A House Dividing

Begin This Era

• Capture of Vera Cruz-March Toward the Capital of MexicoVolume III · Chapter XX · circa 1849
  Capture of Vera Cruz-March Toward the Capital of Mexico — Battle of Cerro Gordo — Flight of Santa Anna — Capture of Jalapa, Perote, and Pueblo — a Wonderful Campaign — Peace Propositions Rejected
• The Mormons: their Origin and ProgressVolume III · Chapter XXI · circa 1855
  The Mormons: their Origin and Progress — the Fugitive Slave Law — Invasion of Cuba — Territory Bought of the Indians — Enlargement of the Capitol — Kossuth and his Cause
• A New EraVolume III · Chapter I · circa 1855
  A New Era — Skirmishes before the Civil War — the Democratic Party — the Dred Scott Decision — Action of the Supreme Court of the United States — Early Efforts to Restrict Slavery
• Public Quiet Broken by John Brown's RaidVolume III · Chapter II · circa 1859
  Public Quiet Broken by John Brown's Raid — Incidents of that Raid and its Effects — the Republican Party — a Pretext for Revolution — Convention of Democrats at Charleston — Disruption of the Democratic Party