chapter 1.1
Confederate surgeons.
The race problem in the
South
—Was the
Fifteenth
Amendment a mistake?
Times have changed.
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The politician's voice.
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The Southern whites.
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Three
of a pesky kind.
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A prolific people.
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Let us prove ourselves worthy.
The right of suffrage a curse.
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Modify the famous
Fifteenth
.
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The crime of the age.
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It means white slavery.
The negro as a Destroyer.
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The South will hold the key.
The dread fetich.
page 31
A Gloomy prophecy.
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The white man must prevail.
A word with the critics.
A list of Confederate officers, prisoners, who were held by Federal authority on
Morris Island, S. C.
, under Confederate fire from
September
7th
to
October
21st
,
1864
.
Maryland
.
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Virginia
.
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North Carolina
.
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Texas
.
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Mississippi
.
South Carolina
.
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Florida
.
Alabama
.
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Missouri
.
Kentucky
.
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Tennessee
.
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Removed from the pen on
Morris Island
to the
Hospital
.
Officers sent from
Hilton head
to
Beaufort, S. C.
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Died on
Morris Island
.
Exchanged before reaching
Morris Island
.
Exchanged and taken out of the pen on
Morris Island
.
Memoir of
Gen.
C.
R.
Wheat
, commander of the
Louisiana
Tiger Battalion
The last words of
Major
Wheat
.
The siege and evacuation of
Savannah, Georgia
, in
December
,
1864
.
Annual Reunion of the
Association
of the
Army of Northern Virginia
.
Oration of the evening.
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Rebellion it never was.
page 87
Secession in
1776
.
The Union formed.
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No power of coercion.
page 90
Virginia
and
Kentucky
Resolutions of
1798
-‘
99
.
page 91
The
Louisiana
purchase.
Massachusetts
the mother of secession.
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The negro appears upon the scene.
The tariff and nullification.
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Sectional interest the true issue.
Slavery a Pretext.
page 95
A political Metamorphosis.
The die is cast.
page 96
The Court of last resort.
page 97
The Anglo-
Saxon
spirit.
page 98
The contest was unequal.
page 99
The numbers on each side.
page 100
The
First
year of war
The campaign of
1862
page 101
The border States.
Jackson
and
Chancellorsville
.
The turning Point.
page 102
1864
.
The last winter
page 103
The women of the
Confederacy
.
page 104
The death of the
Confederacy
.
page 105
Grant
and reconstruction.
page 106
Lee
and
Davis
.
The
Private
soldier.
page 107
The V. M. I. Cadets.
page 108
After the war.
Who were the victors
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Other addresses.
page 112
Life, services and character of
Jefferson
Davis
.
Preliminary proceedings on the part of the
General Assembly
.
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Committee on the part of the
Senate
:
Committee on the part of the
House of Delegates
:
The Oration.
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Severe scrutiny of his life and character.
The South knew him and therefore honors him.
page 117
Some personal traits of character.
page 118
Neither selfish, Cold, nor cruel.
page 119
Humanity to prisoners of war.
page 120
He resented wrong, but bore neither hatred nor malice.
page 121
Rigid Adherence to principle.
page 122
Representative men interpret the genius of peoples.
page 123
A true representative man of the
South
.
He truly represented the
South
as a constitutional
President
.
He truly represented the
South
in not Negotiating for peace on other terms than independence.
page 124
Revolutions can only die in the last ditch.
page 125
Early days—Davis and
Lincoln
.
page 126
A planter's life—
835
to
1843
.
His various employments from
1843
to
1861
.
page 127
Military services in
Mexico
.
In the
Cabinet
of
President
Pierce
.
page 128
First
public appearance in politics—in the
House of Representatives
in
1845
.
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In the
Senate
.
page 130
Two
speeches in Congress about the
Mexican
war—Davis and
Lincoln
, again.
page 131
Both
Davis
and
Lincoln
revolutionists.
page 132
A great representative of American principles and of Anglo-
Saxon
character.
Germs of controversy not in differences of race, morals, or creed of
Early
settlers.
page 133
North
and
South
controlled by predominant traits of race.
The unities of the
Anglo
-
Saxon
race.
page 134
Jefferson
Davis
entitled to stand in the
Pantheon
of the world's great men.
page 135
Unity of the
Southern
colonies against slavery.
Unity of American colonies in Yielding to slavery.
page 136
Unity of
America
in slavery when independence was declared and the
Constitution
ordained.
page 137
Lincoln
and slavery—
charity to all.
page 138
Decay of slavery in the
North
and Growth in the
South
due to natural and not moral causes.
page 139
Two
revolutions rising on parallel lines—the
Revolution
of the
North
against the
Constitution
.
page 140
The Northern giant—free white labor.
The Southern Revolution.
The South stands for race integrity.
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The South and the
Union
—its battles.
The love of the
South
for American institutions.
page 143
The
South Leads
in Acquiring the national domain.
page 144
Secession.
page 145
Right of secession not denied until recently.
Secession an open question in
1861
.
page 146
No arbiter to decide the question of secession.
Secession preached and threatened in all sections—the
Northern
record for it and against extension of the
Union
.
page 147
Candid view from the
North
.
Contemporary Northern opinions of secession.
page 148
The balance of power the political question underlying secession.
The
United States
treated secession as a political question and met it by Revolution.
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The country unified by natural laws.
The Constitution of nature and the jury of the sword.
The South in the
Union
at home.
page 151
Jefferson
Davis
a lover of the
Union
.
page 152
Repudiation of Disunionism and efforts to save the
Union
.
Pleading for conciliation.
page 153
Farewell to the
Senate
.
page 154
Secession and
Virginia
.
page 155
The odds against the
Confederacy
explain its fall.
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Jefferson
Davis
created and maintained a nation.
The Cabinet of
Jefferson
Davis
.
His
Generals
and his armies.
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War.
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Let him rest in
Richmond
.
The future will honor him.
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The
Twelfth Georgia Infantry
.
section c.1.11.132
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[
2
] operations in
Cheat Mountain
, etc. Orders of
Gen.
R.
E.
Lee
.
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[
4
] order from
Gen.
H.
R.
Jackson
to
Col.
E.
Johnson
.
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First brigade
,
Brigadier-General
S.
R.
Anderson
.
Second brigade
,
Brigadier-General
E.
Johnson
.
Third brigade
,
Colonel
William
Gilham
.
Fourth brigade
,
Colonel
[ W. B.]
Taliaferro
.
[
6
] loss of
C.
S.
A.
Stores
at
Huntersville
, Va.
Communication from
Col.
Wm.
L.
Jackson
to
Gen.
Ed.
Johnson
.
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[
10
] list of the casualties in the
Twelfth Georgia regiment
.
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Company A
.
Company B
.
Company C
.
Company D
.
Company E
.
Company F
.
Company G
.
Company H
.
Company I
.
Company K
.
Recapitulation.
[
11
] report of
Major
Isaac
Hardeman
.
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section c.1.11.156
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List of casualties in the
Twelfth Georgia regiment
in the
battle of Gettysburg
,
July
1st
,
1863
.
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Summary.
[
13
] letter from
Gen.
R.
E.
Lee
to
Col.
Edward
Willis
.
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The Monument to
General
Robert
E.
Lee
.
Lee Memorial Association,
page 188
The Ladies'
Lee Monument Association
.
Lee Monument Association
.
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President
Davis
.
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Other addresses.
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Hollywood
associations appeal.
page 195
Work of both organizations.
A competitive exhibition.
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Seeking a sculptor.
page 197
The models.
Death mask of
General
Lee
.
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Awarding the prizes.
Governor
Lee
's work.
page 199
Mercie
's
First
model.
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Original plan of the pedestal.
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Discussing the site.
Preparing the site.
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Laying of the Corner-stone.
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Prayer of
Dr.
Hoge
.
page 205
Corner-stone accepted.
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Other exercises adjourned.
At the
Capitol
—reading of the poem—delivering of the
Oration
.
Governor
Lee
.
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General
Early
.
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The poem.
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The Oration of
Colonel
Charles
Marshall
.
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The Merits of the cause.
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African
slavery.
page 218
How emancipation came about.
Lincoln
made the
Confederacy
.
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Secession.
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Two
governments instead of
one
.
page 222
Lee on secession.
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Popular opposition to secession.
How the ordinance was adopted.
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Three
questions connected with slavery.
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The effect of
Lincoln
's proclamation.
page 228
The momentous document.
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What it meant.
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The President
's power unlimited.
page 232
Full significance of the proclamation.
page 233
Assumes absolute power.
page 234
Action of the border States.
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Lincoln
's responsibility.
page 237
To-day.
page 238
Richmond
.
page 239
Unwise legislation.
page 240
Heroic nature of
Lee
.
page 241
A Federal soldier's incident.
page 242
Dignity and grandeur of
Lee
.
page 243
Grant
's tribute to
Lee
.
page 244
Lee
after the war.
A Grand sentiment from
Lee
.
page 245
General
Hampton
.
page 246
Incidents of the parade.
Passing
Lee
's residence.
page 247
chapter 1.14
The
Winder
cavalry.
page 248
Removal of the statue from the
Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac railroad
,
May
7th
,
1890
.
Washington
and
Lee
.
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The leaders.
The decorations.
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Three
other boxes.
The start.
Promptness.
page 251
Police to the front.
The marshals.
The music was good.
page 252
Veterans in line.
More rope.
page 253
Some of the pullers.
page 254
Sons of Veterans.
Pole-men.
page 255
A beautiful sight.
Many girls and boys.
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Franklin-street
belles.
Ladies by
thousands
.
At the
Monument
.
section c.1.14.236
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On top.
Police.
Photographing.
page 258
The girls at the ropes.
Rope appropriation.
page 259
A small boy hurt.
Notes and incidents.
A Guard of Veterans.
page 260
Estimate of the crowd.
Baby carriages
.
page 261
The crowd.
page 262
The unveiling of the statue of
General
Robert
E.
Lee
, at
Richmond, Va.
,
May
29th
,
1890
.
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Commenced moving.
Starting Point
.
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The marshals.
Guests.
page 267
South Carolina
.
page 268
From
Mississippi
.
Alabama
's
two
.
Washington Artillery
.
In
sixty
battles.
page 269
From
Texas
.
North Carolina
troops.
page 270
The
Fifth Maryland
.
page 271
West Virginia
.
Washington Shooters.
Virginia military Institute
Cadets.
page 272
Virginia Infantry
.
page 273
First Battalion
Virginia Artillery
.
Governor
Gordon
and staff.
Virginia
cavalry.
Countermarching.
page 274
A long interval.
Veterans.
page 275
R. L. I. Blues' Association.
R.
E.
Lee
Camp,
no. 1
.
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Members of
R.
E.
Lee
Camp on detached service at
Hampton, Va.
:
Pegram Battalion Association.
page 279
Sons of Veterans.
Veteran camps.
page 280
Otey Battery
Association.
Pickett
's men.
page 281
Howitzer veteran Association,
page 282
Parker
's Battery
.
page 283
Mexican Veterans.
page 284
Company
K,
thirty-fourth Virginia
.
Company
G,
Third Virginia Battalion
.
F
Company Association.
page 285
Maryland
Veterans.
page 286
Other organizations.
The pretty
fire Department
.
page 287
Picturesque features—notes and observations on men and flags, &C.
page 288
Old battle-flags.
A flag that went to prison.
The
Stonewall brigade
flag.
page 289
In the
John Brown Raid
.
Palmetto
leaves and Oriole Feathers.
Only a tattered remnant.
page 290
The crack companies.
A pathetic incident.
page 291
A Confederate flag on the
Washington Monument
.
Honor to
Longstreet
.
War music.
Maury
in gray.
The
Ninth Virginia
.
Old battle-flags.
page 292
Marched on crutches.
The statue unveiled—imposing ceremonies witnessed by tens of
thousands
.
Distinguished people.
page 293
The procession appears.
page 294
The
Generals
.
A tiresome delay.
The military arrive.
page 295
Gallant and devoted
Chaplain
.
The Band of the
Hornets
.
The
Lee House
—great crowds before it—incidents of interest.
page 296
Other visitors.
The Veterans.
Young soldiers.
Motto.
page 297
Wore
Lee
's hat.
Stonewall
Jackson
's statue decorated—an incident.
Georgia
's Governor.
page 298
Confederate Chaplains.
Lee
's daughter Weeps.
Placing wreaths.
Soldiers present a Lamb.
Governor
McKinney
.
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General
Early
.
The prayer.
page 302
The orator presented.
page 303
Colonel
Anderson
.
A remarkable feat of memory.
The great feature.
page 304
Heads uncovered.
The veil drops.
The climax.
Looked like war.
page 305
A sham battle.
Fireworks.
page 306
Provisions for visitors.
Testimonials from visiting soldiers.
Washington Artillery—recollections of their
Richmond
trip.
Memories of
1861
,
1865
, and
1890
.
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Everybody pleased.
An unveiling Memorial.
page 310
Captain
Hutchinson
.
page 311
The mementos.
A little lady honored.
Robert
Edward
Lee
.
An address
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page 335
Letters of
R.
E.
Lee
.
His sympathy for his starving and Shoeless men.
page 336
Report of the capture of
Harper's Ferry
and operations in
Maryland
.
page 337
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page 339
page 340
page 341
At Lee
's tomb.
Rev. Dr.
Field
on the character of
Lee
.
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Lee
's Birthday: eminent men of the
United States
send sentiments for the day—ministers, soldiers, statesmen and scholars each bring an offering.
General
J.
M.
Schofield
, commander of the
United States Army
.
Admiral
Porter
, of the
Navy
.
page 349
Gov.
Campbell
, of
Ohio
.
Senator
Reagan
, of
Texas
.
Cardinal
Gibbons
.
Charles
A.
Dana
,
Editor
New York sun
.
page 350
Hon.
Thomas
F.
Bayard
.
Charles
Dudley
Warner
.
Senator
John
W.
Daniel
.
page 351
From
Henry
Watterson
.
Reverend
Frank
Stringfellow
,
Lee
's scout.
Bishop
A.
M.
Randolph
.
page 352
Congressman
William
L.
Wilson
, of
West Virginia
.
page 353
Rev. Dr.
Moses
D.
Hoge
.
Professor
J.
J.
White
,
Lee
's intimate friend.
Rev. Dr.
W.
H.
Milburn
, the blind
Chaplain
of the
House of Representatives
.
page 354
A.
K.
M'Clure
,
Philadelphia
times.
Rev. Dr.
B.
M.
Palmer
.
page 355
D.
M.
Stone
,
Editor
New York Journal of commerce
.
Bishop
Dudley
, of
Kentucky
.
page 356
Prof.
John
B.
Minor
,
law Department
,
University of Virginia
.
Rev.
John
B.
Newton
, a soldier Preacher.
page 357
Lee
as an educator.
section c.1.20.371
page 358
His zeal for education and his College.
page 359
page 360
Lee
's manners.
page 361
Lee
's Unselfishness.
page 362
chapter 1.21
Robert
E.
Lee
.
The Estimate of the
Southern
leader by a Canadian.
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page 376
Itinerary of the
Fourth Virginia cavalry
.
March
27th
-
April
9th
,
1865
.
Prisoners of the civil war.
Professor
Dabney
Vs
.
the nation
—testimony of a German.
page 377
page 378
page 379
page 380
page 381
Jefferson
Davis
.
page 382
Andersonville prison
.
section c.1.25.378
page 383
Dr.
Whites
position.
Facts from knowledge.
Saddest episode.
page 384
Treatment of prisoners.
Mortality.
page 385
Camp at
Andersonville
.
Cause of disease.
Broken down physically.
page 386
Grants testimony.
page 387
Hill
to
Blaine
.
page 388
chapter 1.26
Their graves kept
Green
.
page 389
The
Citys
decorations.
Headquarters for visitors.
At the cemetery.
page 390
Work of the committees.
Veterans' committees.
The Monument.
page 391
page 392
page 393
page 394
June
9th
.
June
16th
.
The
9th
of
June
.
Historical.
The
First
organization.
The work continued.
The
First
managers.
Their glorious object.
Bodies from
Gettysburg
.
All woman's work.
Their earliest labors.
The unveiling. [
Richmond Dispatch
,
June
10
,
1890
.]
Unveiled.
page 395
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page 397
page 398
page 399
page 400
A veteran flag.
page 401
Historic ground.
Hell
and
Damnation
.
page 402
The crater.
Old Blandford Church
.
page 403
The Monument.
Valuable war relic.
section c.1.28.414
page 404
page 405
page 406
page 407
Sergeants
.
Corporals
.
Privates
.
Casualties in the old
First
at
Gettysburg
:
two
out of every
three
men who were carried into the charge shot down.
Williamsburg
.
A graphic story of the battle of
May
5
,
1862
,
page 408
page 409
page 410
The battle of
May
5th
.
page 411
page 412
page 413
page 414
page 415
page 416
page 417
page 418
page 419
Glorious results.
Just before going in.
The opening of the fight.
At it in dead earnest.
A typical battle scene.
Pandemonium broke loose.
A temporary panic.
A picture of
A.
P.
Hill
.
Close of the day.
Lee
's Lieutenants.
Names of surviving
Generals
of the
Confederate Army
—a valuable Roster. [
Richmond Dispatch
,
May
29
,
1890
.]
page 420
Generals at the forefront.
Fell sword in hand.
page 421
In peace.
List of surviving Confederate
Generals
and their present residence.
General with temporary rank.
Lieutenant-Generals
.
page 422
Major-Generals
.
Brigadier-Generals
.
page 423
page 424
page 425
page 426
page 427
Post-Bellum career.
page 428
Development of the free soil idea in the
United States
.
Index.