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COVER TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT TABLE OF CONTENTS DEDICATION MAP PREFACE PART ONE THE RIVALS
1 Competing Presidents 2 A New Nation 3 Mr. Lincoln’s Satchel 4 Thorns in Montgomery 5 In Maschera 6 Siege 7 Assassination Plot 8 Uncle Jeff 9 Sermon on the Mount 10 A Fiat of War
PART TWO FORT SUMTER
1 The Gathering Storm 2 Archstone of Defense 3 Comic Opera 4 Davis Distrusts His Opponent 5 Evacuation? 6 Mutual Deceit 7 Seward’s Wickedness 8 The Curse of Slavery 9 Treason 10 Coup d’État 11 Blitzkrieg 12 Lincoln the Enigma 13 Countdown to War 14 Inferno
PART THREE THE FOG OF WAR
1 A Presidential Proclamation 2 Defense against Aggression 3 Unintended Consequences 4 Insurrection in Virginia 5 A Poisoned Chalice 6 Panic in Washington 7 Botany Bay 8 Russell Is Wrong 9 Richmond 10 Councils of War 11 Avant le Déluge
PART FOUR BULL RUN
1 Davis’s Letter to Lincoln 2 Bull Run 3 Bait and Switch 4 Day of Battle 5 Taking the Train 6 Catastrophe 7 Aftermath 8 A Glorious Victory
PART FIVE THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
1 Frémont’s Proclamation 2 The Writing on the Wall 3 Lincoln Reacts 4 The Death of Jefferson Davis 5 No War on Slavery 6 Injuring the Southern Cause 7 Defiance 8 The President’s War Powers 9 A Confederate Council of War 10 A Missed Opportunity 11 Convulsing a Continent 12 The Opportunity Is Lost
PART SIX WINTER OF DISCONTENT
1 “Supreme Commander” 2 Simplicity—or Conceit 3 Pie in the Sky 4 A Farcical Council of War 5 Davis Is Inaugurated 6 McClellan Is Mad 7 Talk of Resignation 8 A House of Mourning 9 Hiding Weakness 10 Peninsula Bound 11 Spirits Rise in Richmond
PART SEVEN WAR ON THE PENINSULA
1 Thorough Imbeciles 2 “Hope Is by No Means Extinct” 3 The Seven Days Battles 4 Man of Straw 5 The Guns Fall Silent
PART EIGHT HARRISON’S LANDING
1 Capitulation? 2 Order No. 28 3 Washington 4 Options 5 “Something Must Be Done” 6 To Strike or Not to Strike 7 Damp Squib
PART NINE THE END OF THE ROPE
1 Confederate Invasion 2 Whipped Again 3 Lee’s Proclamation 4 Marylanders Do Not Rise 5 Lee’s Great Mistake 6 Lincoln’s Counter-Proclamation 7 The Last Card 8 Denouement
PART TEN THE HUNDRED DAYS
1 End of a Glittering Illusion 2 Recognition Is Dead 3 No Debate in the South 4 Bon Soldat 5 The Cause of Humanity
EPILOGUE: The Angel of Liberty PHOTOS AUTHOR’S NOTE AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS DISCOVER MORE ABOUT THE AUTHOR ALSO BY NIGEL HAMILTON ADVANCE PRAISE FOR LINCOLN VS. DAVIS ILLUSTRATION CREDITS ENDNOTES
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