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Copyright, 1894, 1895, by
THE CENTURY CO.
THE DE VINNE PRESS.
TARY HOSPITALS IN THE CITY-THE COMING OF
THE WOUNDED- FORTIFICATIONS OF WASHINGTON
SOME FAMOUS CIVILIANS OF THE TIME
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CHAPTER II
GLIMPSES OF LINCOLN IN WAR TIME
THE CLOUDY CLOSE OF 1862-CHANGE OF COM-
MANDERS OF THE ARMY OF THE POTOMAC-THE
FREDERICKSBURG DEFEAT-A GLOOMY NEW YEAR'S
- REVIEWING HOOKER'S ARMY
DAY IN WASHINGTON
-SOCIAL INCIDENTS IN WASHINGTON-LINCOLN'S
POWERS OF MEMORY .
CHAPTER III
AFTER THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF GOOD NEWS-AFTER GETTYSBURG-LEE'S ES-
CAPE ACROSS THE POTOMAC AT FALLING WATERS,
MARYLAND-LINCOLN'S DISAPPOINTMENT
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CHAPTER IV
LINCOLN, CHASE, AND GRANT
AMONG THE LAWMAKERS-DIFFICULT PROGRESS
OF WAR LEGISLATION-LINCOLN, CHASE, AND
THEIR POLITICAL FRIENDS-THE RESIGNATION
OF SECRETARY CHASE-ENTER LIEUTENANT-GEN-
ERAL GRANT.
CHAPTER V
LINCOLN'S
TWO WAR-TIME CONVENTIONS
SECOND
NOMINATION-CONTENTION
OVER RECONSTRUCTION PLANS-THE DARK DAYS
OF 1864-MCCLELLAN'S NOMINATION AT CHICAGO
CHASE ON THE SUPREME BENCH
CHAPTER VI
THE DEATH OF SLAVERY
LAST CASE UNDER THE FUGITIVE-SLAVE LAWS
— ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA· -COMPENSATED EMANCIPATION-PAS-
SAGE OF THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT-THRIL-
LING SCENES IN CONGRESS-COLORED PEOPLE IN
STREET-CARS
CHAPTER VII
LINCOLN'S REËLECTION
THE BEGINNING OF LINCOLN'S SECOND TERM-
THE PRESIDENT'S SHREWDNESS AT HAMPTON ROADS
-LINCOLN'S SECOND INAUGURATION.
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CHAPTER VIII
THE CLOSE OF LINCOLN'S CAREER
CLOSING SCENES OF THE WAR DRAMA―THE GREAT
TRAGEDY-THE DOOM OF THE CONSPIRATORS.
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CHAPTER IX
LIFE IN THE WHITE HOUSE
'MID WAR'S ALARMS- THE BOY OF THE WHITE
HOUSE-THE PEST OF PLACE-HUNTERS-LIN-
COLN'S STORIES-SOME OF HIS LITERARY TENDEN-
CIES-FONDNESS FOR POETRY- HIS METHODICAL
THE LAST GRAND REVIEW
A STRIKING AND MEMORABLE MILITARY PAGEANT
-THE FINAL MARCH OF GRANT'S AND SHERMAN'S
ARMIES THROUGH THE NATIONAL CAPITAL-SOME
OF THE FEATURES OF THE PARADE- A NOTE OF
PEACE AT LAST
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INDEX
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ERAL GRANT .
SECOND NOMINATION-CONTENTION
-CHASE ON THE SUPREME BENCH
·ABOLITION OF SLAVERY IN THE DISTRICT OF
COLUMBIA- COMPENSATED EMANCIPATION-PAS-
SAGE OF THE THIRTEENTH AMENDMENT- -THRIL-