ERRATA. Page 71, line 11: "Lieutenant Flanigan" should read "Lieutenant Colonel Flanigan." Page 91, line 25: "formed" should read "moved." Page 163, line 14: all after "field" should not appear. Page 163: line 15 should not appear. Page 163, line 16: after "flag" should appear "from a wounded soldier." Page 339: "Abraham Hoffman" should be "Abram Hoffman." Page 340: after Edward Wilson, "Germany, 26," should be "Detroit, 20." CHAPTER I. THE SLAVEHOLDERS' REBELLION. SLAVERY ITS CAUSE. HE Civil War of 1861 to 1865, in America, was a rebellion of slaveholders against the government of the United States. It formed an extraordinary epoch in the world's history. It cost over half a million of lives and a mountain of debt. It brought devastation to many parts of the land. It caused untold sorrow throughout the nation. The cause of this terrible and unjustifiable war was an unsuccessful effort to extend and perpetuate slavery of the African race in the United States. Every reason for the rebellion can be traced to this root. ITS INTRODUCTION, GROWTH AND INFLUENCE IN THE COLONIES. In August, 1619, a Dutch war vessel arrived at Jamestown, Virginia, with twenty negroes who were sold to the planters for slaves. In 1790, the slaves in the colonies had increased to 697,897, of which 40,373 were in six of the Northern, and the rest in the six Southern States, Massachusetts having none. During the struggle for American Independence, slavery was an anomalous feature of the free republic. The SLAVES PLANTING COTTON SEED. colonists were seeking sympathy from the civilized world in their efforts for liberty, and yet, were holding in slavery their own fellow. |