COPYRIGHT, 1905,

BY

THE SAALFIELD PUBLISHING CO.

MADE BY
THE WERNER COMPANY
AKRON, OHIO

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CONTENTS

Prefatory Comment

I.-Mountain Peaks

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II-A Puny Babe-Heroic Surroundings

III.-In Kenyon College

IV. Work, Law, Slavery

V. Settles in Cadiz-Marries

VI. Returns to Steubenville-Active in Politics..

VII.-Death of His Idols

VIII. Great Cases-A Tragedy....

IX.-Steubenville Anecdotes and Reminiscences.

X.-In Pittsburg-Wheeling Bridge Case .....

XI.-Other Important Litigation-Meets Lincoln

XII.-Second Marriage-California Land Cases

XIII.-Trial of Daniel E. Sickles

XIV. A New Home-Election of 1860

XV.-A Seething Caldron

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XVI.-A Remarkable Memorandum

XVII. Gigantic Battle for the Union

XVIII.-Letters to Buchanan-Lincoln Excoriated

XIX.-Resumes the Law-Appointed War Minister

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XX.-Work for a Titan ....

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XXI.-Opening Intercourse With McClellan

XXII.-An Era-Creating Order ....

XXIII.-Arbitrary Arrests-General Stone

XXIV. Succeeds McClellan as General-in-Chief

XXV.-The Famous "Morning Hour"

XXVI. Approves McClellan's Plans

XXVII.-Captures Norfolk

XXVIII.-The Lofty Dyer Letter

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XXIX. Creates and Fights a Navy

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XXX.-A Mutilated Telegram Saves McClellan

XXXI.-McClellan's Threat to Surrender

XXXII.-Great Battle With the Pen-Pope Slaughtered

XXXIII.—An Everlasting Indictment-McClellan Reinstated 176

XXXIV.-Slaves-Stanton the Real Emancipator

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XXXV.-McClellan Relieved-Stanton Vindicated

XXXVI.-Disappointed in Meade at Gettysburg

XXXVII. A Thrilling Rescue-Rosecrans Saved

XXXVIII.-Newspaper Hostility-War Diary

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XXXIX.-Perfect Autocracy-The Military Telegraph

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XL. Still the Autocrat-Military Railroads

XLI.-Prisoners of War-A Heart-Breaking Duty

XLII. Raising Troops-Fearful Draft Riots

XLIII. The Fire in the Rear ....

XLIV.-Hampton Roads Peace Conference

XLV. The Surrender-A Rescuing Hand

XLVI.-Lincoln's Colossal Blunder Rectified

XLVII. Celebrating and Rejoicing ...

XLVIII.-Lincoln Assassinated-Stanton as Acting-President... 276

XLIX.-Conspirators Captured and Executed

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L.-Grand Review-Sherman's Affront-Disbandment

LI.-Faithful Lieutenants .....

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LIV.-Turmoil-Rescuing Grant

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LV. "Swinging Around the Circle"-Great Letter to Ashley 309

LVI.-Victorious Over Johnson and His Advisers

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LVII. A Patriotic Conspiracy

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LVIII. A Brief Respite-The McCardle Case

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LIX.-Answers the President

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LXII.-Impeachment Fails-Stanton Retires, out of Funds .. 340

LXIII.-War Office Secrets and Episodes

LXIV. Religion as a War Force ...

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LXV.-Grant's Criticisms-Inside History

LXVI.-Heroic Politics-Great Speeches for Grant

LXVII-A Struggling Wreck-Supreme Bench

LXVIII.-Death

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LII.—Inaugurates Reconstruction-Military Governors

LIII. Parting of the Ways

LX.-Besieged by the President

LXI.-Congress at Stanton's Feet

LXIX. Property-Last Will

LXX. Sidelights-Gleams of Character

LXXI.-Storm-Swept

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Corbett, Boston
Corey, James B.
Corning, Erastus
Coyle, John Francis
Curtin, Gov. Andrew G.
Cushing, Caleb

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