Our Country

Flank Movement, 1595-Battles at Groveton, Bull's Run and Chantilly, 1595-Call for Volunteers, 1596-Barbara Frietchie, 1597-Battles on South Mountain and Antietam Creek, 1598— Burnside Succeeds McClellan, 1601-The Army at Fredericksburg and Battle there, 1601.

CHAPTER XVIII.

National Rule in the Southwest, p. 1604-Guerrillas, 1604-Invasion of Kentucky, 1604Cincinnati Saved, 1605-Battle at Mumfordville and Perryville, 1605-Army of the Cumberland, 1606-Battle at Iuka Springs, 1606-General Ord's Movements, 1606-Battle at Corinth, and Operations Near, 1606-Capture of Baton Rouge, 1607-Destruction of the " Arkansas," 1608 -Operations in Arkansas and Louisiana, 1608-Battle at Murfreesboro, 1610-Emancipation Proclamation, 1611-The Confederate Government, 1611-Davis President, 1612-Doings of the Confederate Congress, 1612-British Sympathy with the Confederates, 1612-The “Alabama,” 1613—Operations against Vicksburg, 1613—Operations on the Mississippi, 1614—Battles at Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champion Hills and Big Black River, 1615-Vicksburg Invested, 1615.

CHAPTER XIX.

Investment and Siege of Vicksburg, p. 1616-Galveston, 1617-Banks in Louisiana, 1617Siege and Surrender of Port Hudson, 1618-The Two Armies in Virginia, 1618-Peck and Longstreet at Suffolk, 1618-Moseby at Fairfax Court-House, 1618-Cavalry Battle, 1618Cavalry Raids, 1618-Movements on Chancellorsville, 1619-Battle there, 1620-Death of "Stonewall Jackson," 1620-Sedgwick's Escape, 1620-Retreat of the Army of the Potomac, 1621-Siege of Suffolk, 1621-The Confederate Army and Service, 1621-Power of the Confederates Abroad, 1622-Davis Recognized by the Pope, 1622-Napoleon, Mexico, and the Confederacy, 1622-Napoleon's Real Designs, 1623-Confederates Invade Maryland and Pennsylvania, 1624-Panic, 1624-Operations in Pennsylvania, 1624-Battle at Gettysburg, 1625-Seward's Circular, 1628.

CHAPTER XX.

Partisan Opposition to the Government, p. 1629-Knights of the Golden Circle, 1629-The Draft, 1630-Riots in New York, 1630-Colored Troops in New York, 1631-Morgan's Great Raid, 1631-Meade and Lee in Virginia, 1632-Operations of the Two Armies in Virginia, 1632 -Raid in Western Virginia, 1633-Rosecrans and Bragg in Tennessee, 1634-Streight's Great Raid, 1634-Bragg Driven to and from Chattanooga, 1634-Burnside in East Tennessee, 1635— Battle of Chickamauga, 1635-The Army at Chattanooga, 1636-Division of Mississippi, 1636— Battle at Wauhatchie, 1637-—The Mule Charge, 1637-Events in East Tennessee, 1638-Battle on Lookout Mountain and on Missionary Ridge, 1638-Operations against Charleston, 1640Robert Small, 1640-Death of General Mitchel, 1640.

CHAPTER XXI.

Efforts to Capture Charleston, p. 1641-" The Swamp Angel," 1642-Siege of Fort Wagner, 1643-Sumter in Ruins, 1643-Events West of the Mississippi, 1643-Invasion of Missouri, 1643-Lawrence Sacked, 1644-Events in Arkansas and in the Indian Territory, 1644-Raid into Missouri, 1645-Struggle for Louisiana, 1645-Grant in New Orleans, 1646-Designs against Texas, 1646-Forrest in Tennessee, 1646-Strength of the Nationals and Confederates Compared, 1646-High-Handed Measures, 1647-The British and the Confederates, 1647—

Good Signs, 1647-Grant Lieutenant-General, 1647-Campaign of 1864, 1648-Sherman's Raid in Mississippi, 1648-Massacre at Fort Pillow, 1649-Forrest's Exploits, 1650-Red River Expedition, 1650-The Expedition Abandoned, 1651-Negro Troops, 1651.

CHAPTER XXII.

Another Invasion of Missouri and its Results, p. 1654-Morgan in East Tennessee, 1655Cavalry Operations against Richmond, 1656-Campaign of the Army of the Potomac Begun, 1656-Battles in the Wilderness and near Spottsylvania Court-House, 1656-Sheridan's Raid, 1657 -Operations between Petersburg and Richmond, 1657-Kautz's Raid, 1658-Struggles of Grant and Lee, 1658-Battle at Cool Arbor, 1659-The Nationals Cross the James and Invest Petersburg, 1660-Confederate Invasion of Maryland, 1660-Salvation of Washington, 1660-A Plundering Raid to Chambersburg, 1661-Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, 1661-His Brilliant Campaign, 1661 Richmond Threatened, 1663-Siege of Petersburg, 1664-Capture of Fort Harrison, 1664-Medal to Colored Troops, 1664-Losses, 1664-Sherman's Campaign in Georgia, 1664.

CHAPTER XXIII.

The Armies at Marietta, p. 1666-Death of Bishop Polk, 1666-Hood in Command, 1667— Battles around Atlanta, 1667-Thomas sent to Nashville, 1668-Hood Chased into Alabama, 1668--Sherman's March to the Sea, 1668-Evacuation of Savannah, 1668-Events in Florida and North Carolina, 1668-Invasion of Tennessee, 1669-Hood's Defeats and Escape, 1670-Confederate Cruisers, 1670—Capture of the Alabama, 1671-Farragut near Mobile, 1672—Election of President, 1672-Sherman in the Carolinas, 1673-Evacuation of Charleston, 1673-Grierson's Raid, 1674-Capture of Fort Fisher, 1674-Battles at Averysboro' and Bentonville, 1675Wilson's Raid, 1675-Capture of Mobile, 1675-Operations below Petersburg, 1676-Sheridan's Raid, 1676-Lee's Attempt to Escape, 1676-Stoneman's Raid, 1676-Movements for Peace, 1677.

CHAPTER XXIV.

A Desperate Struggle, p. 1679-Battle at the Five Forks, 1679-Assault on Petersburg, 1680 -Panic in Richmond, 1680-Flight of the Confederate Government, 1681-Richmond on Fire, 1681-National Troops Enter it, 1681-Trophies and Confederate Archives, 1681-Rejoicings, 1681-Seward's Speech, 1682--Evacuation of Petersburg, 1682-Lee becomes Despondent, is Defeated, and Surrenders at Appomattox Court-House, 1683-Lee's Farewell Address, 1685— Lincoln in Richmond, 1686-Proclamation of Peace, 1686-Assassination of the President, 1686 -The Assassin's Fate, 1687-Johnson President, 1687-A Murderous Plot, 1687-Proposal by the Confederate Leader Rejected by General Johnston, 1688-Surrender of General Johnston and others, 1688-Capture of Jefferson Davis, 1689-Leniency toward Him, 1689.

CHAPTER XXV.

Peace, p. 1690-The Armies Return Home, 1691-Address to the Soldiers by the General-inChief, 1691-Disbanding of the Armies, 1692-A Problem Solved, 1692-The Navy, its Growth and Work, 1692-The Blockade and Blockade Runners, and the Results, 1693-Exchange of Prisoners, 1694-Davis's Proclamations, 1694-Exchange of Prisoners Stopped, 1694-Treatment of Union Prisoners, 1695-Lee's Ignorance, 1697-The Responsibility Properly Placed, 1697-Hospitals, 1698-United States Sanitary and Christian Commissions, 1698.

Reorganization of the Union, p. 1702-President Johnson's Plan, 1702-Thirteenth Amendment, 1703—Character of the President, 1703-Justice for the Freedmen, 1704—Motives of Lincoln and Johnson Contrasted, 1704—A Pitiful Trick, 1705-Action in the Disorganized States, 1705-The Test Oath, 1706-" Reconstruction" Committee, 1706—President, Offended, makes War on Congress, 1706-His Political Tour, 1707-His Vetoes, 1708-The President and Secretary Stanton, 1708-French Troops in Mexico, 1709-Napoleon's Designs and Perfidy, 1709 -British Interference, 1709—Suffrage in the District of Columbia, 1710—President Threatened with Impeachment, 1710-Acts of Congress Vetoed and Passed, 1711-Extra Sessions, 1712— Unlawful Conduct of the President, 1712.

CHAPTER XXVII.

The President's Message Condemned, p. 1714-His Conduct Arraigned, 1714-Stanton Reinstated, 1715-Johnson against Grant, 1715-" Reconstruction" Acts. 1715-A High-handed Measure, 1715-Impeachment of the President, 1716—Charges, 1716-Managers, 1717-Popular Excitement, 1717-Trial and Verdict, 1718-Presidential Nominations, 1718-Congress Denounced by a Convention, 1719-Revolutionary Proposition, 1719-Grant and Colfax Elected, 1719-Amendment of the Constitution, 1720-Reorganization Completed, 1720—Amnesty, 1720 -Military Rule Abandoned, 1721-Treaty with China, 1721-Policy toward the Indians Considered, 1722-Fifteenth Amendment, 1723-Financial Measure, 1723-Inauguration of Grant, 1724 -His Cabinet, 1724-Retirement of President Johnson, 1724.

CHAPTER XXVIII.

Public Affairs, p. 1726—“ Alabama” Claims, 1726-Financial Affairs, 1727-National Debt, Banking and Currency, 1727-Suspension and Resumption of Specie Payments, 1727-Proposed Amendment of the Constitution, 1728-Pacific Railway, 1728-Inter-oceanic Ship Canal Considered, 1729-Difficulties with Cuba and Spain, 1730-The "Virginius" Affair, 1730-The San Domingo Question, 1731-Samana Bay Company, 1731-Joint High Commission, 1731-Tribunal of Arbitration and its Award, 1732-Decision about Boundary on the Pacific, 1733-Electromagnetic Telegraph, 1734-Litigation, 1734-Marine Telegraphy, 1734—Appliances of the Telegraph, 1735-Weather Signaling, 1735-Revelations of the Census, 1736-New Apportionment, 1736-Pensions, 1736.

CHAPTER XXIX.

Propositions of National Interest Rejected, p. 1737-Public Park, 1737-National Conventions, 1737-Distinguished Visitors, 1738-Inauguration of Grant, 1738-His Cabinet, 1738— Acts of Congress, 1739-Salaries, 1739-Aspect of Public Affairs, 1739-Emigration, 1739The "Panic,” 1741-Indians and Indian Wars, 1742-The Modocs, 1742-Cheap Transportation, 1743—“ Patrons of Husbandry," 1743-Disturbances in the South, 1744—“ White League,” 1744 -The Sioux and their Reservation, 1744—Expedition against the Sioux, 1745—Destruction of Custer and his Command, 1746-Custer's Remains taken to West Point, 1746-Escape of Sitting Bull, 1747-Admission of Colorado, 1747-Indian Territory and Alaska, 1748-Inhabitants of Indian Territory, 1748.

CHAPTER XXX.

A Centennial Exhibition Proposed, 1749-First Practical Measures Adopted, 1750-The Subject Presented to Congress, 1750-Action of Congress, 1750-Commissioners Appointed, 1750-Organization of the Centennial Commission, 1751-Centennial Board of Finance, 1752— Official Seal, 1753-Preparations for Buildings, 1753-Grounds Devoted to the Exhibition, 1753 -Action of the Government, 1754-Medals Authorized, 1754-Exhibition Buildings and their Extent, 1755-Women's Work, 1756-Unpatriotic Action in Congress, 1756-Opening of the Exhibition, 1757-Whittier's Centennial Hymn, 1758-The Result of the Exhibition, 1719—Its Close, 1760.

CHAPTER XXXI.

Impeachment of a Cabinet Officer, 1761-Amendment of the Constitution, 1761-Issue of Silver Currency, 1763-A "Presidential Year," 1763—A Vigorous Political Campaign, 1763—— Lawlessness in the South, 1763-Threatened Trouble there Provided Against, 1764-The President's Orders, 1764-A Committee of Observation, 1765-Action of Congress, 1765-Preliminary Committees, 1765-The Electoral Commission, 1766-Its Action, 1767-Hayes and Wheeler Declared Elected, 1768—Inauguration of Hayes, 1769-His Policy and Cabinet, 1769-Disposition of Troops in the South, 1769-Improved Tone of Public Feeling, 1770-Appropriations Neglected, 1770-A Called Session of Congress, 1770-The Deficiencies, 1771-The Nez Perce Indians, 1771-War with them, 1773-Sitting Bull, 1773.

CHAPTER XXXII.

Growth, Extent and Population of Our Domain, 1775-Progress in Agriculture and its Products, 1775-Mineral Wealth, 1778-Beginning of Manufactures, 1779-Early Industries and their Productions, 1780--Value of Agricultural and Manufactured Products, 1780-Commerce, Foreign and Domestic, 1780-Post Routes, 1781-Canals, 1781-The West, 1781-Steamboats and Railways, 1782-Banking and Insurance, 1782-Electro-Magnetic Telegraph and its Uses, 1783-Weather Signals, 1783-Education, Science and Literature, 1784-The Printing Press, 1784-Religious Denominations, 1786-Conclusion, 1786.