Union.-The Moral Veneration of the Union Peculiarly a Sentiment of the SouthWhat the South had done for the Union.-Senator Hammond's Speech.-Tho States not Schools of Provincialism and Estrangement.-The Development of America, a North and South, not Hostile States.-Peculiar Ideas of Yankee Civil zation. Ideas Nursed in "Free Schools."-Yankee Materialism.-How it has Developed in the War.-Yankee Falsehoods and Yankee Cruelties. His Commereial Politics.-Price of his Liberties.-Ideas of the Confederates in the War.-How the Washington Routine was introduced.-The Richmond Government, Weak and Negative.-No Political Novelty in the Confederacy.-The Future of Confederate Ideas. Intellectual Barrenness of the War.-Materia. of the Confederate Army. -The Birth of Great Ideas.-The Old Political Idolators.-The Recompense of Suffering.. .PAGE 293 CHAPTER XIV. Condition of the Confederacy in the early summer of 1864.—The expectations and hopes of the South.-GRANT's "ON TO RICHMOND."-Ulysses S. Grant and his command. His services and character.-THE BATTLES OF THE WILDERNESS.-A heroic stand.-Heth's and Wilcox's divisions.-A critical conjuncture.-Grant's whole army on the threshold of ruin.-Grant's change of front and General Lee's new line. The Northern newspapers go into ecstasies.-THE BATTLES OF SPOTTSỲLVANIA COURTHOUSE.-A crisis.-A thrilling scene.-"General Lee to the rear P'— Six days of battle.-Grant's obstinacy.-Sheridan's expedition.-A fight at Yellow Tavern.-Death of General "Jeb" Stuart.-Butler's movement up the James.— Beauregard drives him to Bermuda Hundred.-"The Buzzard and the Falcon."THE ENEMY'S OPERATIONS IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.-The combination there.-Three movements.-Sigel's defeat at Newmarket.-McCausland checks Crook at Dublin Depot.-Morgan defeats Averill at Wytheville.-Grant moves down the Valley of the Rappahannock.-Engagements near Hanover Junction.-Grant crosses the Pamunkey. He is within a few miles of Richmond.-The true theory of his movements, defeat, not victory.-His immense losses.-Lee's admirable movements and positive successes.-Nonsense of the newspapers.... PAGE 809 CHAPTER XV. ....... Grant essays the passage of the Chickahominy.-BATTLE OF COLD HARBOR.-A brilliant and extraordinary victory for the Confederates.-Grant's stock of expedients. -He decides to move to the south side of the James.-OPERATIONS IN WESTERN VIRGINIA.-Shocking improvidence of the Richmond authorities.-Hunter captures Staunton.-Death of General Jones.-Grant's new combination.-Hunter's part. Sheridan's part.-THE BATTLES OF PETERSBURG.-Butler attempts to steal a march upon "the Cockade City."-Engagements of the 16th, 17th, and 18th of June.-Port Walthal Junction.-Defeat of Sheridan at Trevillian Station.-Defeat of Hunter near Lynchburg.-Morgan draws Burbridge into Kentucky.-Two affairs on the Petersburg and Weldon Railroad.THE GREAT MINE EXPLOSION.-A scene of infernal horror.-Yankee comments on Grant's failures.-Great depression in the North.-Mr. Chase's declarations.-General Lee's sense of success. -His singular behavior.-THE SINKING OF THE PRIVATEER ALABAMA.-A Yan kee trick of concealed armor.-The privateer service of the Confederates.-Interesting statistics...... PAGE 825 CHAPTER XVI. Sherman's campaign in Georgia.-How parallel with that in Virginia.- The tasks of Grant and Sherman compared.-Numerical inferiority of General Johnston's forces. His proposition to the Richmond authorities.-Pragmatism of President Davis and his secretary.-Engagement in Resaca Valley.-General Johnston's designs.-Why he retreated.-His disappointment of a battle at Cassville.-ENGAGEMENT AT NEW HOPE CHURCH.-True theory of the retrograde movement of Johnston.-BATTLE OF KENESAW MOUNTAIN.-Sherman's confession.-Sherman master of the Chattahoochee.-Johnston falls back to Atlanta.-The vexed question of Johnston's retreat.-What it surrendered.—What it secured.-Its strategie advantages.-The enemy's movements in Virginia and Georgia both in check.— Disappointment of the enemy.-Statistics of Yankee recruiting.-Another Confederate success.-Defeat of Sturgis." The Avengers of Fort Pillow."-Barbarities of the enemy's summer campaign.-Augmentation of Yankee ferocity.-Its effect on the Confederates.-Offensive operation of the Confederates.-Three projects of invasion.-EARLY'S INVASION OF MARYLAND, &c.-Sigel's retreat.BATTLE OF MONOCACY BRIDGE.-Early loses the great opportunity of 1864.-Results of his expedition.-Engagement at Kernstown.-MORGAN'S INVASION OF KEN TUCKY.-His failure.-PRICE'S INVASION OF MISSOURI.-Pilot Knob.-General Ew ing's retreat.--Price retires..... PAGE 841 CHAPTER XVII. Great revulsion in the public mind of the North in the summer of 1864.-A general outcry for peace.-Spirit of Yankee newspapers.-The Niagara Falls "Commision."-The Jacques-Gilmore Affair.-Sorry figure of the Confederacy in the negotiations. The question of peace negotiations in the Confederacy.-Trito method of peace.-Manifesto of the Confederate Congress.-Position of President Davis-His letter to Governor Vance, of North Carolina.-The CHICAGO CONVEWTION, etc.-Speeches, etc.-The real programme of the Democratic party.- Why it broke down.-No virtue in public opinion in the North.-The true peace men of the North.-Their Convention at Cincinnati.-A reaffirmation of Jeffersonian Democracy.-A masterpiece of statesmanship.-The Presidential campaign of 1864. The RIVAL ADMINISTRATIONS AT RICHMOND AND WASHINGTON.-A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF NORTHERN DESPOTISM.-The conscription and impressment laws of the Confederacy.-The offerings of Southern patriotism.-The Yankee record in the matter of slavery.-"Military necessity."-The Yankee record in the matter of civil liberty.-An outrage upon history.......... PAGE 359 ..... ....... ... CHAPTER XVIII. The business of blockade-running.-Its risks.-Interesting statistics.-Value of the port of Mobile.-NAVAL FIGHT AND CAPTURE OF THE FORTS IN MOBILE BAY.—A frightful disparity of force.-Heroic fight of the ram Tennessee.--Absurd boasts of the Yankees.-Surrender of Fort Gaines.-Fall of Fort Morgan.-THE GEORGIA CAMPAIGN.-Its importance.-Johnston's situation at Atlanta-His removal by President Davis.-A fatal error.-Lieutenant-General Hood.-THE Battles of ATLANTA-THE FALL OF "THE GATE CITY."-Reckless and desperate fighting- Yankee raid on the Macon road.-Hood's "magnificent advance.”—Bɔɔbardment of Atlanta.-Hood's fatal mistake.-Sherman's new movement.-He "cuta the Confederates in two."-The Yankees in Atlanta.-Sherman's cruelties.-Hia depopulation of Atlanta-Enormity of the order.-Sherman as a pacificator... Governor Brown's letter.-Position of Vice-President Stephens.-Effects of the fall of Atlanta.--President Davis' Macon speech.-Its swollen tone.-CAPTURE OF THE CONFEDERATE Privateer FLORIDA.-Its cowardice and outrage.-Yankee idea of glory.-THE DESTRUCTION OF THE CONFEDERATE RAM ALBEMARLE.-Yankee entimation of the exploit.-The North Carolina Sounds.-THE ST. Albans Raid.— Stories of the savage vengeance of the Confederates.-How much truth there was in them.. PAGE 877 CHAPTER XIX. The Richmond lines.-THE FALL OF FORT HARRISON, ETC.-The attempt to retake it. —Why it failed.—ENGAGEMENT ON THE CHARLES CITY ROAD.-Death of General Gregg.-ENGAGEMENT ON THE WILLIAMSBURG AND BOYDTON ROADS.-ANOTHER GRAND ATTEMPT ON RICHMOND.-A shameful failure.-The "electoral necessity" at Washington.-THE CAMPAIGN IN THE VALLEY OF VIRGINIA.-Early's mission in the Valley. How a part of the combination to protect Richmond.--Sheridan's command.-His strategy.-BATTLE NEAR WINCHESTER.--A critical moment.-The enemy's centre broken.--He recovers. -Misconduct of the Confederate cavalry.Early retreats to Fisher's Hill.-THE BATTLE OF FISHER'S HILL.-A most unexpected reverse to the Confederates.-Misgivings and alarm in Richmond.-The capture of Staunton.-Sheridan's devastations of the Valley." Barn-burning."-An affair of Rosser's cavalry." Thel Savior of the Valley."-Battle of CEDAR CREEK.-Two-thirds of Sheridan's army completely routed.-Early's awkward pause.-Plunder of the Yankee camp. The enemy regains the day.-Shameful rout of the Confederates.-The Valley campaign virtually ended.-SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA.-Breckinridge's campaign. The Yankees capture the salt-works at Baltville.-Destruction of the works... PAGE 394. CHAPTER XX. Wr. Lincoln's extraordinary triumph.-Reassembling of the Richmond Congress.— President Davis' review of the situation.-A memorable boast.-New demands of the Confederate conscription.Military resources of the North and South com pared.-Plethoric wealth of the North.-"Twenty against one."-Two advantages the South had in the war.-Its conditions of success.-The value of endurance on the part of the South.-THE HOOD-Sherman CampaiON.--Speeches at headquarters. -Hood commences his march.-Capture of Dalton.-Sherman follows as far as Gaylesville. He turns back.-Georgia and South Carolina "at his mercy."extraordinary campaign.- Hood and Sherman marching away from each other.Hood crosses into Tennessee.-The Yankee retreat to Franklin.-THE Battle of FRANKLIN.-Great loss in Confederate officers.-The enemy retreats to Nashville.BATTLE OF NASHVILLE.-The giving way of Bates' division.-A shameful stampede, -Hood's losses.--The whole scheme of Confederate defence west of the Alleghanies broken down.-The errors of Hood's campaign............... PAGE 412 CHAPTER XXL Sherman's march from the mountains to the sea.-Yankee boasts.—Easy rature: Sherman's enterprise." Grand" mistake of the Confederates.-The burning o Atlanta. Five thousand houses in ruins.-Sherman's route to Milledgeville.Second stage of the march to Millen.-Last stage of the march.-Wheeler's cavalry THE FALL OF SAVANNAH.-Capture of Fort McAllister.-Probable surprise of Hardee. The Confederates evacuate Savannah. Sherman's Christmas-gift to Mr. Lincoln. The true value of Sherman's exploit.-His own estimation of it.-Despondency in the South.-Depletion of the Confederate armies.-THE EXCHANGE OF PRISONERS, etc.-Bad faith of the Yankees.-Their misrepresentations.-The question of recaptured slaves.-A Yankee calculation.-The Washington Government responsible for the sufferings of Yankee prisoners.-How capital was made out of their sufferings.-A ga"sick" prisoners -How "rebel barbarities" were -Its commentary on the Wash manufactured.-Noble of PAGE 426 The blockade at Wilmington.-How ineffective.-FIRST EXPEDITION AGAINST FORT FISHER. Butler's powder-ship.-The two days' bombardment.-Landing of Butler's troops.-Butler decides not to attack.-His sudden departure.-He is removed from command.-SECOND EXPEDITION AGAINST Fort Fisher.—Fall of WILMINGTON.-Landing of Terry's command.-Movements of General Hoke.-The assault on the fort. A feu d'enfer.-Desperate fighting.-The Confederates overpowered. Surrender of Fort Fisher.-Evacuation of Fort Anderson.-Yankee occupation of Wilmington.-How a part of General Sherman's campaign in the Carolinas,-SHERMAN'S SIXTY DAYS IN THE CAROLINAS.-Direction of his march.Crossing the Savannah River.-Mismanagement of the Confederate troops.-Sherman at Branchville.-THE FALL OF CHARLESTON,-Hardee joins Beauregard.Conflagration in Charleston.-Explosion at the railroad depot.-A scarred city.Charleston as seen through Yankee eyes.-CAPTURE AND BURNING OF COLUMBIA.Wild and savage scenes of pillage. The city on fire.-Four thousand citizens homeless.-Sherman's march northward.-His organization of "bummers."— The column of smoke.-The Yankees at Winnsboro'. More of the enemy's strocities.—Sherman's feint upon Charlotte.-His occupation of Fayetteville.-Hampton attacks Kilpatrick.-Sherman's appointment of a rendezvous with Schofield. -Hardee's fight near Averysboro'.-What he did with half a corps of Confederates.-THE BATTLE OF BENTONVILLE.-Success of the Confederates.-No decisive ® results. Sherman's move towards Goldsboro'.-Schofield's movement.Sher{man's success, -His congratulatory order.-A military conference at City Point, STATO PAGE 487 CHAPTER XXIII The date of distrust in the Southern mind.-Observation of General Lee.-A pecuNar moral condition of the Confederacy.—Want of confidence in President Davis' administration.-Impatience of the prolongation of the war.-Davis' unpopularity. Weak attempts in Congress at a counter-revolution.-General Lee made commander-in chief.—The title a nominal one.—The Virginis delegation and the President.—Mr. Seddon's resignation.—President Davis' deflance to Congress.—Th Davis-Johnston imbroglio.-Seator Wigfall's speeches.-Johnston's reste ration. -President Davis' opinion of homœopathy.—Sullen and indifferent disposition o the Southern people.-How they might have accomplished their independence.— Review of the military situation.-Analysis of the peace feeling in the North.How it was likely to be developed by a long war.-The Union not the enemy's sins qua non.-Two contingencies that limited the war.-The worthless title of Yankee invasion.-"Cob-web" occupation of the Confederacy.-Note: an address in the Richmond newspapers.-The two fatal facts in the condition of the Confederacy.—THE FORTRESS MONROE COMMISSION.-How it was brought about.--The Yankee ultimatum.--Official narrative of the Confederate commissioners.-A new attempt to rally the spirit of the South.The meeting at the African church in Richmond. -President Davis' boasts. His noble allusion to history.-How the cause of the Confederacy was in danger.-PROPOSITION TO ARM THE SLAVES OF THE SOUTH.Indicative of a desperate condition of the public mind.-General Lee's opinion.➡ The slaveholding interest.-Its selfishness and insolence.A weak conclusion of the matter."Catching at straws" in the Confederate Congress.Character of this body ***** PAGE 455 The last address and appeal of the Confederate Congress.--The war in a geographical point of view.-THE CONFEDERAte Congress and President DavÌS:—THE EXEÒUTIVE DEPARTMENTS.-A sharp recrimination. A committee of the Senate reply to President Davis.-Maladministration in the War Department.-Two-thirds of the Confederate Army absentees.-Lee loses nearly half his army by désertions.The other half threatened with starvation.Ample supply of food in the country.— The fault in the Commissary Department. Commissary Northrop a "pepper-dootor" as the favorite of Davis.Analysis of President Davis' character for firmness. -How Northrop starved Richmond.-HISTORY OF THE CONFEDERATE COMMISSARIAT.-Secret testimony in Congress.-President Davis' refusal to trade cotton for meat.-Persistent delusion about "king cotton."Venality of the enemy:-Davis takes no advantage of it.--Record of the rations in Lee's army:-Startling statistics.-Attempts to get meat from Europe.-General Lee's army without meat.-His telegram to President Davis.-The necessities of the Commissary Department summed up in secret session of Congress.--But little done to meet them.--How the cause of the Confederacy would have failed without a catastrophe of arms.-The military narrative resumed.-MILITARY EVENTS IN VIRGINIA IN THE WINTER OF 1864-5.-SHERIDAN'S RAID.-Thirteen counties traversed.-Amount of destruction accomplished by the enemy.--THE RICHMOND LINES.-HATCHER'S RUN.-Extension of Grant's line. -BATTLE OF HARES ALL. Gallantry of Gordon's command. Vigor and brilliancy of the fighting of the Confederates.--No decisive results.. PAGE 474 CHAPTER XXV. :) $.0 * THE BATTLES AROUND PETERSBURG.-The movement of Sheridan's cavalry.The Five ...Forks.-General Lee's counter-movement.-Repulse of Sheridan.-Re-enforced by Grant. The Confederates flanked at the Five Forks. The situation in front o Petersburg.-Lee's lines broken in three places.-Capture of Fort Mahone by the enemy.-General Lee loses his entire line of defence, and the Southside Railroad. -THE EVACUATION OF RICHMOND.-Great surprise in the Confederate capital.—The news in the churches.-Dr. Hoge's address.-Consternation and uproar in the |