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At Cold Harbor. Change of Base to the James. Siege of
Petersburg. The Mine. Washington in Peril. Operations in Shenandoah
Valley. "Sheridan's Ride." Further Work at Petersburg. Distress at the
South. Lee's Problem. Battle at Five Forks. Blue-coats in Petersburg.
Davis and his Government Leave Richmond. Union Army Enters.
Grant Pursues Lee. The Surrender. Assassination of President Lincoln.
Johnston Grounds Arms. Capture of Jefferson Davis.
* CHAPTER IX. THE WAR ON THE SEA
Classification of Naval Deeds. Our Navy when the War Began.
Enlargement. Blockading. Difficulty and Success. Alternate
Tediousness and Excitement. Blockade-running Tactics. Expeditions to
Aid the Blockade. To Port Royal. To Roanoke Island. Confederate
Navy. The Merrimac. Sinks the Cumberland, Burns the Congress.
Monitor and Merrimac. An Era in Naval Architecture and Warfare.
Operations before Charleston. The Atlanta. The Albemarle. Blown Up
by Cushing. Farragut in Mobile Harbor. Fort Fisher Taken. Southern
Cruisers upon the High Seas. Destructive. The Sumter. The Alabama.
Her Career. Fights the Kearsarge. Sinks.
* CHAPTER X. FOREIGN RELATIONS. FINANCE.
EMANCIPATION.

Views of the War Abroad. England's Hostility. Causes. The Trent
Affair. Seward's Reasoning. Great Britain's Breach of Neutrality. Louis
Napoleon's Hypocrisy. Invasion of Mexico. Maximilian. War
Expenditure. How Met. Duties. Internal Revenue. Loans. Bonds.
Treasury Notes. Treasurer's Report, July 1, 1865. Errors of War
Financiering. Confederate Finances. High Prices at South. Problem of
the Slave in Union Lines. "Contraband of War." Rendition by United
States Officers. Arguments for Emancipation. Congressional
Legislation. Abolition in District of Columbia. Negro Soldiers.
Preliminary Proclamation. Final Effects. Mr. Lincoln's Difficulties.
Republican Opposition. Abolitionist. Democratic. Copperhead. Yet he
is Re-elected.
* CHAPTER XI. RECONSTRUCTION
Delicacy of the Task. Reasons. The Main Constitutional Question.
Different Views. The Other Questions. Answer. Periods of
Reconstruction. During War. President Lincoln. Johnson. His Policy.
Carried Out. Congress Rips up his Work. Why. South's Attitude just
after War. Toward Negroes. XIVth Amendment. Rejected by Southern
States. Iron Law of 1867. Carried through. Antagonism between
President Johnson and Congress. Attempt to Impeach Johnson. Fails.

PERIOD V
THE CEMENTED UNION
1868-1888
* CHAPTER I. POLITICAL HISTORY OF THE LAST TWO
DECADES
Grant's First Election. His Work During Reconstruction. Its Difficulty.
Bayonet Rule in the South. The Force Act. Danger to State
Independence. "Liberal Republican" Movement. The Greeley
Campaign, 1872. Grant again Elected. Fresh Turmoil at the South.
Culminates in Louisiana. Blood Shed. The Kellogg Government

Sustained in that State. A Solid South. The Election of 1876. In Doubt.
The Returns. The Electoral Commission of 1877. Hayes Seated. The
Electoral Count Act, 1886. Hayes's Administration. End of the Bayonet
Regime. Garfield's Nomination. And Election. And Assassination. The
Guiteau Trial. Civil Service Reform. Under Grant. Under Hayes. Need
of it. Credit Mobilier Scandal. The Pendleton Act Passed. Its Nature
and Operation. Recovery of Power by the Democracy. Election of
Cleveland. The Civil Service. Presidential Succession Act of 1886. Its
Necessity. And Provisions.
* CHAPTER II. THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON. 237
A Shining Instance of Peaceful International Methods. Earlier
Negotiations. "ALABAMA CLAIMS" Insisted on. A Joint
Commission. Its Personnel. A Treaty Drafted and Ratified. Its
Provisions. Northwest Boundary Question. Minor Claims. The
Alabama Claims. Geneva Tribunal. Personnel. No Pay for Indirect
Losses. Importance of the Case. The Three Rules of the Washington
Treaty. Position of Great Britain Relative to These. Their Meaning. An
Advance in International Law. The Other Cruisers. The Award. Charles
Francis Adams. The Money Paid. Its History.
* CHAPTER III. THE FISHERIES DISPUTE.
Fishery Clause of the Treaty of 1783. Value of the Rights it Conveyed.
Effect of War of 1812. Convention of 1818. Its Fateful Provisions.
Troubles in Consequence. The Reciprocity of 1854. Repeal in 1865.
New Troubles. Reciprocity by Treaty of Washington, from 1871.
Repealed in 1885. Why Friction in 1886. Strict Enforcement by Canada
of Convention of 1818. Severities. Their Animus. Pleas of the United
States Government. Threat of Retaliation. Commission to Draft New
Treaty. Indecisive Result. Northwestern Fisheries Question Settled.
* CHAPTER IV. THE SOUTH.
The Results of Congressional Reconstruction. Restoration of White
Rule. Ku-Klux-Klan. Improvement. Loyalty at the South. Prosperity.
Cotton. Manufacturing. Iron. Marble. Southern Cities. Country Parts.

State of Florida.
* CHAPTER V. THE WEST.
New States and Territories. Alaska. Its Resources. Both Sides of the
Rockies Filling Up. Pacific Railways. Colorado. California. Great
American Desert. Tabular View of the West's Growth. Western Cities.
Minnesota. St. Paul, Minneapolis, Duluth. Duluth and Chicago.
Statistics of Immigration.
* CHAPTER VI. THE EXPOSITION OF 1876.
Origin of the Plan. Organization. Financial Basis. Conclusion to Make
it a World Affair. To be at Philadelphia. Building. Opening Exercises.
The Main Building. Arrangement and Contents. The American Exhibit.
Machinery Hall. The Corliss Engine. Agricultural Hall. Memorial Hall.
The Art Exhibit. Horticultural Hall. Minor Arrangements and
Structures. The Fourth of July Celebration. Original Copy of the
Declaration of Independence Read. Interest in the Philadelphia
Exposition.
* CHAPTER VII. ECONOMIC POLITICS