Escape of

the Night. The Albemarle Destroyed.
Cushing. Received as One From the Dead. Plymouth
Captured by the United States Navy.

CHAPTER III. FORT FISHER AND WILMINGTON

Blockade Running. Importance of the Port of Wil-

mington. Profits of the Blockade Runners. Activity

of the Navy. An Expedition Planned Against Fort

Fisher. The Powder Boat Scheme. The Relations of

Porter, Butler, and Weitzel. Mutual Recriminations.

Delays. The Powder Boat Exploded Without Results.

The Force under Butler Lands. The Fort Bombarded

by the Navy. Weitzel Decides Against Attacking.

The Troops Reëmbark and Return to Fort Monroe.

Grant Censures Butler and Relieves Him. A New

Expedition Starts under Terry. The Troops Land and

Assault the Fort. Capture of Fort Fisher. The Move-

ment on Wilmington. Schofield Enters Wilmington

on the 22d of February. The March to Goldsboro'.

Battle of Kinston. Occupation of Goldsboro' and

Junction with Sherman .

CHAPTER IV. THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT

Colfax Elected Speaker. Lincoln's Annual Message

of 1863 on Emancipation. Constitutional Amendments

Proposed. Trumbull's Amendment. Thirteenth

Amendment Passed by the Senate, and Defeated by

the House. Lincoln and the Baltimore Platform.

Lincoln's Annual Message of 1864 on Amending the

Constitution. Ashley Moves to Reconsider the Vote

on the Thirteenth Amendment. Debate in the House.

Progressive Democratic and Border State Members.

Sumner and the Raritan Bill. House Passes the Thir-

teenth Amendment. Lincoln's Address. The Thir-

teenth Amendment Ratified. Amendments of 1861

and 1865 Contrasted

CHAPTER V. BLAIR'S MEXICAN PROJECT

Lincoln's Annual Message of 1864 on Peace. Francis

P. Blair, Sr., Permitted to go South. His Letters to

Jefferson Davis. His Visit to Richmond. His Inter-

view with Jefferson Davis. His Scheme Concerning

Mexico. Davis's Replies and Questions. His Letter to

Blair about Peace for "The Two Countries." Lin-

coln's Letter to Blair about Peace for "Our One

Common Country." Blair's Return Visit to Richmond.

Davis's Consultation with His Cabinet. Appoints

Stephens, Hunter, and Campbell Peace Commission-

CHAPTER VI. THE HAMPTON ROADS CONFERENCE

Stephens, Hunter, and Campbell Ask Leave to Visit

Washington. Major Eckert's Mission. Lincoln Sends

Seward to Meet the Commissioners. His Instructions.

The Commissioners and Grant. Grant's Telegram to

Stanton. Lincoln Goes to Fort Monroe. Interview Be-

tween Lincoln, Seward, and the Commissioners. The

Points of Discussion. No Agreement Reached. Lin-

coln's Suggestion to Stephens. The Commissioners Re-

port to Jefferson Davis. Davis's Message and Speech

CHAPTER VII. THE SECOND INAUGURAL

Lincoln's Proposed Message and Proclamation. His

Proposal Disapproved by the Cabinet. Statement of

Secretary Welles. Statement of Secretary Usher. Lin-

coln's Message About the Hampton Roads Conference.

Joint Resolution About Insurrectionary States. Lin-

coln's Message on Signing the Joint Resolution. The

Presidential Count. Lincoln's Reply to the Notifica-

tion Committee. His Second Inauguration. The Sec-

ond Inaugural. Lincoln's Letter to Weed.

CHAPTER VIII. FIVE FORKS

The Agony of the Confederacy. Worthlessness of the

Currency. High Prices. Rigor of the Conscription.

Desertions. Mutual Recriminations. Disaffection.

Decline in Value of Slave Property. Despair of the

Confederate State Department. Lee in Supreme

Command. Overtures for Military Negotiations. Lin-

coln Forbids Them. Lee and Davis on the Evacuation

of Richmond. Gordon's Sortie at Fort Stedman. Its

Partial Success and Final Failure. Grant Resolves to

91

113

132

Move to the Left. His Plans. Sherman's Visit. The

Army of the Potomac. Sheridan's Views. Grant's

Purpose Fully Developed. Sheridan at Dinwiddie

Court House. The Battle of Five Forks. Warren

Relieved. Relations Between Him and Grant. . 148

CHAPTER IX. APPOMATTOX

Grant Orders Assault on the Confederate Lines at

Petersburg. Success of Wright and Parke. Death

of A. P. Hill. Capture of Forts Gregg and Whit-

worth. Lee Driven Back to His Inner Line. He

Evacuates Petersburg. Reception of the News in

Richmond. Lee's Flight and Grant's Pursuit. Lee

at Amelia Court House. The Battle of Sailor's Creek.

Humphreys and Wright Defeat the Confederates.

Read's Self-sacrifice. "Let the Thing be Pressed."

The Race to Appomattox. Lee's Optimism. Not

Shared by His Generals. Grant's Summons to Sur-

render. Exchange of Letters. Sheridan at Appo-

mattox. Ord and Griffin Come Up. The Way Barred.

Lee Surrenders. Grant's Liberal Terms. The Number

Surrendered. No Salutes Fired. Meeting of Lee

and Grant After the Surrender. .

CHAPTER X. THE FALL OF THE REBEL CAPITAL

Prospects in Richmond. Davis's Last Message. Lee

Directs the Evacuation of Richmond. A Fateful

Sunday. Departure of the Rebel Government. Dis-

order and Pillage. The Confederates Burn Richmond.

General Ewell's Statement. The City Surrendered to

General Weitzel. Arrival of the Union Army. Rich-

mond Under the Stars and Stripes. Order, Relief,

and Peace.

CHAPTER XI. LINCOLN IN RICHMOND

Captain Robert T. Lincoln. The President's Visit to

Grant. Interview of Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, and

Porter. Lincoln's Visit to Petersburg. His Visit to

Richmond. Presidential Entry into the Fallen Capital.

Interviews with Judge Campbell. Lincoln's Memoran-

dum. His Directions About the Virginia Legislature.

175

199

Notification to Grant. Campbell's Letter to the
Legislative Committee. The Call to the Legisla-
ture. Campbell's Misconstruction. Weitzel's Mistake.
The Meeting Revoked by the President.

CHAPTER XII. JOHNSTON'S SURRENDER

Sherman's March Northward. His Forces. The

Country Traversed. Columbia Captured and Burned.

The March to the Great Pedee. Fayetteville Taken.

Johnston Supersedes Beauregard. The Confederate

Forces. The Battles of Averysboro' and Bentonville.

Sherman Enters Goldsboro'. Stoneman's Raid Towards

Lynchburg. Wilson's Expedition. He Defeats For-

rest and Captures Selma. Sherman Prepares for a

Final Campaign. The News of Lee's Surrender.

Sherman Marches to Raleigh. Johnston Proposes a

Suspension of Hostilities. Negotiations. The Sher-

man-Johnston Memorandum. It is Disapproved by

Grant and the Government. Grant Arrives at

Sherman's Headquarters. Johnston Surrenders on

the Appomattox Terms. Sherman's Controversy with

Halleck and Stanton

213

229

CHAPTER XIII. THE CAPTURE OF JEFFERSON DAVIS

Flight of the Rebel Government. Davis's Danville

Proclamation. The Halt at Greensboro'. Davis's

Interviews with Johnston and Beauregard. Johnston's

Statement. Mallory's Statement. Negotiations with

Sherman. Davis's Stay at Charlotte. Davis's Orders

and Johnston's Refusal. Wilson Sends Harnden and

Pritchard in Pursuit. Capture of the Camp near

Irwinville. Davis's Statement. Lawton's Statement.

Reagan's Statement. Imprisonment and Indictment of

Davis. President Johnson's Amnesty. The Death of

Jefferson Davis

255

CHAPTER XIV. THE FOURTEENTH OF APRIL

Good Friday, a Day of Thanksgiving. Restoration of
the Flag at Fort Sumter. Solemn Ceremonies. Ora-
tion by Henry Ward Beecher. Meeting of the Cabinet
at Washington. The President's Dream. Discussion
of Plans for Peace. "Enough Lives Have Been Sac-

rificed." The President's Last Words to His Cabinet.
He Passes the Day with His Family. Threats of
Assassination. The President's Treatment of Them.
Confederate Propositions. The Final Plot. The Con-
spirators. Wilkes Booth and His Accomplices. Booth's
Preparations at the Theater. The President in His
Box. The Strange Fate of all His Party. The Shot
Fired. The Flight of Booth. The Death of Abra-
ham Lincoln

CHAPTER XV. THE FATE OF THE ASSASSINS

The Attempted Assassination of Seward. The Flight

and Capture of Payne. Booth Gains the Navy Yard

Bridge. His Escape into Maryland. Receives Aid

and Comfort. Passages From His Diary. Shot on the

26th of April. Trial of the Surviving Conspirators.

Their Execution. John H. Surratt

CHAPTER XVI. THE MOURNING PAGEANT

The General Sorrow. No Public Rejoicing Over the

Downfall of the Rebellion. The Attitude of the Radi-

cals in Congress. President Johnson Takes the Oath

of Office. The Funeral Ceremonies in Washington.

The Journey to Springfield Begun. Harrisburg.

Philadelphia. New York. Through New York State.

Ohio. Cleveland. Indiana and the West. Chicago.

The Interment at Oak Ridge. Building of the Monu-

ment. Its Dedication. Speech of President Grant

CHAPTER XVII. THE END OF REBELLION

"The Back of Rebellion Broken." Fears of an Indefi-

nite Prolongation of the War. These Fears Unfounded.

Surrender of Taylor to Canby and Farrand to Thatcher.

Kirby Smith's Threats and Surrender. Wilson's

Paroles. Recruiting Stopped. Reduction of the

Army. Sale of Material. The Grand Review of the

23d and 24th of May. The Army of the Potomac.

Sherman's Army. The Lesson of the War. The

Mustering out of Army and Navy. The New Grand

Divisions. The Insurrection Proclaimed at an End.

The Losses and Expense of the War. The Growth

of the Country in Four Years.

277

303

. 314

326