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pended. Further call of half a million soldiers. A
Russian fleet visits the North. Brighter outlook at the
North. Financial, industrial and social conditions.

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The strength of the Union navy. The question of block-
ade. The Confederate naval force. Operations of the
Union navy. Bailey's dam at Alexandria.
Grant ap-
pointed lieutenant-general. Important changes in Union
commands. Johnston succeeds Bragg. Grant's plan.
Strength of the opposing forces. The march toward Rich-
mond. The battles in the Wilderness. Sherman's cam-
paign in the West. The battle of Kenesaw Mountain.
Johnston superseded by Hood.
Capture of Atlanta. Sheridan

Death of McPherson.
wins the Shenandoah

Valley. The battle of Fisher's Hill. Sheridan's victory at
Cedar Creek. The siege of Petersburg. The presidential
succession agitates the North. Opposition to Lincoln. Fré-
mont nominated by the Radicals. The Republican plat-
form. Lincoln's letter of acceptance. Chase retires from
the Cabinet. McClellan the Democratic nominee. His
letter of acceptance. The vote of 1864. Lincoln's inter-
pretation of the Civil War. His message to Congress.
McClellan resigns his commission. The navy in Decem-
ber, 1864. Naval operations of the year. Notable naval
engagements of the war. Cushing's famous exploits. The
capture of Wilmington. Lincoln's pardon offer of De-
cember, 1864, and his amnesty and reconstruction proc-
lamation of 1863. Blair's peace effort. The Hampton
Roads Conference. General Sherman's operations. His
"March to the Sea." Fort McAllister captured. Savannah
occupied. The battle of Franklin. Hood's army de-
stroyed at Nashville. Development of the moral sentiment
against slavery. Steps in the overthrow of the Southern
"institution." Slavery abolished in Arkansas, West Vir-
ginia, Louisiana, Maryland. Nevada incorporates an anti-
slavery clause in its constitution. Tennessee abolishes
slavery. Congress adopts the Thirteenth Amendment.
Lincoln's second inaugural. Sherman's march through
South Carolina. Johnston reappointed to command of
the Army of Tennessee. Grant's final operations. The
battle of Five Forks. Petersburg and Richmond evac-
uated. The Confederate government in flight. Lincoln
visits Richmond. Lee's army surrounded. Negotiations for

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surrender. Final terms agreed upon. Closing formalities
and courtesies of the surrender. Lincoln's last public ad-
dress. His policy of reconstruction. Ceremonial raising
of the Union flag over the ruins of Fort Sumter. Lincoln
assassinated at Ford's Theatre. The extent of Booth's con-
spiracy. Johnson takes the oath of office as president.
The effect of Lincoln's assassination on the Northern mind.
A price for the capture of Jefferson Davis. Johnston pro-
poses an armistice. Articles agreed upon with Sherman.
The Cabinet refuses to accept them. Immediate surrender
of Johnston's army required. Final terms of surrender.
Taylor's and other Confederate forces surrender. Nar-
rative of the capture of Jefferson Davis. His imprison-
ment and final discharge. His later career. Foreign com-
ments on Jefferson Davis. The new mind and the old in
Mississippi. Forces engaged in the war. The casualties.
Economic progress at the North during the war. The
national task in the war.
General results of the war.

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THE CIVIL WAR:

THE NATIONAL VIEW

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