George Cary Eggleston
The History of the Confederate War
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OK Publishing, 2020
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Table of Contents
Volume 1
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION The Magnitude of the Confederate War
CHAPTER I A Public, not a Civil, War
CHAPTER II The Growth of the National Idea
CHAPTER III The "Irrepressible Conflict"
CHAPTER IV The Annexation of Texas
CHAPTER V The Compromise of 1850
CHAPTER VII The Repeal of the Missouri Compromise, The Kansas-Nebraska Bill and Squatter Sovereignty
CHAPTER VIII The Kansas War—The Dred Scott Decision—John Brown's Exploit at Harper's Ferry
CHAPTER IX The Election of 1860
PART II THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR
CHAPTER XI The Reduction of Fort Sumter
CHAPTER XII The Attitude of the Border States
CHAPTER XIII "Pepper Box" Strategy
CHAPTER XV The Paralysis of Victory
CHAPTER XVI The European Menace
CHAPTER XVII Border Operations
CHAPTER XIX The Era of Incapacity
CHAPTER XX The First Appearance of Grant
CHAPTER XXI The Situation Before Shiloh
CHAPTER XXII Between Manassas and Shiloh—The Situation in Virginia
CHAPTER XXIV New Madrid and Island Number 10
CHAPTER XXV Farragut at New Orleans
CHAPTER XXVI McClellan's Peninsular Advance
CHAPTER XXVII Jackson's Valley Campaign
CHAPTER XXVIII The Seven Days' Battles
CHAPTER XXIX The Second Manassas Campaign
CHAPTER XXX Lee's First Invasion of Maryland
PART I
THE CAUSES OF THE WAR
INTRODUCTION
The Magnitude of the Confederate War
During the years from 1861 to 1865, one of the greatest wars in all history was fought in this country.
There were in all three million three hundred and seventy-eight thousand
