INTRODUCTION.
    By the Editor

THE FATAL SPLIT IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY (1860)
By Murat Halstead

HOW LINCOLN WAS NOMINATED (1860)
By Murat Halstead

THE RIGHT OF THE SOUTH TO SECEDE (1861)
By Robert Toombs

HOW LINCOLN MADE UP HIS CABINET (1860-1861)
By Thurlow Weed

LINCOLN'S INAUGURATION (1861)
By William H. Herndon

OF LINCOLN, SEWARD, STANTON, CHASE AND WELLES
By Charles A. Dana

HOW ILL-PREPARED THE SOUTH WAS FOR WAR:

I. By Alexancer H. Stpehens

II. By George Cary Eggleston

LINCOLN IN THE WHITE HOUSE (1861)
By William H. Russell

THE FIRING ON FORT SUMTER (1861)

I. By Mary Boykin Chesnut

II. Horace Greeley's Account

THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN (1861)

I. By Alexander H. Stephens and General Joseph E. Johnston

II. The Federal Panic After the Battle of Bull Run.

By Edmund Clarence Stedman

THE TRENT AFFAIR (1861)
By John Bigelow

McCLELLAN AND HIS PENINSULAR CAMPAIGN (1862)
By John Formby

THE "MONITOR" AND THE "MERRIMAC" (1862)
By John D. Champlin

THE PROMULGATION OF THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION (1862)
By Francis C. Carpenter

VICKSBURG, THE TURNING-POINT IN GRANT'S CAREER (1863)
By John Formby

"STONEWALL" JACKSON'S DEATH (1863)
By Alexander H. Stephens

THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG (1863)
By Edward A. Pollard

CHICKAMAUGA AND CHATTANOOGA (1863)
By John Formby

SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA (1864)
General Sherman's Own Account

THE DESTRUCTION OF THE "ALABAMA" (1864)
By Raphael Semmes, Her Commander

FARRAGUT IN MOBILE BAY (1864)
The Admiral's Own Account

SHERIDAN'S RIDE (1864)
General Sheridan's Own Account

SOCIAL LIFE IN THE SOUTH IN THE LAST YEARS OF THE WAR (1863-1865)
By Mary Boykin Chesnut

THE FALL OF RICHMOND (1865)
By Horace Greeley and Edward A. Pollard

THE LAST STAND BY LEE'S ARMY (1865)
By General John B. Gordon

THE SURRENDER OF LEE (1865)
By General Fitzhugh Lee

DAVIS'S FLIGHT FROM RICHMOND AND CAPTURE IN GEORGIA (1865)
Mr. Davis's Own Account

THE DISBANDING OF THE NORTHERN ARMY (1865)
By James G. Blaine

WHAT THE WAR COST (1861-1865)
By James G. Blaine