Chapter 18:
- Effect of McClellan's defeat in the North. -- organization of another Federal army under Gen. Pope. -- political significance of Pope's appointment. -- New measures of violence in the war. -- McClellan's ideas of the conduct of the war. -- his “Harrison-bar letter.” -- divisions of sentiment in the North as to the character and measures of the war. -- position of the Democratic party. -- the Radicals in Congress. -- their Anti-slavery design. -- their theory of revenge upon the South. -- cardinal errour of this political school. -- declaration of Wendell Phillips. -- system of spoliation and disfranchisement in the South. -- Gen. Pope's address to his army in Virginia. -- his war upon non-combatants. -- Legalization of plunder. -- irruption of the Northern spoilsmen into Virginia. -- Pope's military lines. -- Gen. Lee between two forces -- he sends Jackson against Pope. -- he threatens McClellan's communications. -- battle of Cedar Run. -- Banks again deceived by Jackson. -- a rapid and severe engagement. -- Gen. Lee moves out to the lines of the Rappahannock.Adventurous movement of Jackson to reach Pope's rear. -- his perilous position. -- he is apparently in the jaws of destruction. -- the affair of Manassas and Bristoe Station. -- the second battle of Manassas. -- Longstreet's march to reinforce Jackson. -- his passage of Thoroughfare Gap. -- his timely and critical arrival on the field of battle. -- a close contest. -- fighting at ten paces. -- the battle of the first day not decisive. -- disposition of the two armies for the great contest of the second day. -- Jackson at close quarters. -- he drives the enemy. -- the whole Confederate line of battle advancing. -- a sublime spectacle. -- scenes on the Banks of Bull Run. -- Pope retreats to Centreville and thence towards Washington. -- Jackson strikes him again. -- engagement at Ox Hill. -- Pope's immense losses. -- his absurd claim of victory. -- ludicrous correspondence between Pope and Halleck. -- rapid and brilliant change in the fortunes of the Confederacy. -- the war transferred from the interiour to the frontier. -- alarm in the North. -- popularity in the Confederacy of an offensive war. -- a true statement of Gen. Lee's designs in crossing the upper Potomac and invading Maryland. -- why he did not move upon Washington and Alexandria. -- his proclamation at Frederick. -- weak response of the Marylanders. -- explanation of this. -- capture of Harper's Ferry, &c. -- how Jackson invested it. -- McClellan at the head of the Federal army. -- his inactivity. -- he becomes acquainted with Lee's plans by a curious accident. -- he presses forward to relieve Harper's Ferry. -- fight in Boonesboroa Gap. -- Gen. Lee retires to Sharpsburg. -- meanwhile Jackson completes the reduction of Harper's Ferry. -- battle of Sharpsburg. -- comparative strength of the two armies. -- Fluctuation of the tide of battle on the Confederate left. -- repulse of the enemy. -- the Confederate centre is broken and recovers. -- the enemy gets possession of the bridge over the Antietam. -- the day closes with the enemy repulsed at all points, and a victory for the Confederates. -- why Gen. Lee did not renew the battle the next day. -- why he retreated. -- McClellan's claim of victory. -- how it was an afterthought. -- Lee's army recruiting in Virginia
