CHAPTER XXVII.—THE BEGINNINGS OF THE CIVIL WAR.

450-453. Opening of Hostilities 353 454-458. Military and Financial Strength of the Combatants 357 459-461. Description of the Seat of War 360 462-465. Domestic and Foreign Complications 362 466-471. Military Movements of 1861 365 472-474. International Difficulties 369