CHAPTER III.

Confidence of the North.--Characteristic Boasts.-" Crushing out the Rebellion."-

Volunteering in the Northern Cities.-The New York "Invincibles."-Misrepresenta

tions of the Government at Washington.-Mr. Seward's Letter to the French Govern-

ment. Another Call for Federal Volunteers -Opening Movements of the Campaign.

-The Federal Occupation of Alexandria.—Deɛth of Col. Ellsworth.-Fortress Mon-

roo. The BATTLE OF BETH-Results of this Battle.-Gen. Joseph E. Jahnston.-

The Upper Potomac.-Evacuation and Destruction of Harper's Ferry.-The Move-

ments in the Upper Portion of the Valley of Virginia.-Northwestern Virginia.—The

BATTLE OF RICH MOUNTAIN,--Carrock's Ford.-The Retreat of the Confederates.-

General McClellan.-Meeting of the Federal Congress.-Mr. Lincoln's Message.-

Kentucky.-Western Virginia.-Large Requisitions for Men and Money by the Fed-

eral Government.-Its Financial Condition.-Financial Measures of the Southern

Confederacy.-Contrast between the Ideas of the Rival Governments.-Conserva-

tism of the Southern Revolution.-Despotic Excesses of the Government at Wash-

ington........

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CHAPTER IV.

The "Grand Army" of the North.-General McDowell.-The Affair of Bull Pun.-

An Artillery Duel.—THE BATTLE or Manassar.—“ On to Richmond."-Scenery of the

Battle-field.-Crises in the Battle.-Devoted Courage of the Confederates.-THE KOUT.

-How the News was received in Washington.-How it was received in the South.-

General Bee.-Colonel Bartow.-The Great Error.-General Johnston's Excuses for

not advancing on Washington.-Incidents of the Manassas BATTLE........ Page 95

CHAPTER V.

Results of the Manassas Battle in the North.-General Scott.-McClellan, "the

Young Napoleon."-Energy of the Federal Government.-The Bank Loan.-Events

in the West.-The MISSOURI CAMPAIGN.—Governor Jackson's Proclamation.-Sterling

Price.-The Affair of Booneville.--Organization of the Missouri forces.-The BATTLE

of Carthage.-General McCulloch.-The Battle of Oax HILL.-Death of General

Lyon.-The Confederate Troops leave Missouri.-Operations in Northern Missouri.—

General Harris.-General Price's march towards the Missouri.-The Affair at Dry-

wood Creek.-The BATTLE OF LEXINGTON.-The Jayhawkers.-The Victory of "the

Five Hundred."-General Price's Achievements.-ilis Retreat, and the necessity for

it.-Operations of General Jeff. Thompson in Southeastern Missouri.-The Affair of

Fredericktown.-General Price's passage of the Osage River.-Secession of Missouri

from the Federal Union.-Fremont superseded.-The Federal forces in Missouri de-

moralized.--General Price at Springfield.-Review of his Cainpaign.-SKETCH OF

GENERAL PRICE.-Coldness of the Government towards him................... ...PAGE 124

CHAPTER VI.

The Campaign in Western Virginia-General Wise's Command.-Political Influ

ences in Western Virginia-The Affair of Scary Creek.-General Wise's Retreat te

Lewisburg-General Floyd's Brigade.-The Affair at Cross Lanes.-Movements on

she Gauley.-The Affair of Carnifax Ferry.-Disagreement between Generals Floyd

and Wise.-The Tyrees.-A l'atriotic Woman.-Movements in Northwestern Vir-

ginia.-General Lee.-The Enemy intrenched on Cheat Mountain.-General Rose-

crans.-Failure of General Lee's Plan of Attack.-He removes to the Kanawha Ro-

gion.-The Opportunity of a Decisive Battle lost.-Retreat of Rosecrans.--General

H. R. Jackson's Affair on the Greenbrier.--The Approach of Winter.-The Campaign

in Western Virginia abandoned.-The Affair on the Alleghany.-General Floyd at

Cotton Hill. His masterly Retreat.-Review of the Campaign in Wostern Virginia. —

Some of its Incidents.-Its Failure and unfortunate Results.-Other Movements in

Virginia. The Potomac Line.-The Battle of LkkKSBURG.—Overweening Confidence

of the South...

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CHAPTER VII.

The Position and Policy of Kentucky in the War.-Kentucky Chivalry.-Reminia-

cences of the "Dark and Bloody Ground."-Protection of the Northwest by Kon

tucky.-How the Debt of Gratitude has been repaid.-A Glance at the Hartford

Convention.-The Gubernatorial Canvass of 1839 in Kentucky.-Division of Parties.—

Other Causes for the Disloyalty of Kentucky.—The "Pro-Slavery and Union" Resolu-

tions.-The "State Guard."-General Buckner.-The Pretext of "Neutrality," and

what it meant.-The Kentucky Refugees.-A Reign of Terror.-Judge Monroe in

Nashville.-General Breckinridge.-Occupation of Columbus by General Polk.-The

Neutrality of Kentucky first broken by the North.-General Buckner at Bowling

Green.-Camp "Dick Robinson."-The "Home Guard."-The Occupation of Colum-

bus by the Confederates explained.—Cumberland Gap.-General Zollicoffer's Procla

mation. The Affair of Barboursville.-"The Wild-Cat Stampede."-The Virginia

and Kentucky Border.-The Affair of Piketon.-Suffering of our Troops at Pound

Gap.-The "Union Party" in East Tennessee.-Keelan, the Ilero of Strawberry

Plains.-The Situation on the Waters of the Ohio and Tennessee.--THE Battle of

BELMONT.-Weakness of our Forces in Kentucky.-General Albert Sidney Johnston.-

Inadequacy of his Forces at Bowling Green.-Neglect and Indifference of the Con-

federate Authorities.—A Crisis imminent.-Admission of Kentucky into the Southern

Confederacy.
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CHAPTER VIII.

Prospects of European Interference.-The selfish Calculations of England.-Effects

of the Blockade on the South.-Arrest by Capt. Wilkes of the Southern Commission-

ers.-The Indignation of England.-Surrender of the Commissioners by the Lincoln

Government.-Mr. Seward's Letter.-REVIEW or Affairs at THE CLOSE OF THE YEAR

1861.-Apathy and Improvidence of the Southern Government.-Superiority of the

North on the Water.-The Hatteras Expedition.-The Port Royal Expedition.-The

Southern Privateers.-Their Failuro.-Errors of Southern Statesmanship.-"King

Cotton."-Episodes of the War.-The Affair of Santa Rosa Island.-The Affair of

Dranesville.-Political Measures of the South.-A weak and halting Policy.-The

Spirit of the War in the North.-Administration of the Civil Polity of the Southern

Army.-The Quarter-master's Department.-Hygiene of the Camps.--Ravages of the

Southern Army by Disease.--The Devotion of the Women of the South..........Paon 206

CHAPTER IX.

Prospects of the Year 1862.-The Lines of the Potomac.--General Jackson's Expe.

dition to Winchester.-The Battle of Mill Sprixos in KENTUCKY.-General Crit

tenden.-Death of General Zollicoffer.-Sufferings of Crittenden's Army on the

Retreat.-Comparative Unimportance of the Disaster.-The BATTLE OF ROANOKE

ISLAND.-Importance of the Island to the South.-Death of Captain Wise.-Causes of

the Disaster to the South.-Investigation in Congress.-Censure of the Government.-

Interviews of General Wise with Mr. Benjamin, the Secretary of War.-Mr. Benjamin

censured by Congress, but retained in the Cabinet.-His Promotion by President

Davis.-Condition of the Popular Sentiment............................................................................PAGE 220

CHAPTER X.

The Situation in Tennessee and Kentucky.-The affair at Woodsonville.-Death of

Colonel Terry.-The Strength and Material of the Federal Force in Kentucky.-Con-

dition of the Defences on the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers.-The Confederate

Congress and the Secretary of the Navy.-The Fall of Fort Henry.-Fort Donelson

threatened.-The Army of General A. S. Johnston.-His Interview with General

Beauregard.-Insensibility of the Confederate Government to the Exigency.-General

Johnston's Plan of Action.-BATTLE OF FORT DONELSON,-Carnage and Scenery of the

Battle-field.-The Council of the Southern Commanders.-Agreement to surrender.

-Escape of Generals Floyd and Pillow.-The Fall of Fort Donelson develops the

Crisis in the West.-The Evacuation of Nashville.-The Panic.-Extraordinary

Scenes.-Experience of the Enemy in Nashville.-The Adventures of Captain John

Morgan.-General Johnston at Murfreesboro.-Organization of a New Line of Defence

South of Nashville.-The Defence of Memphis and the Mississippi.-Island No. 10.-

Serious Character of the Disaster at Donelson.-Generals Floyd and Pillow “ ro-

lieved from Command."-General Johnston's Testimony in favor of these Officers.-

President Davis's Punctilio.-A sharp Contrast.-Negotiation for the Exchange of

Prisoners.-A Lesson of Yankee Perfidy.-Mr. Benjamin's Release of Yankee

Hostages.....
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CHAPTER XI.

Organization of the permanent Government of the South.-The Policy of England.

--Declaration of Earl Russell.-Onset of the Northern Forces.-President Davis's

Message to Congress.-The Addition of New States and Territories to the Southern

Confederacy. Our Indian Allies.-The Financial Condition, North and South.--De-

ceitful Prospects of Peace.-Effect of the Disasters to the South.-Action of Congress.

-The Conscript Bill.-Provisions vs. Cotton.-Barbarous Warfare of the North.-The

Anti-slavery Sentiment.-How it was unmasked in the War.-Emancipation Measures

in the Federal Congress.-Spirit of the Southern People.-The Administration of Jef-

ferson Davis.-His Cabinet.-The Defensive Policy.-The NAVAL ENGAGEMENT IN

HAMPTON ROADS.-Iron-clad Vessels.-What the Southern Government might have

done. The Narrative of General Price's Campaign resumed.-His Retreat into Ar-

kansas.-The BATTLE OF ELK HORN.-Criticism of the Result.-Death of General Mc-

Culloch.-The BATTLE OF VALVERDE.-The Foothold of the Confederates in New

Mexico.-Change of the Plan of Campaign in Virginia. -Abandonment of the Potomas

Line by the Confederates.-The Battle of KERNSTOWN.-Colonel Turner Ashby.-

Appearance of McClellan's Army on the Peninsula-Firmness of General Magruder.

-The New Situation of the War in Virginia.-Recurrence of Disasters to the South

on the Water.-The Capture of Newbern.-Fall of Fort Pulaski and Fort Macon.➡

Common Sense vs. "West Point.".................
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CHAPTER XII.

The Campaign in the Mississippi Valley.-Bombardment of Island No. 10.-The

Scencs, Incidents, and Results.-Fruits of the Northern Victory.-Movements of the

Federals on the Tennessee River.-The BATTLE OF SHILOH.-A "Lost Opportunity."

-Death of General Albert Sidney Johnston.-Comparison between the Battles of

Shiloh and Manassas.-The Federal Expeditions into North Alabama.-Withdrawal

of the Confederate Forces from the Trans-Mississippi District.-General Price and

his Command.-The FALL or NEW ORLEANS.-The Flag Imbroglio.-Major-general

Butler.-Causes of the Disaster.-Its Results and Consequences.-The Fate of the

Valley of the Mississippi..
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CHAPTER XIIL

CONCLUSION.

Prospects of the War.-The Extremity of the South.-Lights and Shadows of the

Campaign in Virginia.-Jackson's Campaign in the Valley.-The Policy of Concen-

tration.-Sketch of the Battles around Richmond.-Effect of McClellan's Defeat upon.

the North.-President Davis's congratulatory Order.-The War as a great Money

Job.-Note: Gen. Washington's Opinion of the Northern People.-Statement of the

Northern Finances.-Yankee Venom.-Gen. Pope's Military Orders.-Summary of

the War Legislation of the Northern Congress.-Retaliation on the part of the Con-

federacy. The Cartel.-Prospects of European Interference.-English Statesmanship.

-Progress of the War in the West.-The Defence of Vicksburg.-Morgan's great

Raid. The Tennessee-Virginia Frontier.-A Glance at the Confederate Congress.-

Mr. Foote and the Cabinet.-The Campaign in Virginia again.-Rapid Movements

and famous March of the Southern Troops.-The signal Victory of the Thirtieth of

August on the Plains of Manassas.-Reflections on the War.-Some of its Character-

istics.-A Review of its Military Results.-Three Moral Benefits of the War.-Pros-

pects and Promises of the Future..........................................

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