CHAPTER I.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

VOL. VIII

CONSPIRACIES IN THE NORTH

Their Num-

Secret Societies. Their Various Names.

bers. Their Constitutions and Declarations of Prin-

ciples. Their Methods of Operation. Communication

Iwith the Rebels. The Indiana Trials. Evidence of

Participants. The Indiana Legislature and Governor

Morton. Rosecrans's Discovery. Action of the Presi-

dent. The Case of the Chesapeake. Thompson's

Mission in Canada. Trial and Execution of J. Y. Beall.

The Camp Douglas Plot. Thompson's Incendiary

Scheme. The St. Albans' Raid. Action of the Cana-

dian Government

CHAPTER II. HABEAS CORPUS

Opinion of Attorney-General Bates. The Question

Discussed. Opinion of Horace Binney. Action of the

Senate. Orders of the President. Congress Passes

an Act of Indemnity. Letter from George Bancroft.

Habeas Corpus Suspended during the Draft. Case of

George W. Jones. Sparing Use of the Power of Sus-

pension. Arbitrary Action of the Confederate Au-

thorities

CHAPTER III. THE MARCH TO CHATTANOOGA

Rosecrans's Long Delay at Murfreesboro'. His Reasons

for it. His Complaints of a Lack of Cavalry. His

Controversies with the Government. Occupation dur-

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ing the Winter and Spring. Streight's Cavalry Expedi-
tion. Its Failure. Morgan's Raid in Indiana and Ohio.
Thieving. Capture of Morgan and his Command. His
Subsequent Career and Death. Rosecrans Proposes to
March Southward. Discussion of Plans. The March

to Tullahoma. Correspondence with the President.
The March to Chattanooga. Its Difficulties. Brilliant
Strategy of Rosecrans. Bragg Evacuates, Rosecrans
Occupies Chattanooga .

Rosecrans thinks Bragg is Retreating. Endeavors to

Intercept him. Bragg Concentrates upon the Union

Center in McLemore's Cove. His Plans Miscarry.

Rosecrans Brings his Army Together. Bragg's Plan

of Attack. The Battle of Chickamauga, September

19. The Attack on the Union Left Repulsed. The

Battle of the 20th. Delays in Bragg's Movement.

Thomas again Repulses the Confederates. The Union

Right Wing Broken. Rout of McCook's Corps. Rose-

crans Retreats to Chattanooga. Heroism of Wood and

Brannan. Thomas Remains on the Field. Arrival of

Garfield. Granger's Reënforcement. Thomas Retires

by Night to Chattanooga. Comparative Losses. Re-

ception of the News at Washington. Reënforcements

Sent to Rosecrans. He is Besieged in Chattanooga.

Reports of Charles A. Dana. Rosecrans Relieved;

Thomas Appointed to Command the Army of the Cum-

berland

CHAPTER V. CHATTANOOGA

Grant's Arrival at Chattanooga. The Plan for Relief.

Carried out by W. F. Smith. Seizure of Brown's Ferry

and Lookout Valley. Bragg's Attempt to Recover the

Ground. The Affair of Wauhatchie. Jefferson Davis's

Visit to Bragg. Longstreet's Detachment. Grant's

Orders to Thomas. Sherman's March from Vicksburg.

Arrival at Chattanooga. Grant's Plan of Attack.

November 24th. The Charge on the Rifle-pits. Sher-

man Crosses the River. Hooker on Lookout Mountain.

The Battle Above the Clouds. November 25th. Sher-

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man Attacks Again. The Assault of Missionary Ridge.

Thomas Breaks Bragg's Center. Rout of the Confed-

erates. Pursuit by Sheridan and by Hooker. Com-

parative Losses. Bragg's Report. The Spirit of the

Union Army

CHAPTER VI. BURNSIDE IN TENNESSEE

Importance of East Tennessee; Political and Military.

Sufferings of the Loyalists. The President's Sympathy.

His Efforts to Relieve Them. Burnside's March to

Tennessee. His Arrival at Knoxville. His Delay to

Join Rosecrans. The President's Orders. Burnside's

Desultory Activity. Longstreet's Detachment. Rose-

crans Falls Back to Knoxville Before Him. Knoxville

Partially Invested. Burnside "Not Dead Yet"! Long-

street Assaults, and is Repulsed. Sherman Raises the

Siege. His Arrival at Knoxville. He Returns to

Chattanooga. Longstreet Winters in Tennessee. The

President's Letters to Tennessee. His Proclamation of

Thanksgiving.

CHAPTER VII. LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS

The Dead and Wounded at Gettysburg. Plan for

a National Cemetery. Governor Curtin Appoints

David Wills Special Agent. Dedication Ceremonies,

November 19, 1863. Edward Everett Chosen Orator.

President Lincoln Invited. The Arrival at Gettysburg.

Address by Mr. Seward. Procession to the Battlefield.

Edward Everett's Oration. Lincoln's Gettysburg

Address. Everett's Letter to Lincoln. Lincoln's

Reply. .

CHAPTER VIII. MISSOURI RADICALS AND CON-

SERVATIVES

Party Names in Missouri. Schofield Supersedes Curtis.
Lincoln's Instructions to Schofield. The Missouri Con-
vention Called Together. Schofield's Inquiry of Lin-
coln. Lincoln's Letter About Missouri Emancipation.
The Convention Ordinance of Emancipation. Move-
ment of Radical Emancipationists at St. Louis. Radical
Emancipation Convention at Jefferson City. Quan-

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trell's Lawrence Massacre. Schofield's Action. Radical

Resolutions. Committee of Missouri Radicals Visits

Washington. Interview with Lincoln. The Com-

mittee's Written Addresses. Lincoln's Reply. Lincoln

Declines to Remove Schofield. His Instructions to

Schofield. Governor Gamble Demands Protection.

Lincoln's Letter to Gamble .

CHAPTER IX. THE LINE OF THE RAPIDAN

Meade's Failure to Intercept Lee at Front Royal. Lin-

coln's Letters to Meade. Two Corps Under Hooker

Sent to Rosecrans. Lee moves Northward. His Plan.

Meade Discovers it. A Race for Position. The Battle

of Bristoe Station. Hill Defeated by Warren. Lee

Retires to the Rappahannock. Meade's Advance. The

Affair at Rappahannock Station. Russell's Victory.

Lee Retires to the Rapidan. Meade's Advance on Mine

Run. Lee's Measures of Defense. Warren and Meade

Decline to Attack his Works. The Campaign Given

up. Kilpatrick's Raid. Lost Opportunities.

CHAPTER X. FOREIGN RELATIONS IN 1863

Correspondence Between the British and American

Governments. Case of the Alexandra. The Iron-clad

Rams. "This is War!" Purchase of the Rams by the

British Government. English Disbelief in the Success

of the Union. Anger of Jefferson Davis Against Eng-

land. Withdraws his Commissioner from London.

Mr. Mason Visits London. His Interview with Lord

Palmerston. Relations with France. The Emperor's

Public and Private Professions Contrasted. His Con-

versations with Mr. Slidell. Authorizes the Building

of Confederate Ships. The Lindsay and Roebuck

Interview at Fontainebleau. The Emperor's Contradic-

tion. His Promises to Slidell Repudiated. The Ships

Sold to Third Parties

CHAPTER XI.

OLUSTEE AND THE RED RIVER

Gillmore's Expedition to Florida. His Plans and Pur-

poses. The President's Share in Them. Major Hay

Sent to Florida. Capture of Baldwin. General Sey-

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