Glance Trans-Allegheny. Well-Conceived Federal
Programme. General Bragg's Unpopularity. To the Ohio and Back. Would-be
Critics. Flashes illumine the Clouds. Kentucky Misrepresented.

CHAPTER XXV.--The War in the West 215-222

A Gloomy Outlook. Lone Jack. "The Butcher, McNeil". Corinth and
Murfreesboro. Their Bloody Cost. The Cry Wrung from the People. Mr.
Davis stands Firm. Johnston relieves Bragg. The Emancipation
Proclamation. Magruder's Galveston Amphiboid. The Atlantic Seaboard.
Popular Estimate of the Status. Hope for the New Year.

CHAPTER XXVI.--The Failure of Finance 223-229

Was Cotton really King? How it Might have been Made So. Government's
Policy. Comparison with Northern Finance. Why the South believed in her
Advantage. How the North buoyed up her Credit. Contractors and
Bondholders. Feeling at the South on the Money Question. Supply and
Demand for Paper. Distrust creeps In. Rapid Depreciation.

CHAPTER XXVII.--Dollars, Cents and Less 230-240

Results of Inflation. Comparative Cost of Living North and South. How
Army and Officials were Paid. Suffering enhances Distrust. Barter
Currency. Speculation's Vultures. The Auction Craze. Hoarding Supplies.
Gambling. Richmond Faro-banks. Men met There. Death of Confederate
Credit. The President and Secretary held to Account. Nothing but
Mismanagement.

CHAPTER XXVIII--Across the Potomac and Back 241-250

Precedents of the First Maryland Campaign. Jackson strikes Pope. Second
Manassas. Why was Victory not Pushed? The People demand Aggressive
Warfare. Over the River. Harper's Ferry falls. Elation at the South.
Rosy Prophecies. Sharpsburg. The River Recrossed. Gloom in Richmond.
Fredericksburg and its Effect on the People. Why on Pursuit? Hooker
replaces Burnside. Death of Stonewall Jackson.

CHAPTER XXIX.--Over Again to Gettysburg 251-258

Popular Grief for Jackson. Again to the River. Winchester and her
Women. The People Rejoice at the Advance. Public Belief in its Result.
Washington to Fall; the War to End. The Prelude to Disaster. Second Day
at Gettysburg. Pickett's Wonderful Charge. Some one has Blundered? How
the Story came South. Revulsion and Discontent. Lee not Blamed.
Strictures on Non-retaliation. The Marylanders.

CHAPTER XXX.--The Confederacy Afloat 259-271

Who the Southern Sailors were. Regular