evees. Social Ethics. Dissipation. Disappointing Solons.

CHAPTER XIX.--Days of Depression 158-165

Reverses on All Lines. Zollicoffer's Death. Mr. Benjamin, Secretary of
War. Transportation Dangers. The Tennessee River Forts. Forrest, and
Morgan. Gloom follows Nashville's Fall. Government Blamed by People.
The Permanent Government. Mr. Davis' Typical Inaugural. Its Effect and
Its Sequence. Cabinet Changes.

CHAPTER XX.--From Shiloh to New Orleans 166-173

Sunshine and Shadow. Clouds gather in the West. Island No. 10. Shiloh.
Illustrative Valor. Deep Depression. Was Johnston hounded to His Death?
Fall of New Orleans. Odd Situation of Her Captors. Butler in Command.
His Place in Southern Opinion. Strategic Results. Popular Discontent.
Effect on the Fighters. Butler and the Women. Louisiana Soldiers.

CHAPTER XXI.--The Conscription and Its Consequences 174-188

The "More Men!" cry. Passage of the Act. State Troops Turned Over.
Appointment of Generals. Longings for Home. Exemptions and "Details".
The Substitute Law. Mr. Davis' Wisdom Vindicated. Governor Joe Brown
kicks. State Traits of the Conscripts. Kentucky's Attitude. Tennessee's
"Buffaloes". The "Union Feeling" Fallacy. Conscript Camps. Morals of
the "New Ish". Food and Money Scarcer. Constancy of the Soldiers. The
Extension Law. Repeal of the Substitute Act. Home-Guards. "The Cradle
and the Grave."

CHAPTER XXII.--Waiting the Ordeal by Combat 189-197

The North Prepares a New "On to Richmond.". Joe Johnston's Strategy.
From Manassas to Richmond. Magruder's Lively Tactics. The Defenders
Come. Scenes of the March Through. A Young Veteran. Public Feeling.
Williamsburg's Echo. The Army of Specters. Ready! Drewry's Bluff. The
Geese Fly South. Stern Resolve!

CHAPTER XXIII.--Around Richmond 198-206

Seven Pines. War at the Very Gates. Harrowing Scenes. Woman's Heroism.
Crowded Hospitals. A Lull. Jackson's Meteor Campaign. Ashby Dead! The
Week of Blood. Southern Estimate of McClellan. What "Might Have Been".
Richmond Under Ordeal. "The Battle Rainbow". Sad Sequelae. Real Sisters
of Mercy. Beautiful Self-sacrifice.

CHAPTER XXIV.--Echoes of Seven Days, North and South 207-214

Confederates Hopeful, but Not Overconfident. The Cost to the North.
McClellan Sacrificed. General Pope and His Methods. He "Finds" Jackson
at Cedar Mountain. A