A History of the United States. Charles Kendall Adams

and of harrison and tyler, 1837–1845.

       A PERIOD OF CONFUSION.

       THE EMBARRASSMENTS OF THE WHIGS.

       TEXAS AND OREGON.

       CHAPTER XXIII. the administration of polk, 1845–1849.

       THE OPENING OF THE MEXICAN WAR.

       THE CONDUCT AND RESULTS OF THE WAR.

       PART V. THE EVE OF THE CIVIL WAR, 1850–1861.

       CHAPTER XXIV. the administration of taylor and fillmore, 1849–1853.

       THE QUESTION OF CALIFORNIA.

       THE COMPROMISE OF 1850.

       INTERNATIONAL AND DOMESTIC AFFAIRS.

       CHAPTER XXV. the administration of pierce, 1853–1857.

       THE CONFUSION OF PARTIES.

       KANSAS-NEBRASKA LEGISLATION.

       THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.

       CHAPTER XXVI. the administration of buchanan, 1857–1861.

       THE SUPREME COURT AND SLAVERY.

       KANSAS AND UTAH.

       THE GREAT DEBATES.

       JOHN BROWN AND PUBLIC OPINION.

       THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN OF 1860.

       SECESSION OF THE SOUTH.

       THE COUNTRY IN 1860–1861.

       PART VI. THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION, 1861–1869.

       CHAPTER XXVII. the beginnings of the civil war.

       OPENING OF HOSTILITIES.

       MILITARY AND FINANCIAL STRENGTH OF THE COMBATANTS.

       DESCRIPTION OF THE SEAT OF WAR.

       DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN COMPLICATIONS.

       MILITARY MOVEMENTS OF 1861.

       INTERNATIONAL DIFFICULTIES.

       CHAPTER XXVIII. the campaigns of 1862.

       THE WAR IN THE WEST.

       THE WORK OF THE NAVY.

       THE WAR IN THE EAST.

       PUBLIC FEELING IN THE NORTH AND GREAT BRITAIN.

       THE WAR IN THE EAST CONTINUED.

       DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN EFFECTS OF THE CAMPAIGNS OF 1862.

       CHAPTER XXIX. the campaigns of 1863.

       VICKSBURG.

       THE CHATTANOOGA CAMPAIGN

       EASTERN CAMPAIGNS.

       EMBARRASSMENT OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

       CHAPTER XXX. the campaigns of 1864.

       GRANT AND LEE IN VIRGINIA.

       SHERMAN’S CAMPAIGNS.

       NAVAL VICTORIES.

       POLITICAL AFFAIRS.

       CHAPTER XXXI. end of the war, 1865.

       MOVEMENTS OF SHERMAN AND GRANT.

       THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN.

       THE MAGNITUDE OF THE WAR.

       CHAPTER XXXII. the administration of johnson: reconstruction, 1865–1869.

       DIFFERENT POLICIES OF RECONSTRUCTION.

       EFFECTS