A youth's history of the great Civil War in the United States : from 1861 to 1865 /

A youth's history of the great Civil War in the United States : from 1861 to 1865 /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Horton, R. G. (Rushmore G.), 1826- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Van Evrie, Horton and Company, 1867.
Edition:Sixty-fifth thousand.
Series:Slavery in America and the world: history, culture & law.
Subjects:
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Juvenile literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • The causes of the war
  • The election of Lincoln
  • Secession
  • The policy and object of secession
  • The beginning of secession
  • Efforts of the Democracy to save the Union
  • The formation of the new Confederacy
  • Mr. Lincoln's journey to Washington and inauguration
  • "The first gun of Sumter"
  • Mr. Lincoln's first call for troops
  • The rush of troops to Washington
  • The first great battle
  • The campaign in the West
  • Campaign in western Virginia and Battle of Leesburg
  • Campaign in Kentucky
  • Closing events of 1861, and the beginning of 1862
  • The Battles of Shiloh and Pittsburg Landing
  • The fall of New Orleans : "Butler the beast"
  • Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley
  • Embarkation of the Army of the Potomac
  • Doings of Stonewall Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley
  • Battle of Fair Oaks and Gaines's Mills
  • McClellan's retreat
  • The inauguration of a reign of plunder and arson
  • The Second Battle of Manassas ; Bull Run
  • Lee in Maryland ; Battle of Antietam
  • Bloody doings in the west
  • General Burnside's bloody campaign
  • Mr. Lincoln's campaign in the North
  • The Battle of Murfreesboro ; doings in the west
  • General Hooker's campaign
  • The Siege of Vicksburg
  • The naval defeat off Charleston ; Gillmore's repulse
  • Gen. Morgan's raid into the west ; Chickamauga
  • The Confederate Navy and privateers
  • Events in the north in 1863
  • The opening events of 1864
  • Gen. Grant's "On to Richmond"
  • Sherman's "On to Atlanta"
  • The presidential election and other events of 1864
  • Gen. Sherman's march to Savannah and Goldsboro
  • Events of 1865 ; General Lee's surrender
  • The assassination of Mr. Lincoln
  • The capture of Jefferson Davis.