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CHAPTER I.	PAGE
A Brief Historical Retrospect	17
CHAPTER II.
The Nature of the American Compact	24
CHAPTER III.
From the Foundation of the Federal Government down to 1830, both the North and the South held the Constitution to be a Compact between the States	36
CHAPTER IV.
Was Secession Treason?	45
CHAPTER V.
Another Brief Historical Retrospect	52
CHAPTER VI.
The Question of Slavery as it affected Secession	62
CHAPTER VII.
The Formation of the Confederate Government, and the Resignation of Officers of the Federal Army and Navy	71
CHAPTER VIII.
Author proceeds to Montgomery, and reports to the New Government, and is dispatched northward on a Special Mission	81
CHAPTER IX.
The Commissioning of the Sumter, the First Confederate States Ship of War	89
CHAPTER X.
The Preparation of the Sumter for Sea—She drops down between the Forts Jackson and St. Philip—Receives her Sailing Orders—List of her Officers	97
CHAPTER XI.
After long Waiting and Watching, the Sumter runs the Blockade of the Mississippi, in open Daylight, pursued by the Brooklyn	108
CHAPTER XII.
Brief Sketch of the Officers of the Sumter—Her First Prize, with other Prizes in Quick Succession	120
CHAPTER XIII.
Rapid Work—Seven Prizes in Two Days—The Sumter makes her First Port, and what occurred there	132
CHAPTER XIV.
The Sumter on the Wing again—She is put wholly under Sail for the first time—Reaches the Island of CuraÇoa, and is only able to enter after a Diplomatic Fight	144
CHAPTER XV.
The Sumter at CuraÇoa—Her Surroundings—Preparations for Sea—Her Captain solicited to become a Warwick—Her Departure—The Capture of other Prizes—Puerto Cabello, and what occurred there	155
CHAPTER XVI.
Steaming along the Coast of Venezuela—The Coral Insect, and the Wonders of the Deep—The Andes and the Rainy Season—The Sumter enters the Port of Spain in the British Island of Trinidad	170
CHAPTER XVII.
On the Way to Maranham—The Weather and the Winds—The Sumter runs short of Coal, and is obliged to “bear up”—Cayenne and Paramaribo, in French and Dutch Guiana—Sails again, and arrives at Maranham, in Brazil	188
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Sumter at Maranham—More Diplomacy necessary—The Hotel Porto and its Proprietor—A week on Shore—Ship coals and sails again	210
CHAPTER XIX.
The Alabama at the Cape of Good Hope—Leaves on her Return to Europe—Capture of the Rockingham, and of the Tycoon—She crosses the Equator into the Northern Hemisphere, and arrives at Cherbourg on the 11th of June, 1864—The Engagement between the Alabama and the Kearsarge	744
CHAPTER LIV.
Other Incidents of the Battle between the Alabama and the Kearsarge—The Rescue of a Portion of the Crew of the Alabama by the English Steam-Yacht Deerhound—The United States Government demands that they be given up—The British Government refuses Compliance—The rescued Persons not Prisoners—The Inconsistency of the Federal Secretary of the Navy	761
CHAPTER LV.
The Federal Government and the English Steam-Yacht Deerhound—Mr. Seward’s Despatch—Mr. Lancaster’s Letter to the “Daily News”—Lord Russell’s Reply to Mr. Adams, on the Subject of his Complaint against Mr. Lancaster—Presentation of a Sword to the Author by the Clubs of England; of a Flag by a Lady	777
CHAPTER LVI.
Author makes a Short Visit to the Continent—Returns to London, and embarks on his Return to the Confederate States—Lands at Bagdad, near the Mouth of the Rio Grande—Journey through Texas—Reaches Louisiana; crosses the Mississippi, and reaches his Home after an Absence of four Years	789
CHAPTER LVII.
Author sets out for Richmond—Is two Weeks in making the Journey—Interview with President Davis; with General Lee—Author is appointed a Rear-Admiral, and ordered to command the James River Squadron—Assumes Command—Condition of the Fleet—Great Demoralization—The Enemy’s Armies gradually increasing in Numbers—Lee’s Lines broken	799
CHAPTER LVIII.
The Evacuation of Richmond by the Army—The Destruction of the James River Fleet—The Sailors of the Fleet converted into Soldiers—Their helpless Condition without any Means of Transportation—The Conflagration of Richmond, and the Entry of the Enemy into the Confederate Capital—The Author improvises a Railroad Train, and escapes in it, with his Command, to Danville, Va.	809
CHAPTER LIX.
Interview with President Davis and Secretary Mallory—Author’s Command organized as a Brigade of Artillery—The Brigade marches to Greensboro’, N. C.—Capitulation between General Joseph E. Johnston and General Sherman—Dispersion of Johnston’s Command in Consequence—Author returns Home, and is arrested—Conclusion	817

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