I. THE RAW MATERIAL II. THE START IN LIFE III. LOVE; A DUEL; LAW, AND CONGRESS IV. NORTH AND SOUTH V. THE LINCOLN-DOUGLAS JOINT DEBATE VI. ELECTION VII. INTERREGNUM VIII. THE BEGINNING OF WAR IX. A REAL PRESIDENT, AND NOT A REAL BATTLE X. THE FIRST ACT OF THE MCCLELLAN DRAMA XI. MILITARY MATTERS OUTSIDE OF VIRGINIA XII. FOREIGN AFFAIRS ILLUSTRATIONS ABRAHAM LINCOLN From an original, unretouched negative, made in 1864, at the time he commissioned Ulysses S. Grant Lieutenant-General and Commander of all the armies of the Republic. It is said that this negative, with one of General Grant, was made in commemoration of that event. Autograph from the copy of the Gettysburg Address made by Lincoln for the Soldiers' and Sailors' Fair at Baltimore, in 1864, and now in the possession of Wm. J.A. Bliss, Esq., of that city. The vignette of Lincoln's early home on Goose-Nest Prairie, near Farmington, Ill., is from a drawing after a photograph. This log cabin was built by Lincoln and his father in 1831. LYMAN TRUMBULL From a photograph by Brady in the Library of the State Department at Washington. Autograph from the Brady Register, owned by his nephew, Mr. Levin C. Handy, Washington, D.C. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS From a photograph by Brady in the Library of the State Department at Washington. Autograph from the Chamberlain collection, Boston Public Library. EDWIN M. STANTON From a photograph by Brady in the Library of the State Department at Washington. Autograph from the Chamberlain collection, Boston Public Library. THE FIGHT BETWEEN THE MONITOR AND THE MERRIMAC From the painting by W.F. Halsall in the Capitol at Washington. ABRAHAM LINCOLN CHAPTER I THE RAW MATERIAL