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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
The Political Struggle of 1860
“Liberty, with a slave for a pedestal and a chain in her
hand, is an image from which our understandings and hearts
alike recoil."-CHANNING.
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9
CHAPTER II.
Lincoln Elected President: The Southern Confederacy
Formed
"The country is approaching a crisis on the greatest question
which can be proposed to it; a question not of profit or loss, of
tariffs or banks, or any temporary interests, but a question
involving the first principles of freedom, morals, and religion.”
-CHANNING.
CHAPTER III.
Peace Offerings: The Call to Arms
"This is not the time for sycophancy, for servility, for
compromise of principle, for forgetfulness of our rights."-
CHANNING.
"The Government will not assail you."-LINCOLN.
"We have humbled the flag of the United States."
A
--GOV. PICKENS.
"Thus the evil of the moment contains the germ of good
that is enduring."-GREELEY.
"The Austrians do not know the value of time."-NAPOLEON.
"He is a phenomenon; I would follow him blindfolded."
-"STONEWALL" JACKSON.
CHAPTER VII.
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The Seven Days' Fighting before Richmond
"But yesterday, and our country might
Have stood against the world; now lies she there,
And none so poor to do her reverence!"
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Slavery Emancipation
CHAPTER IX.
"The greatest nation is that which does most for humanity."
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"You have not, as good patriots should do, studied the public
good, but your particular ends."-MASSINGER.
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CHAPTER XIII.
Through "the Wilderness" with Grant
"When Grant moved by his left flank to Spottsylvania, we
understood what manner of man he was."-EGGLESTON.
"I propose to fight it out on this line if it takes all summer."
-GRANT.
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"God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man."
-SHAKESPEARE.
"Our contentment is our best having."—Ibid.
CHAPTER XVI.
Sheridan's Ride
"No half measures.
No squeamishness in resolution.
Nemesis is not a conceited prude. Let us be terrible and useful.
Does the elephant stop to look where he sets his foot? We
must crush the enemy."-Vide VICTOR HUGO's "Ninety-Three."
"He taught the doubtful battle when to rage."-ADDISON.
CHAPTER XVII.
The Fortunes of War
"It is expedient to have an acquaintance with those who
have looked into the world."-HORNE.
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