pended. Further call of half a million soldiers. A
Russian fleet visits the North. Brighter outlook at the
North. Financial, industrial and social conditions.
VII THE FOURTH YEAR OF THE WAR
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Johnston superseded by Hood.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