Copyright, 1903, by
JOSEPH H. BARRETT.

All rights reserved.

RE-SE

PRESS OF THE ROBERT CLARKE CO.

CINCINNATI, U. S. A.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

PAGE

SECOND STAGE OF THE WAR — LINCOLN TAKES AFFAIRS

IN HAND AT THE WEST — GRANT CAPTURES FORT
DONELSON AND ITS ARMY ROANOKE ISLAND......

I

CHAPTER II.

HALLECK, BUELL, POPE — MISSISSIPPI RIVER — FARRA-

GUT AND BUTLER — New ORLEANS....

.. 18

CHAPTER III.

ARMY OF THE POTOMAC — MCCLELLAN Moves AGAINST

RICHMOND YORKTOWN WILLIAMSBURG FAIR

OAKS

... 32

CHAPTER IV.

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

.. 68

CHAPTER VI.

DEALING WITH THE "FUNDAMENTAL CAUSE” - THREE

NOTABLE LETTERS.

80

CHAPTER VII.

PAGE

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 - CORÍNTI CONFEDER-

Ates REPULSED IN ARKANSAS....

. 120

CHAPTER X.

ARMY OF THE POTOMAC LINGERS

McCLELLAN

BURNSIDE SUCCEEDS

128

CHAPTER XI.

SUNDAY PROCLAMATION - Lincoln's RELIGION — MES-

SAGE TO CONGRESS.

..139

CHAPTER XII.

THIRD STAGE OF THE WAR — STONE RIVER — ON THE

MISSISSIPPI AND THE GULF...

. 146

CHAPTER XIII.

FREDERICKSBURG AND AFTER- A QUASI-CRISIS-EMAN-

CIPATION Edict..

.154

CHAPTER XIV.

HOOKER SUCCEEDS BURNSIDE — WEST VIRGINIA - CON-

SCRIPTION - PAYMENT FOR SLAVES IN THE DISTRICT

OF COLUMBIA — MISSOURI MALCONTENTS - VALLAN-

DIGHAM CASE...

...166

CHAPTER XV.

CHANCELLORSVILLE

.178

A BOLD AND BRILLIANT CAMPAIGN - VICKSBURG AND

PORT HUDSON...

..186

CHAPTER XVII.

GETTYSBURG

..191

CHAPTER XVIII.

PERSONAL INCIDENTS - LETTER TO J. C. CONKLING -

SEWARD's RHETORIC — GETTYSBURG SPEECH. ..199

CHAPTER XIX.

CHATTANOOGA CAMPAIGN – CHICKAMAUGA — MISSION

RIDGE — KNOXVILLE MEADE AND LEE — CHARLES-

TON

..211

CHAPTER XX.

AMNESTY AND RECONSTRUCTION..219

A New CONGRESS

CHAPTER XXI.

GRANT LIEUTENANT-GENERAL - FORESHADOWS OF AN-

OTHER PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ARMED BLACKS –

THE HODGES LETTER—FORT PILLOW-UNEXCHANGED

PRISONERS

..228

CHAPTER XXII.

GRANT IN VIRGINIA SHERMAN IN GEORGIA - CON-

FEDERATE CRUISERS — ANXIOUS DAYS IN JUNE......248

CHAPTER XXIII.

BALTIMORE CONVENTION – FREMONT GATHERING AT

CLEVELAND - THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT IN CONGRESS

WINTER-DAVIS RECONSTRUCTION BILL - SECRETARY

CHASE SUCCEEDED BY SENATOR FESSENDEN-GREELEY

AND THE “CONFIDENTIAL" CONFEDERATES IN CANADA..260

CHAPTER XXIV.

PAGE

WINSLOW SINKS THE ALABAMA Sons OF LIBERTY

CONSPIRACY VIRGINIA AND GEORGIA CAMPAIGNS

CONTINUED— WASHINGTON IN DANGER-EARLY AND

SHERIDAN IN THE VALLEY SHERMAN NEAR AT-

LANTA

.280

CHAPTER XXV.

DREADS AND PLOTTINGS — DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CON-

VENTION - UNION VICTORIES.

..290

CHAPTER XXVI.

PRESIDENTIAL CANVASS CONCLUDED.

· 304

CHAPTER XXVII.

PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS— NEW CHIEF JUSTICE-Cab-

INET CHANGES—THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT CARRIED..313

CHAPTER XXVIII.

FROM ATLANTA TO SAVANNAH THOMAS AND HOOD

IN TENNESSEE - FORT FISHER HAMPTON Roads

PARLEY

· 318

CHAPTER XXIX.

FIRST TERM ENDING-SECOND INAUGURATION - MEET-

ING WITH GENERALS AT City POINT

APPOMATTOX... 334

CHAPTER XXX.

Visit to RICHMOND - LAST SPEECH AT WASHINGTON... 346

CHAPTER XXXI.

LAST CABINET COUNCIL ASSASSINATION

His TOMB....

BORNE TO

.354

CHAPTER XXXII.

REVIEW - MEMORABILIA OF LINCOLN.

...362