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Position of Armies.-Early Advances.-Battle of Cedar Creek.-Opportune Arrival of Sheridan.-

Disastrous Defeat of the Enemy.-Sheridan's Troops Leave for the Potomac.-Devastation.... 649

CHAPTER LXIX.

Political Parties.-Elections of 1862.-Organization and Strength of the Peace Party.-Banishment

of Vallandigham.-Ohio Election.-Political Reaction in Favor of the Administration.-Thirty-

Eighth Congress.-President's Plan of Reconstruction.-Amendment to the Constitution.-

Presidential Canvass of 1864.-Conventions at Baltimore and Chicago.-Nomination of Lincoln

and McClellan.-Result of the Election.-Peace Negotiations.-Colonel Jaques.-The Niagara

Falls Correspondence..............

CHAPTER LXX.

Finances of 1863.-Revenue.-Sales of Bonds.-Effect of Paper Money.-Policy of Mr. Chase.-

Gold Law and its Effects.-Mr. Chase Resigns.-Finances of 1864.-Sales of Bonds in Europe.-

Statement of Debt.-National Banks.-Prices of Gold..

CHAPTER LXXI.

Sherman Proposes to Cross Georgia.-Composition of Army.-Marching Orders-Combat at Gris-

woldville.-Appeal to the People of Georgia-Milledgeville Reached.-Army at Louisville.-

Combat with Wheeler.-March to Savannah.-Communicates with the Fleet.-Fort McAllister,

-Evacuation of Savannah.-Sherman's Dispatches-Wilmington Expedition.-Fort Fisher.-

Powder-Ship.-Bombardment.-Failure.-Return to Hampton Roads.-Co-operation from Ply-

mouth..

CHAPTER LXXII.

Affairs at Petersburg.-Renewed Attempt to Flank the Rebel Right.-Battle at Hatcher's Run.-

Fighting on the North Side of the James.-Review of the Year.-Importance of Sherman's

Operations. Calls for Troops.-Relative Strength of Armies.-Second Attack on Fort Fisher.-

Capture of Fort and Garrison.....

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CHAPTER LXXIII.

Capture of Remaining Defences on Cape Fear River.-Schofield's Order from Tennessee.-Fort

Anderson Taken.-Occupation of Wilmington.-Movement on Kinston.-Goldsboro'.-Gill-

more before Charleston.-Evacuation of the City by Hardee.-Flag Restored to Fort Sumter.-

Sheridan in the Valley.-His Raid.-Great Destruction of Rebel Property.-Joins Meade.....

CHAPTER LXXIV.

General Sherman at Savannah.-The Advance Northward.-Pocotaligo.-Salkehatchie.-Move-

ment on Columbia.-Conflagration in Columbia and its Origin.-Beauregard at Charlotte.-Lee

Placed in Chief Command of the Rebel Armies. Johnston Reinstated.-Fayetteville.-Rebel

Strength.-Averysboro'.-Bentonville.-Goldsboro'.-Junction of Three Union Armies.-Ob-

jective of the Campaign Gained....

CHAPTER LXXV.

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Grant's Preparations for a Final Movement.-Rebel Attack on Fort Steadman.-Disastrous Re-

pulse.-Object of Lee.-Movement on the Left Commenced.-Affair of Quaker Road.-Heavy

Fighting on Boydton Road.-Decisive Battle of Five Forks.-Rebel Left Turned.-Assault

on Petersburg.-Evacuation of Petersburg and Richmond.-Pursuit of Lee.-His Surrender to

Grant.-End of Campaign.....
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CHAPTER LXXVI.

Raids in Kentucky and East Tennessee.-Defeat and Death of Morgan.-Successes of Stoneman

and Burbridge.-Destruction of Works at Saltville.-Stoneman's Last Raid.-Capture of Salis-

bury.-Negotiations between Sherman and Johnston.-Agreement for Surrender by Johnston

disavowed at Washington.-Reasons Assigned.-Final Surrender of Johnston.-Wilson's Great

Raid in Alabama and Georgia.-Capture of Selma, Montgomery, and Macon.-Exchanges of

Prisoners.-Cruel Treatment by Rebels of Union Prisoners-Horrors of Andersonville.-Rebel

Plots in Canada-The St. Albans Raid.-Execution of Beall and Kennedy.-Attempts to Fire

American Cities and Introduce Pestilence...........

CHAPTER LXXVII.

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Peace Negotiations at Fortress Monroe.-Their Fruitless Issue.-Second Inauguration of Lincoln.

-His Address.-Rejoicings at the Prospect of Peace.-Assassination of Lincoln.-The Public

Mourning. Funeral Procession.-Character of Lincoln.-Booth, the Murderer, Pursued and

Shot-Trial and Execution of his Accomplices.-Inauguration of Andrew Johnson as Presi-

dent-Amnesty Proclamation.-Plan for Reconstruction.-Pursuit and Capture of Davis.-

Capitulation of Generals Taylor and Kirby Smith.-Termination of the War and Disbanding of

the Armies.-The National Debt.-Concluding Reflections................

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A. LINCOLN, LATE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES,
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HON. GIDEON WELLES, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY,...

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HON. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, SECRETARY OF STATE,

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MAJ. GEN, G. B. MCCLELLAN,.
MAJ. GEN. A. E. BURNSIDE,
MAJ. GEN. B. F. BUTLER,
MAJ. GEN. JOSEPH HOOKER,
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MAJ. GEN. W. S. ROSECRANS,.
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