.

EMANCIPATION

PRELIMINARY PROCLAMATION.......III

CHAPTER IX.

CONFEDERATES Aggressive at the West — BUELL AND

BRAGG IN KENTUCKY-Perryville-RoSECRANS AND

VAN DOREN IN MISSISSIPPI CORINTH

ates RepulsED IN ARKANSAS.

CONFEDER-

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CHAPTER X.

ARMY OF THE POTOMAC LINGERS BURNSIDE SUCCEEDS

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MCCLELLAN

CHAPTER XI.

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SUNDAY PROCLAMATION - LINCOLN'S Religion — Mes-

SAGE TO CONGRESS.

CHAPTER XII.

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THIRD STAGE OF THE WAR - STONE RIVER ON THE

MISSISSIPPI And the Gulf.

FREDERICKSBURG AND AFTER-A QUASI-CRISIS-EMAN-

CIPATION EDICT...

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HOOKER SUCCEEDS BURNSIDE WEST VIRGINIA CON-

SCRIPTION PAYMENT FOR SLAVES IN THE DISTRICT

OF COLUMBIA MISSOURI MALCONTENTS

DIGHAM CASE..