The Civil War

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• The Pretext for DisunionVolume III · Chapter III · circa 1861
  The Pretext for Disunion — True Reasons — State-Rights Associations — Desires for a Royal Government and Aristocratic Privileges — Early Preparations for Disunion — Secret Conferences
• Secession Convention in South CarolinaVolume III · Chapter IV · circa 1861
  Secession Convention in South Carolina — Proceedings of the Convention — Ordinance of Secession Adopted — Public Excitement — Signing the Ordinance — Anxiety of the Loyal People
• Heroism of Major AndersonVolume III · Chapter V · circa 1861
  Heroism of Major Anderson — his Wife and Peter Hart — Robbery in the Interior Department — Flight of Secretary Floyd — Cabinet Changes — South Carolina Commissioners in Washington
• LunacyVolume III · Chapter VI · circa 1861
  Lunacy — Yielding to Necessity — Wild Dreams of the Future — Boasting — the Confederates Prepare for War — Permanent Constitution Adopted
• Virginians in CharlestonVolume III · Chapter VII · circa 1861
  Virginians in Charleston — a Cry for Blood — Events in Charleston — Siege of Fort Sumter — Incidents of the Struggle — Evacuation of the Fort
• The Virginia ConventionVolume III · Chapter VIII · circa 1861
  The Virginia Convention — Union Sentiments Suppressed by Violence — Ordinance of Secession Passed — Bad Faith — Virginia Annexed to the Confederacy — the People Disfranchised
• Defection of Colonel LeeVolume III · Chapter IX · circa 1861
  Defection of Colonel Lee — Temptation and Fall — First Invasion of Virginia — Death of Colonel Ellsworth — Blockade of the Potomac — Engagement at Sewall's Point
• Beauregard's ProclamationVolume III · Chapter X · circa 1861
  Beauregard's Proclamation — Insurgents at Harper's Ferry — Exploits of an Indiana Regiment — Events on the Virginia Peninsula — Battle at Big Bethel — National Troops on the Upper Potomac
• Confederates in VirginiaVolume III · Chapter XI · circa 1861
  Confederates in Virginia — National Troops in Western Virginia — m'Clellan's Campaign — Secessionists Repressed in Baltimore — Confederate Privateers — Troops Near Washington
• Fremont in MissouriVolume III · Chapter XII · circa 1861
  Fremont in Missouri — Siege and Fall of Lexington — Kentucky Neutrality Violated by the Confederates — Events in Eastern Kentucky — Buckner's Raid — Fremont Superseded
• Inaction of the Army of the PotomacVolume III · Chapter XIII · circa 1862
  Inaction of the Army of the Potomac — Capture of Mason and Slidell — Conduct of the British Government and Press — President Lincoln's Wisdom — Release of the Captives — Expedition to the Coast of North Carolina
• A Gun-Boat FleetVolume III · Chapter XIV · circa 1862
  A Gun-Boat Fleet — Expedition against Forts Henry and Donelson — Capture of Forts Henry and Hieman — Naval Expedition Up the Tennessee — its Discoveries — Army Reorganized
• The Nationals and Confederates at ShilohVolume III · Chapter XV · circa 1862
  The Nationals and Confederates at Shiloh — Battle of Shiloh: its Events and Results — the Confederate Retreat to Corinth — Siege and Capture of Corinth — General Mitchel's Raid into Alabama — Recovered Territory
• Army of the PotomacVolume III · Chapter XVI · circa 1862
  Army of the Potomac — Armies Ordered to Move — m'Clellan's Plan of Operations — Evacuation of Manassas — "Promendade" of the Union Army — m'Clellan Relieved
• Battles of Mechanicsville and Gaines's MillVolume III · Chapter XVII · circa 1862
  Battles of Mechanicsville and Gaines's Mill — Transfer of the Army to the James River — Battles at Savage's Station, White-Oak Swamp and Glendale — Battle at Malvern Hill — the Army at Harrison's Landing — 'army of Virgi…
• National Rule in the SouthwestVolume III · Chapter Xviii · circa 1863
  National Rule in the Southwest — Guerrillas — Invasion of Kentucky — Cincinnati Saved — Battle at Mumfordsville and Perryville — Army of the Cumberland
• Investment and Siege of VicksburgVolume III · Chapter XIX · circa 1863
  Investment and Siege of Vicksburg — Galveston — Banks in Louisiana — Siege and Surrender of Port Hudson — the Two Armies in Virginia — Peck and Longstreet at Suffolk
• Partisan Opposition to the GovernmentVolume III · Chapter XX · circa 1863
  Partisan Opposition to the Government — Knights of the Golden Circle — the Draft — Riots in New York — Colored Troops in New York — Morgan's Great Raid
• Efforts to Capture CharlestonVolume III · Chapter XXI · circa 1863
  Efforts to Capture Charleston — "the Swamp Angel" — Siege of Fort Wagner — Sumter in Ruins — Events West of the Mississippi — Invasion of Missouri
• Another Invasion of Missouri and its ResultsVolume III · Chapter XXII · circa 1864
  Another Invasion of Missouri and its Results — Morgan in East Tennessee — Cavalry Operations against Richmond — Campaign of the Army of the Potomac Begun — Battles in the Wilderness and Near Spottsylvania Court-House — S…
• The Armies at MariettaVolume III · Chapter Xxiii · circa 1864
  The Armies at Marietta — Death of Bishop Polk — Hood in Command — Battles Around Atlanta — Thomas Sent to Nashville — Hood Chased into Alabama
• A Desperate StruggleVolume III · Chapter XXIV · circa 1865
  A Desperate Struggle — Battle at the Five Forks — Assault on Petersburg — Panic in Richmond — Flight of the Confederate Government — Richmond on Fire
• PeaceVolume III · Chapter XXV · circa 1865
  Peace — the Armies Return Home — Address to the Soldiers by the General-in-Chief — Disbanding of the Armies — a Problem Solved — the Navy, its Growth and Work