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CHAPTER XVI.-PEA RIDGE.-ISLAND NUMBER TEN.
PRICE IN SPRINGFIELD.-RETREATS BEFORE CURTIS.-SUGAR CREEK.-CURTIS FALLS BACK
TO PEA RIDGE.-ALBERT PIKE AND HIS INDIANS.-EARL VAN DORN.-BATTLE OF PEA
RIDGE. ELKHORN TAVERN.-A NIGHT OF ANXIETY.-DEATH OF BEN. MCCULLOCH.-
THE CONFEDERATES RETREAT.-INDIAN ATROCITIES.-BEAUREGARD IN THE MISSISSIPPI
VALLEY. A NEW LINE OF DEFENCE.-ISLAND NUMBER TEN.-GENERAL POPE ATTACKS
NEW MADRID. THE CONFEDERATES ABANDON THE FORTS.-COMMODORE FOOTE AND
HIS FLEET.-BOMBARDMENT OF ISLAND NUMBER TEN.-DIGGING A CANAL.-GUNBOATS
RUNNING THE BATTERIES.-THE LITTLE GIBRALTAR SURRENDERS..
CHAPTER XVII.-SHILOH.-MEMPHIS.
BEAUREGARD AT CORINTH.-GRANT AND HALLECK.-PITTSBURG LANDING.-ALBERT SYDNEY
JOHNSTON JOINS BEAUREGARD.-MARCHES AGAINST GRANT.-SHILOH CHURCH.-AN
UNCOMFORTABLE NIGHT.-WE SHALL SLEEP IN THE ENEMY'S CAMP.-THE UNION ARMY
SURPRISED. SHERMAN AND HIS MEN.-SKULKERS.-DEATH OF JOHNSTON.-GRANT AT
BAY.-BEAUREGARD KEEPS HIS PROMISE.-BUELL TO THE RESCUE.-THE GUNBOATS DO
GOOD SERVICE.-A DREADFUL RETREAT.-BOATS ENOUGH.-KENTUCKIANS AT SHILOH.
-HOLD, BILL! THAT'S FATHER-SCHPIKE DEM GUNS!-MITCHELL IN HUNTSVILLE.—
HALLECK RELIEVES GRANT OF COMMAND.-CORINTH.-QUAKER GUNS.-FORT PILLOW.-
BATTLE OF GUNBOATS.-MEMPHIS TAKEN.........
CHAPTER XVIII.-NEW ORLEANS.
EXPEDITION AGAINST NEW ORLEANS.-SHIP ISLAND.-FARRAGUT AND HIS FLEET.-DEFENCES
OF THE CITY.-MORTAR VESSELS DISGUISED.-FIRE-RAFTS.-A FURIOUS BOMBARD-
MENT.-FARRAGUT PASSES THE FORTS. THE VARUNA SUNK.-A BRAVE BOY.-AN
AWFUL SIGHT. THE HARTFORD IN FLAMES. SINKING OF THE GUNBOATS.-THE
MANASSAS EXPLODES.-NEW ORLEANS AMAZED.-SHIPS AND COTTON BURNED.-GEN-
ERAL LOVELL.-MUMFORD AND THE FLAG.-THE FORTS SURRENDER TO PORTER.-A
FAT MAN GROWS LEAN.-BUTLER IN NEW ORLEANS.-HANGING OF MUMFORD.-BUT-
LER'S ACCUSERS.-FARRAGUT PASSES THE VICKSBURG BATTERIES.-BATTLE AT BATON
ROUGE. THE ARKANSAS DESTROYED.-CAPTURE OF GALVESTON......
CHAPTER XIX.-MERRIMACK AND MONITOR.
IRON-CLADS.-THE MERRIMACK.-SHE STEAMS TO HAMPTON ROADS.-AN IRON STORM.-
SINKING OF THE CUMBERLAND.-THE CONGRESS SURRENDERS.-THE MINNESOTA IN
DANGER. THE MERRIMACK LEAVES HER PREY.-A DISMAL NIGHT.-ARRIVAL OF THE
MONITOR.-A CHEESE-BOX ON A PLANK.-EXPLOSION OF THE CONGRESS.-A SUNDAY
VISIT. THE MONITOR IN WAITING.-THE CHEESE-BOX IS MADE OF IRON!-LIEUTENANT
WORDEN WOUNDED.-THE MERRIMACK RETREATS.-THE MINNESOTA SAVED.-HONORS
TO ERICSSON.-JOE'S DEAD........
CHAPTER XX. -PENINSULA CAMPAIGN.
THE GRAND ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.--WASHINGTON AND RICHMOND.-MCCLELLAN ILL.-
EDWIN M. STANTON-PLANS FOR TAKING RICHMOND.-PRESIDENT LINCOLN'S ORDER.—
OPPOSITION TO MCCLELLAN. THE CONFEDERATES LEAVE MANASSAS.-MCCLELLAN'S
COMMAND CHANGED.--STONEWALL JACKSON IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY.-GENERAL
BANKS OPPOSES HIM.--THE POTOMAC FREE. THE ARMY GOES TO THE PENINSULA.-THE
FRENCH PRINCES.-MR. LINCOLN AND THE POLITICIANS.-SIEGE OF YORKTOWN.-BIG
NIGGER, COME DOWN!-OLD SETH.-JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON.-TORPEDOES.-BATTLE OF
WILLIAMSBURG.-THE CHICKAHOMINY.--NORFOLK.--DRURY'S BLUFF.-PANIC IN RICH-
MOND......
CHAPTER XXI.-SHENANDOAH VALLEY.-CHICKAHOMINY.
MCDOWELL AT FREDERICKSBURG.-PORTER AT HANOVER COURT-HOUSE.-MCDOWELL OR-
DERED TO WASHINGTON.-STONEWALL JACKSON.-JACKSON OR A RABBIT.-JACKSON'S
PRAYERS.-BANKS DRIVEN INTO MARYLAND.-JACKSON REPULSES FREMONT.-DEFEATS
SHIELDS.-TURNER ASHBY.-A GALLANT DEED.-FLOODS IN THE CHICKAHOMINY.-THE
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CONTENTS.
UNION ARMY DIVIDED.-SEVEN PINES AND FAIR OAKS.-GENERAL JOHNSTON WOUNDED.
-ROBERT E. LEE IN COMMAND OF THE CONFEDERATES.-THE SWAMPS OF THE CHICKA-
HOMINY.- BALLOONS IN WAR.-HOW ARE YEES, BYES?-JEB STUART. THE RIDE
AROUND MCCLELLAN.-WHITE HOUSE.-WASHINGTON'S MARRIAGE.-STONEWALL JACK-
SON AND THE FARMER.................
CHAPTER XXII.-SEVEN DAYS' FIGHT.
LEE ATTACKS MCCLELLAN. BEAVER DAM CREEK.-BATTLE OF MECHANICSVILLE.- A
CHANGE OF BASE. BATTLE OF GAINES'S MILLS.-GENERAL MCCALL'S ESCAPE. -
MCCLELLAN'S RETREAT TO THE JAMES RIVER. THE WHITE OAK SWAMP.-BATTLE OF
SAVAGE'S STATION.-BATTLE OF FRAZIER'S FARM.-MCCALL A PRISONER.-BATTLE OF
MALVERN HILL.-MCCLELLAN AT HARRISON'S LANDING.-END OF THE SEVEN DAYS'
FIGHT.-DEPARTURE OF THE FRENCH PRINCES.-PRESIDENT LINCOLN VISITS MCCLEL-
LAN.-THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE VOLUNTEERS..
CHAPTER XXIII.-POPE'S CAMPAIGN.
GENERAL POPE AND THE ARMY OF VIRGINIA.-POPE'S ADDRESS TO HIS SOLDIERS.-HAL-
LECK AS GENERAL-IN-CHIEF.-LEE'S STRATEGY.-BATTLE OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN.-
STUART'S RIDE AROUND POPE.- POPE'S UNIFORM. - STONEWALL JACKSON BEHIND
POPE.-FIGHT AT BRISTOW STATION. THE SECOND BATTLE OF BULL RUN. POPE
DECEIVED. - BATTLE OF CHANTILLY. POPE SHOWS HIS BACK. DEATH OF PHIL
KEARNY.-POPE RESIGNS AND GOES WEST. MCCLELLAN AGAIN. - POPE'S CHARGES
AGAINST PORTER.-LEE'S SUCCESSFUL CAMPAIGN. THE CONFEDERATES CROSS THE
POTOMAC.-COOL RECEPTION IN MARYLAND.-BARBARA FRIETCHIE AND STONEWALL
JACKSON...
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CHAPTER XXIV.-SOUTH MOUNTAIN.-ANTIETAM.
MCCLELLAN MARCHES AGAINST LEE. WELCOME IN FREDERICK. —A FORTUNATE DIS-
COVER7.-STONEWALL JACKSON GOES TO HARPER'S FERRY. - BATTLES OF SOUTH
MOUNTAIN AND CRAMPTON'S GAP.-FALL OF HARPER'S FERRY.-LEE HARD PRESSED.-
HIS POSITION NEAR SHARPSBURG.-THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM.-DEATH OF GENERAL
MANSFIELD.-HOOKER WOUNDED.-SUMNER HOLDS HIS GROUND.-BURNSIDE ATTACKS
ON THE LEFT. —- LEE RECROSSES THE POTOMAC.-A DRAWN BATTLE. — GOOD-BY,
SAMMY. I'M A BOLD SOJER BOY.-JEB STUART IN PENNSYLVANIA.-MCCLELLAN FOL-
LOWS LEE.-Superseded BY BURNSIDE.-MCCLELLAN'S FAREWELL.-A QUESTION FOR
GENERAL HALLECK...
CHAPTER XXV.-FREDERICKSBURG.
BURNSIDE'S NEW PLAN.-THE MARCH TO FREDERICKSBURG.-LEE HOLDS THE HILLS.-PON-
TOON BRIDGE-BUILDING. -- SHARPSHOOTERS. -THE TOWN SHELLED. A DANGEROUS
CROSSING. THE GRAYBACKS HUNTED OUT OF THEIR HOLES.-A BRAVE DRUMMER-
BOY. THE ARMY CROSSES THE RIVER.-BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG.-HOOKER'S GAL-
LANT ASSAULT. - BURNSIDE RETREATS.-CONFEDERATE HOPES. — BURNSIDE RESIGNS,
AND HOOKER TAKES COMMAND OF THE ARMY.-WINTER QUARTERS. - SAD CONDITION
OF THE CONFEDERATES.-THE LADIES AT WORK.-CONFEDERATE MANUFACTURES.-
WOODEN SHOES.-SOUTHERN BOOKS.-A HOME-MADE CHRISTMAS.-PICKET TALKS.-
MY MOTHER! MY MOTHER!-JACKSON'S RESIGNED !......
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CHAPTER XXVI.—BRAGG IN KENTUCKY.-MURFREESBORO.
GRANT AND SHERMAN.-GRANT AGAIN IN COMMAND.-SHERMAN'S COTTON MONEY.-GENERAL
BRAGG SUCCEEDS BEAUREGARD.-MORGAN'S RAID INTO KENTUCKY.-FOREST IN TENNES-
SEE. KIRBY SMITH ENTERS KENTUCKY.-BATTLE OF RICHMOND.-BRAGG CAPTURES
UNION TROOPS AT MUMFORDSVILLE.-A LONG WAGON TRAIN.-BUELL MARCHES AGAINST
BRAGG. BATTLE OF PERRYVILLE.—BRAGG RETREATS INTO TENNESSEE.-ROSECRANS
SUCCEEDS BUELL.-BATTLE OF IUKA.-VAN DORN ATTACKS CORINTH.-DEFEATED BY
ROSECRANS. PEMBERTON SUCCEEDS VAN DORN.-BRAGG AT MURFREESBORO. - PRESI-
DENT DAVIS'S VISIT. COWARDLY SOLDIERS. THE BATTLE OF MURFREESBORO. —
BRAGG'S RETREAT.. 305
CHAPTER XXVII.-EMANCIPATION.-CONSCRIPTION.
THE UNION AND SLAVERY.-THE ABOLITIONISTS. -NEW IDEAS ABOUT SLAVERY.-MASSA
LINKUM'S SOJERS.-BUTLER AND CONTRABANDS.-FREMONT'S PROCLAMATION.-HUNTER'S
ORDER.-PRESIDENT LINCOLN PROPOSES TO BUY THE SLAVES.-HIS LETTER ON THE
SUBJECT.-LINCOLN CHANGES HIS VIEWS ABOUT SLAVERY.-HIS FIRST EMANCIPATION
PROCLAMATION. HIS VOW.-THE SECOND EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION.-ITS EFFECT
IN THE SOUTH AND IN THE NORTH.-ARBITRARY ARRESTS.-SPIES.-COLORED SOLDIERS.
-THE CONSCRIPTION BILL.-DRAFTING.-RIOTS IN NEW YORK...
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CHAPTER XXVIII.-VICKSBURG.
VICKSBURG.-ITS GREAT IMPORTANCE.-GRANT'S PLANS.-CAPTURE OF HOLLY SPRINGS.-
SHERMAN DEFEATED.-FORT HINDMAN TAKEN.-ARRIVAL OF GRANT.-CANAL DIGGING.
-JOSEPH E. JOHNSTON.-RUNNING THE BATTERIES.-GRIERSON'S RAID.-GRANT LANDS
AT BRUINSBURG.-BATTLE OF PORT GIBSON.-GRAND GULF EVACUATED.-SHERMAN JOINS
GRANT.-TAKING A REST.-BATTLE OF RAYMOND.-CAPTURE OF JACKSON.-A GOOD
UNION MAN.-JEFF DAVIS'S BOOK.-BATTLE OF CHAMPION HILLS.-BATTLE OF BIG
BLACK RIVER. - BRIDGE BUILDING.-VICKSBURG SURROUNDED. TWO REPULSES.-
CALIBRE 54.-CAVE LIFE.-MINES AND COUNTERMINES.-SCARCITY OF FOOD.-GRANT AND
PEMBERTON. THE SURRENDER. EFFECTS OF THE BOMBARDMENT. THE HOTEL DE
VICKSBURG.-THE VICKSBURG CITIZEN. WHAT WAS GAINED AT VICKSBURG.
AND THE STEAMBOAT MEN...........
CHAPTER XXIX.-PORT HUDSON.-CHANCELLORSVILLE.
GRANT
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SHERMAN PURSUES JOHNSTON.-JACKSON BURNED.-SIEGE OF PORT HUDSON.-WHISTLING
DICK.-A BLOODY REPULSE.-MULES AND RATS. THE SURRENDER.-THE MISSISSIPPI
OPENED.-BRASHEAR CITY.-ON DE LORD'S SIDE, MASSA.-THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
-CORPS BADGES.-MOSBY.-CAPTURE OF GENERAL STOUGHTON.-I CAN'T MAKE HORSES.
-HOOKER'S ADVANCE.-CHANCELLORSVILLE.-THE WILDERNESS.- FRIGHTENED DEER
AND RABBITS.-ROUT OF THE ELEVENTH CORPS.-DEATH OF STONEWALL JACKSON.-
REMEMBER JACKSON. - HOOKER STUNNED. LEE BETWEEN TWO FIRES.- SEDGWICK
DRIVEN BACK.-HOOKER'S RETREAT.-STONEMAN'S RAID.-A GALLANT DEED............ 842
CONFEDERATE HOPES.-NAPOLEON AND MEXICO. ANOTHER INVASION OF THE NORTH.-
THE TWO ARMIES.-STUART'S REVIEW.-EWELL SURPRISES MILROY.-THE POTOMAC
CROSSED. PENNSYLVANIA IN A PANIC.-HOOKER FOLLOWS LEE.-MEADE IN COMMAND.-
THE EYES OF AN ARMY.-GETTYSBURG.-THE FIRST DAY'S FIGHT.-DEATH OF REYNOLDS.
-HANCOCK TO THE FRONT.-THE SECOND DAY'S FIGHT.-LITTLE ROUND TOP.-EWELL
ON CULP'S HILL.-THE THIRD DAY'S FIGHT.-A GRAND BOMBARDMENT.-PICKETT AND
HIS VIRGINIANS.-A DREADFUL STRUGGLE.-VICTORY FOR THE UNION.-A TERRIBLE
RETREAT.-WASTED AMMUNITION.-OLD JOHN BURNS.-JENNY WADE.-THE NEWS IN
RICHMOND.-MEADE FOLLOWS LEE.-WINTER QUARTERS. 854
CHAPTER XXXI.-CHICKAMAUGA.-CHATTANOOGA.-KNOXVILLE.
ROSECRANS MOVES AGAINST BRAGG.-CAVALRY FIGHTS.-VAN DORN ATTACKS FRANKLIN.—
STREIGHT'S RAID.-JOHN MORGAN ACROSS THE OHIO.-INDIANA AND OHIO AROUSED.—
MORGAN DEFEATED-HIS CAPTURE.-THE RAIDERS' PLUNDER.-AN OLD HERO.-CHAT-
TANOOGA. BRAGG FALLS BACK-BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA.-THOMAS'S BRAVERY.—
ROSECRANS RETREATS TO CHATTANOOGA.-JOHNNY CLEM.-HALF RATIONS.-GRANT IN
COMMAND.-HE OPENS COMMUNICATIONS.-BURNSIDE IN EAST TENNESSEE.-ARRIVAL OF
SHERMAN. THE BATTLE ABOVE THE CLOUDS.-PULPIT ROCK.-STORMING OF MISSIONARY
RIDGE-HERE IS YOUR MULE. — BRAGG'S RETREAT. - LONGSTREET'S DEFEAT.-SHER-
MAN'S MARCH TO KNOXVILLE.-STARVING ON ROAST TURKEY..........
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CHAPTER XXXII.-THE MONITORS.
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LOSS OF THE MONITOR.- THE MONTAUK AND THE NASHVILLE.-FORT MCALLISTER.-THE
CONFEDERATES ATTACK THE FLEET OFF CHARLESTON. — THE MONITORS ATTACK
CHARLESTON.-THE NEW IRONSIDES.-CABLES AND TORPEDOES.-A TERRIBLE BOMBARD-
MENT.-LOSS OF THE KEOKUK.-CAPTURE OF THE ATLANTA.-NEW CONFEDERATE FLAG.
-I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR TORPEDOES.--GILLMORE AT CHARLESTON.-FORT WAG-
NER.-MEN EIGHTEEN FEET HIGH WANTED. -THE SWAMP ANGEL.-SUMTER IN RUINS.-
TAKING OF MORRIS ISLAND.-ASSAULT ON SUMTER.-LOSS OF THE WEEHAWKEN.-NEW
BERNE ATTACKED.-LITTLE WASHINGTON.-RAIDS AND CONTRABANDS.-I'SE JUST SAM.. 387
CHAPTER XXXIII.-PRIVATEERS.-MOBILE BAY.
EXPEDITION TO FLORIDA.-BATTLE OF OLUSTEE.-LOSS OF PLYMOUTH.-RAID OF THE ALBE-
MARLE.-HER DESTRUCTION BY CUSHING.-THE CONFEDERATE PRIVATEERS.-THE ALA-
BAMA.-CAPTAIN SEMMES. THE FIGHT WITH THE KEARSARGE.-RESCUE OF SEMMES.-
THE FLORIDA AND THE WACHUSETT.- THE SHENANDOAH.- WHALERS BURNED. THE
LAST HOSTILE ACT.-RAMS FOR THE EMPEROR OF CHINA.-THE STONEWALL-THE ALA-
BAMA CLAIMS.- MOBILE BAY.-FARRAGUT PASSES THE FORTS.-THE ADMIRAL IN THE
SHROUDS.-SINKING OF THE TECUMSEH.-TORPEDOES.-FOUR BELLS.-THE RAM IS COM-
ING.-FIGHT WITH THE TENNESSEE.-RAMMING THE RAM.-SAVE THE ADMIRAL-SUR-
RENDER OF THE FORTS..............
CHAPTER XXXIV.-THE SOUTH AND WEST.
SHERMAN'S MERIDIAN EXPEDITION.-JEFF DAVIS'S NECKTIES.-SHERMAN'S DANGER.-DE
DAY OB JUBILEE.- SMITH DEFEATED BY FORREST.-PADUCAH ATTACKED.-MASSACRE
AT FORT PILLOW.- FORREST DEFEATS STURGIS. A RIDE INTO MEMPHIS. SHERMAN
AND BANKS.-THE ANVIL CHORUS.-THE RED RIVER EXPEDITION.-FORT DE RUSSEY.—
KIRBY SMITH AND DICK TAYLOR.-NATCHITOCHES.-BATTLE OF MANSFIELD.-A SKEDAD-
DLE.-BATTLE OF PLEASANT HILL.-LOSS OF THE EASTPORT.-THE DAM AT ALEXANDRIA.
-SAVING THE FLEET.-COTTON STEALING.-CANBY SUCCEEDS BANKS.-STEELE'S DEFEAT
IN ARKANSAS.-THE LAST INVASION OF MISSOURI.-PLEASONTON AND CURTIS.-PRICE'S
FLIGHT.-JOHN MORGAN IN KENTUCKY AGAIN.-BURBRIDGE DEFEATS HIM.- MORGAN'S
DEATH..
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CHAPTER XXXV.-GRANT IN VIRGINIA.
THE CONFEDERACY IN 1863.-POVERTY AND PAPER MONEY.-CHRISTMAS IN RICHMOND.-
TREATMENT OF UNION PRISONERS.-EXCHANGES.-NEGRO SOLDIERS.-PRISON CAMPS.—
LIBBY PRISON. BELLE ISLE.-EFFORTS TO FREE PRISONERS.- ULRIC DAHLGREN.-A
MINE UNDER LIBBY.-GRANT MADE LIEUTENANT-GENERAL.- HIS COMMISSION.- GRANT
WITH THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.-HIS PLAN. --THE RAPIDAN CROSSED.-BATTLE OF
THE WILDERNESS.-LEE IN DANGER.-LONGSTREET WOUNDED.-FIRE IN THE WOODS.-
THE MARCH TO SPOTTSYLVANIA.-SHARPSHOOTERS.-DEATH OF SEDGWICK.-BATTLE of
SPOTTSYLVANIA. -I PROPOSE TO FIGHT IT OUT ON THIS LINE.-HANCOCK AND STEWART.
-DANGER OF THE CONFEDERATE ARMY.- TERRIBLE MUSKETRY FIRE.-GRANT AGAIN
MARCHES SOUTHWARD...
CHAPTER XXXVI.-GRANT AND LEE.
BUTLER AT BERMUDA HUNDRED.-BEAUREGARD ATTACKS HIM.-BOTTLED UP.-CROOK'S
RAID. MORGAN DEFEATS AVERILL.-BRECKINRIDGE DEFEATS SIGEL.-BATTLE OF PIED-
MONT.-HUNTER IN WEST VIRGINIA.- SHERIDAN AND STUART.- BATTLE AT YELLOW
TAVERN.-DEATH OF STUART.-LEE AT COLD HARBOR.-CAVALRY FIGHT.-BATTLE OF
COLD HARBOR. — GRANT'S CHANGE OF BASE. TERRIBLE SLAUGHTER. — THE ARMY
CROSSES THE JAMES.- PETERSBURG ATTACKED.- EARLY CROSSES THE POTOMAC. —
BATTLE OF THE MONOCACY.--BALTIMORE EXCITED.-CAPTURE OF GENERAL FRANKLIN.
-HIS ESCAPE.-EARLY ATTACKS WASHINGTON. HE IS DRIVEN BACK TO VIRGINIA. --
DEFEAT OF CROOK. — CONFEDERATE CAVALRY IN PENNSYLVANIA. - CHAMBERSBURG
BURNED.-SHERIDAN IN COMMAND.- BATTLE OF OPEQUAN CREEK.- FISHER'S HILL.-
CEDAR CREEK,-SHERIDAN'S RIDE.-THE PETERSBURG MINE-HANCOCK'S FIGHT.-THE
WELDON RAILROAD.-DUTCH GAP CANAL..
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CHAPTER XXXVII.-ATLANTA CAMPAIGN.
JOHNSTON AND SHERMAN. — THE TWO ARMIES.-CARS AND LOCOMOTIVES WANTED.-
THOMAS'S CIRCUS. DALTON TO RESACA. -DALLAS.-NEW HOPE CHURCH. - ROME
TAKEN.-KENESAW MOUNTAIN.-BRAVE ENGINEER.-DEATH OF GENERAL POLK.-BAD
WEATHER.-WOOD TICKS.-SHERMAN REPULSED.-JOHNSTON CROSSES THE CHATTA-
HOOCHEE. ROUSSEAU'S RAID. ARE THESE YANKS?-HOOD SUCCEEDS JOHNSTON.-
ATLANTA.-HOOD'S SALLY.-HE FIGHTS AGAIN.-DEATH OF MCPHERSON.-RAIDS ON
THE RAILROADS.-HOOD STRIKES A THIRD TIME.-SIEGE OF ATLANTA.-HOOD CUT
OFF.-EVACUATION OF ATLANTA.-HONORS TO SHERMAN.-ATLANTA DESOLATED.-DAVIS
VISITS HOOD.- HOOD MARCHES NORTHWARD.- ALLATOONA.- SIGNALLING.-A DUPLI-
CATE TUNNEL.-ATLANTA IN ASHES.-GLORY, HALLELUJAH !-GRANT IS WAITING FOR
Us!...
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CHAPTER XXXVIII.-MARCH TO THE SEA.
ANXIETY IN 1864.-GRANT AND LEE.-SECRETARY CHASE AND THE FINANCES.-GREENBACKS.
-GOLD.-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.-NEWS FROM ATLANTA.-COPPERHEADS.- RE-ELEC-
TION OF LINCOLN.- ABOLITION OF SLAVERY.-HOOD MARCHES NORTHWARD.- BATTLE
OF FRANKLIN.-SIEGE OF NASHVILLE.-THOMAS'S VICTORY.-FLIGHT OF HOOD.-SHER-
MAN'S ARMY.-ORDERS FOR FORAGING.-JEFF. DAVIS'S NECKTIES.-CONTRABANDS.-DEY
SAY YOU'S MASSA SHERMAN.-BUMMERS.-MARCHING AND CAMPING.-SOLDIERS' PETS.-
PET PIGEON.-OLD ABE, THE WAR EAGLE.- MILLEDGEVILLE. - BEAUREGARD AGAIN.-
SOLDIERS' FUN.-CAVALRY SKIRMISHES.-PRISON PEN.-ANDERSONVILLE.-TORPEDOES.-
DEFENCES OF SAVANNAH.-STORMING OF FORT MCALLISTER.-SAVANNAH AS A CHRIST-
MAS GIFT..
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CHAPTER XXXIX.-SAVANNAH TO GOLDSBORO.
SECRETARY STANTON IN SAVANNAH.-POLITICS.-SHERMAN DISGUSTED.-EXPEDITION AGAINST
FORT FISHER.-BUTLER'S POWDER-BOAT.-HEAVY BOMBARDMENT.-GENERAL TERRY SUC-
CEEDS BUTLER. BRAGG AGAIN.-GOOD-BY, WILMINGTON !-CAPTURE OF FORT FISHER.-
GENERAL SCHOFIELD.-WILMINGTON TAKEN.-GOLDSBORO ENTERED.-SHERMAN'S MARCH
FROM SAVANNAH.-WHEELER AND HAMPTON.-FLOODS.-THE SALKEHATCHIE.-HORRORS
OF WAR.-SOUTH CAROLINA PUNISHED.-COTTON BURNING.-COLUMBIA SURRENDERED -
BURNING OF THE CITY.-CONFEDERATE MONEY.-HARDEE EVACUATES CHARLESTON.-THE
CITY IN FLAMES.-DESOLATION.-SUMTER AND THE FLAG.-JUS' LOOK AT HIS Hoss.-
CHERAW.-JOHNSTON AGAIN IN COMMAND.-HAMPTON AND KILPATRICK.--FAYETTEVILLE.
-AVERYSBORO.-BATTLE OF BENTONSVILLE.-GOLDSBORO.-SHERMAN VISITS GRANT.—
PRESIDENT LINCOLN.-SHERMAN RETURNS TO GOLDSBORO........
CHAPTER XL.-MOBILE.
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STONEMAN'S RAID.-SALISBURY.-MOBILE.-WILSON'S RAID.-FIGHT WITH FORREST.-TAK-
ING OF SELMA.-COTTON BURNING.-SURRENDER OF MONTGOMERY.-CAPTURE OF COLUM-
BUS.-IRON-CLAD RAMS.-MACON.-JOYFUL NEWS.- DEFENCES OF MOBILE.- CANBY'S
PLAN.-SPANISH FORT.-STORMING OF BLAKELY.-SURRENDER OF MOBILE............... 507
CHAPTER XLI.-PETERSBURG.
THE CONFEDERACY IN 1865.-CONSCRIPTION AND DESERTION.-NEGRO SOLDIERS.-CONFED-
ERATE MONEY.-LEE'S ARMY.-DISSATISFACTION WITH DAVIS.-LEE COMMANDER-IN-
CHIEF.-MRS. DAVIS.-FOREIGN AID EXPECTED.-PEACE EFFORTS.-WAR MEETINGS IN
RICHMOND.-DESOLATION IN VIRGINIA.-CHRISTMAS IN 1864.-WAR PRICES.- DINNER-
PARTY.-SOUTHSIDE RAILROAD, DINWIDDIE COURT-HOUSE.- ARMY TELEGRAPH.-
SHERIDAN'S RAID.-EARLY DEFEATED.-CHARLOTTESVILLE.-LEE'S LAST ATTACK.-
FORT STEEDMAN.-SHERIDAN AGAIN IN THE SADDLE.-FIVE FORKS.-GRAND ASSAULT
ON PETERSBURG.-FORT ALEXANDER.-FORT GREGG.-DEATH OF A. P. HILL.-LEE'S
TELEGRAM.-PETERSBURG AT LAST!........
CHAPTER XLII.-RICHMOND.
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SUNDAY IN RICHMOND.-RUMORS OF VICTORY.-GAYETY OF THE CITY.-PRAYER-MEETINGS.-
DAVIS RECEIVES LEE'S TELEGRAM.-THE NEWS KEPT SECRET.- EVACUATION. CONFU -