CONTENTS
George Cary Eggleston
CHAPTER
PAGE
Part I.—The Causes of the War
Introduction
3
I.
A Public, Not a Civil War
13
II.
The Growth of the National Idea
19
III.
The "Irrepressible Conflict"
37
IV.
The Annexation of Texas
58
V.
The Compromise of 1850
71
VI.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
107
VII.
The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise, The Kansas-Nebraska Bill and Squatter Sovereignty
112
VIII.
The Kansas War—The Dred Scott Decision—John Brown's Exploit at Harper's Ferry
122
IX.
The Election of 1860
138
X.
The Birth of War
147
Part II.—The Conduct of the War
XI.
The Reduction of Fort Sumter
177
XII.
The Attitude of the Border States
194
XIII.
"Pepper Box" Strategy
203
XIV.
Manassas
215
XV.
The Paralysis of Victory
233
XVI.
The European Menace
249
XVII.
Border Operations
256
XVIII.
The Blockade—The Conquest of the Coast and the Neglect to Follow up the Advantage thus Gained
261
XIX.
The Era of Incapacity
268
XX.
The First Appearance of Grant
273
XXI.
The Situation Before Shiloh
282
XXII.
Between Manassas and Shiloh—The Situation in Virginia
293
XXIII.
Shiloh
302
XXIV.
New Madrid and Island Number 10
328
XXV.
Farragut at New Orleans
332
XXVI.
McClellan's Peninsular Advance
352
XXVII.
Jackson's Valley Campaign
363
XXVIII.
The Seven Days' Battles
397
XXIX.
The Second Manassas Campaign
414
XXX.
Lee's First Invasion of Maryland
423
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