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Death of Stonewall Jackson.
CHAPTER XXIX.
--Over Again to Gettysburg 251-258

Popular Grief for Jackson. Again to the River. Winchester and her
Women. The People Rejoice at the Advance. Public Belief in its Result.
Washington to Fall; the War to End. The Prelude to Disaster. Second
Day at Gettysburg. Pickett's Wonderful Charge. Some one has
Blundered? How the Story came South. Revulsion and Discontent. Lee
not Blamed. Strictures on Non-retaliation. The Marylanders.
CHAPTER XXX.
--The Confederacy Afloat 259-271
Who the Southern Sailors were. Regular and Provisional Navy-bills.
Popular Estimate of Mr. Mallory. Iron-clads vs. Cruisers. The Parole of
"Pirate Semmes". What Iron-clads might have done. Treasury and
Navy. The "Merrimac". Virginia Fight in Hampton Roads. The
White-flag Violation. Those wonderful Wooden Shells. Other flashing
Achievements. Comparison of the two Navies. Doubtful Torpedo
Results. Summing up the Hue-and-Cry. Nashville and New Orleans.
The Tatnall-"Virginia" Court-martial. Who did More than They?
CHAPTER XXXI.
--The Chinese Wall Blockade, Abroad and at Home 272-287
Foundation Errors. Lost Opportunity. The Treaty of Paris View. First
Southern Commissioners. Doubts. The Mason-Slidell Incident. Mr.
Benjamin's Foreign Policy. DeLeon's Captured Despatches. Murmurs
Loud and Deep. England's Attitude. Other Great Powers. Mr. Davis'
View. "If". Interest of the Powers. The Optimist View. Production and
Speculation. Blockade Companies. Sumptuary Laws. Growth of Evil
Power. Charleston and Savannah. Running the Fleet at Wilmington.
Demoralization and Disgust. The Mississippi Closed. Vicksburg.
"Running the Bloc." on the Border. The Spy System. Female Agents.
CHAPTER XXXII.
--Press, Literature and Art 288-301

Newspapers North and South. Ability Differently Used. Reasons
Therefor. Criticism of Affairs; its Effect. Magazines and their Clientele.
Prose Writers ante bellum. Rebel War Rhymes. Origin and
Characteristics. The Northern "National Hymn". Famous Poets and
Their Work. Dirge Poetry and Prison Songs. Father Ryan and the
Catholic Church. "Furled Forever!" Musical Taste. How Songs were
Utilized. Military Bands. Painters and Paintings. No Southern Art. A
Few Noted Pictures.
CHAPTER XXXIII.
--Wit and Humor of the War 302-315
Strange Laughter. The Confederate "Mother Goose". Travesty and
Satire. The "Charles Lamb" of Richmond. Camp Wit. Novel Marriage.
A "Skirmisher". Prison Humor. Even in Vicksburg! Sad Bill-of-Fare.
Northern Misconception. Richmond Society Wit. The "Mosaic Club"
and its Components. Innes Randolph's Forfeit. The Colonel's Breakfast
Horror. Post-surrender Humor. Even the Emancipated.
CHAPTER XXXIV.
--The Beginning of the End 316-326
Gradual Weakening of the South. The Wearing-out Process. Sequelæ of
Vicksburg and Gettysburg. Congress vs. President. Mr. Foote and his
Following. Drain of Men and Material. Home Guards. The "Speculator
Squad". Dire Straits in Camp and Home. Carpet Blankets. Raids and
their Results. Breaking down of Cavalry Mounts. Echoes of Morgan's
Ohio Dash. His Bold Escape. Cumberland Gap. A Glance at
Chickamauga. "The Might Have Been" Once More. Popular Discontent.
General Grant Judged by his Compeers. Longstreet at Knoxville.
Missionary Ridge. President's Views and People's. Again the Virginia
Lines. Skirmish Depletion. Desertions. "Kir-by-Smithdom."
CHAPTER XXXV.

--The Upper and Nether Millstones 327-335
"Crushing the Spine of Rebellion". Grant's Quadruple Plan. The
Western Giant. Why its Back Broke. Delenda est Atlanta! Grant
becomes the Upper Millstone. Men and Means Unstinted. Dahlgren's
Raid. The South's Feeling. The Three Union Corps. War in the
Wilderness. Rumors North and South. Spottsylvania. Still to the Left!
Cold Harbor Again. The "Open Door" Closed. Glance at Grant's
Campaign. Cost of Reaching McClellan's Base. Sledge-Hammer
Strategy. Solemn Joy in Richmond.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
--"The Land of Darkness and the Shadow of Death" 336-346
Comparison of Numbers. The Ratio of Loss. The Process of Attrition.
Stuart's Last Fight. The River Approaches. Beauregard "bottles" Butler.
Grant sits down Before Petersburg. "Swapping with Boot". Feeling of
the Southern People. The Lines in Georgia. Military Chess. Different
Methods of Sherman and Grant. Southern View. Public Confidence in
Johnston. Hood relieves Him. How Received by the People. The Army
Divided. "The Back Door" Opened at Last! Mr. Davis visits Hood's
Army. The Truce and the Chances. On the Rack.
CHAPTER XXXVII.
--Dies Iræ--Dies Illa! 347-359
The Lull at Petersburg. Strain on Army and People. North and South
Waiting. Fears for Richmond. After Atlanta. Peace Propositions. Mr.
Davis' Attitude. Mr. Stephens' Failure at Fortress Monroe. Hood's Fatal
Move. Results of Franklin. Strange Gayeties in Richmond. From the
Dance to the Grave. "Starvations" and Theatricals. Evacuation Rumors.
Only Richmond Left. Joe Johnston Reinstated. Near Desperation. Grant
Strikes. The News in Church. Evacuation Scenes. The Mob and the
Stores. Firing Warehouses. The Last Reb Leaves. Fearful Farewells.
Dead!

CHAPTER XXXVIII.
--After the Death-Blow was Dealt 360-372
The Form of Surrender. Federals march In. Richmond in Flames.
Blue-Coats fight the Fire. Sad Scenes. Automatic Shelling. Discipline
Wins. At the Provost-Marshal's. A City of the Dead. Starvation plus
Suspense. The Tin-Can Brigade. Drawing Rations. Rumors and Reality.
The First Gray Jacket returns. General Lee re-enters Richmond.
Woman, the Comforter. Lincoln's Assassination. Resulting Rigors.
Baits for Sociability. How Ladies acted. Lectures by