HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

FROM THE COMPROMISE OF 1850

VOL. V

•The

HISTORY

OF THE

UNITED STATES

FROM

THE COMPROMISE OF 1850

BY

JAMES FORD RHODES, LL.D., LITT.D.

MEMBER OF THE MASSACHUSETTS HISTORICAL SOCIETY

VOL. V

1864-1866

New York

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LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD.

1904

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Lincoln's statement of necessary conditions for peace.

Francis P. Blair's visit to Davis

Exhaustion of the South

Despondency and discontent at the South

Hampton Roads conference.

Lack of food for Lee's army

Desertions increasing.

Efforts at the South for peace

Judge Campbell's report

Davis's position .

Act for enlistment of slaves

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