CONTENTS

Epigraph

Introduction

Chapter 1

"The Wolf by the Ears"

Chapter 2

"Fire-bell in the Night"

Chapter 3

"The Edge of the Precipice"

Chapter 4

1861: "In Dixie Land, I'll Take My Stand"

Chapter 5

1862: "Let Us Die to Make Men Free"

Chapter 6

1863: "The Great Task Remaining"

Chapter 7

1864-1865: "All the Force Possible..."

Chapter 8

Aftermath

Afterword

Appendices

I. Declaration of IndependenceII. American Presidents from Andrew Jackson to William McKinleyIII. Dred Scott DecisionIV. Lincoln's First Inaugural AddressV. "The Blue and the Gray" at a GlanceVI. The Emancipation ProclamationVII. The Gettysburg AddressVIII. Lincoln's Second Inaugural AddressIX. 13th Amendment to the ConstitutionX. 14th Amendment to the ConstitutionXI. 15th Amendment to the ConstitutionXII. The Civil Rights Act of 1875

Bibliography

Searchable Items

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Credits

Copyright

About the Publisher