The Civil War from a Southern Standpoint

editor, I agreed, on the night before Captain Garrett's death, that I would complete it. The warm friendship and close relations existing between the two authors, and Captain Garrett's full explanation of his plans for the remainder of the volume, were such as to insure unity of design in the completion of the work, which follows closely the lines originally planned. ROBERT AMBROSE HALLey.

Nashville.

3-35

I SECESSION AND ITS CAUSES

The centripetal and centrifugal forces of the Union. Com-
promise the framework of the Constitution. Acquisition of
foreign territory cause of sectional strife. Slavery agitation
a political question. The Missouri Compromise. Calhoun's
nullification plan. His plan to acquire Texas. The political
equilibrium threatened. Sections political and geographical
identical. Secession or subjection? Six States pass ordinances
of secession. Convention of the Confederate States. A Pro-
visional Constitution adopted. Inaugural of President Davis.
Points of difference between the Federal and Confederate
States' Constitution. The first Confederate Cabinet. Con-
ciliatory attitude toward the United States government.
Preparations for defence. A peace commission appointed.
Laws and institutions unchanged in seceded States. Attitude
of the other Southern States. Divided sentiment in the North.
The Federal Constitution and States Rights reservations. The
Federal government regarded as the source of power. The
"period of hesitation. The Crittenden resolutions. "Peace
Congress" meets at Washington. Senate and House per-
emptorily reject plans of accommodation. Lincoln's views
in 1848 on the right to rebel. His inaugural declaration of
non-interference with slavery.
Buchanan's efforts for peace.

II THE OUTBREAK OF WAR

37-70

Lincoln's inaugural address. Non-interference with slavery.
Enforcement of Fugitive Slave provisions. The Union is per-
petual. The North unified and inspired by the address. The
South indignant and defiant. The Border States dispirited.

CHAPTER

The president's constitutional arguments and constitutional

history contrasted. Major Anderson concentrates his garrison

in Fort Sumter. Negotiations for its relinquishment to South

Carolina. Attempted reinforcement of the garrison. The

Star of the West fired on. Governor Pickens demands sur-

render of Fort Sumter. The status of Forts Taylor, Jeffer-

son, and Pickens. Failure of the Confederate commissioners

to secure the ear of the president. Seward's "memorandum.”

He is charged with duplicity. His "Faith as to Sumter fully

kept" message. Judge Campbell's embarrassing position.

Cause of the tangled situation. Expeditions to relieve Forts

Sumter and Pickens. Major Anderson condemns proposed

breach of faith with the South. Beauregard demands surren-

der of Fort Sumter. It is refused. A second demand and

refusal. Fort Sumter fired upon. Senator Wigfall's mission.

Fort Sumter evacuated. The South for peace.

Lincoln's

first call for troops. Northern States respond unanimously.

The Border States, except Maryland, decline to furnish troops.
Virginia repeals ratification of the Federal Constitution.
Robert E. Lee appointed to command the Confederate troops
in Virginia. Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee se-
cede. The peculiar conditions in Virginia and Tennessee.
Military preparations in Tennessee. Union sentiment in
East Tennessee. Movement for a separate State. Blockade
of Southern ports.

III SUBJUGATION OF THE BORDER STATES

PAGES

71-98

The Border States and their importance to the combatants.
The foreign element. Influence of this element. Analysis
of the population in the slaveholding States. The senti-
ment of Delaware. Governor Hicks's temporizing policy.
Assault on Federal troops at Baltimore. The occupation
of Maryland. The legislature under military surveillance.
Maryland railways and telegraphs taken in charge of Federal
authority. The governor invites Federal protection. Mili-
tary rule.

The Supreme Court and the military power at
conflict. War Department orders coercive measures against
the legislature. Maryland in sympathy with the South.
Secession not generally approved. Remains in the Union.
Furnishes troops for the United States. Many Marylanders
join the Confederate army. The sentiment of Kentucky. The
governor refuses troops to both the United States and Confed-
erate governments. "Armed neutrality" policy adopted.
Growth of Union sentiment. Troops for defence provided.

CHAPTER

Union military organizations formed. The governor's request

for their removal refused by President Lincoln. President

Davis assents to respect strict neutrality. Union forces

enter Kentucky. The Confederates follow. The legislature

espouses the Union cause. State troops placed under Federal

command. Arrests of Southern sympathizers. Volunteers

for the Confederate service. The positions and strength

of the opposing armies. Southern sympathizers pass ordi-

nance of secession at Russellville. Kentucky's quota of

Federal troops.
The number of volunteers in the Confed-

erate army.