PART II.--THE CONDUCT OF THE WAR

XI. The Reduction of Fort Sumter 177

XII. The Attitude of the Border States 194

XIII. "Pepper Box" Strategy 203

XIV. Manassas 215

XV. The Paralysis of Victory 233

XVI. The European Menace 249

XVII. Border Operations 256

XVIII. The Blockade--The Conquest of the Coast and the Neglect to Follow up the Advantage thus Gained 261

XIX. The Era of Incapacity 268

XX. The First Appearance of Grant 273

XXI. The Situation Before Shiloh 282

XXII. Between Manassas and Shiloh--The Situation in Virginia 293

XXIII. Shiloh 302

XXIV. New Madrid and Island Number 10 328

XXV. Farragut at New Orleans 332

XXVI. McClellan's Peninsular Advance 352

XXVII. Jackson's Valley Campaign 363

XXVIII. The Seven Days' Battles 397

XXIX. The Second Manassas Campaign 414

XXX. Lee's First Invasion of Maryland 423