His seven days' fighting against McClellan; forces the latter to raise the siege of Richmond. "Stonewall" Jackson and his efficient fighting machine. Wins at Antietam and Fredericksburg. Outmanoeuvres Hooker at Chancellorsville. Successes at Gettysburg and at the second battle of Bull Run. Grant changes the fortune of war for the North. Confederate dearth of necessaries and "dear money". Lee's retreat and capitulation at Appomattox. His personal characteristics. Skill shown in his military career. His manoeuvring tactics and masterful strategy. High name among the great captains of history. Gains of his leadership, in spite of "a lost cause". Latter days, and presidency of Washington College, Lexington, Va. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS VOLUME XII Sherman's March to the Sea _After the painting by F.O.C. Darley_. James Monroe _After the painting by Gilbert Stuart, City Hall, New York_. Andrew Jackson _After a photograph from life_. Henry Clay _From a daguerreotype_. Martin Van Buren _From a daguerreotype_. Daniel Webster _After a drawing from a daguerreotype_. John C. Calhoun _From a daguerreotype_. James K. Polk _From a daguerreotype_. Abraham Lincoln _After an unretouched negative from life, found in 1870_. General George B. McClellan _After a photograph from life in the possession of the War Department, Washington, D.C._ Ulysses S. Grant _After the painting by Chappel_. Assassination of President Lincoln _After the drawing by Fr. Roeber_. Robert E. Lee _From a photograph_. BEACON LIGHTS OF HISTORY. ANDREW JACKSON. 1767-1845. PERSONAL POLITICS. It is very seldom that a man arises from an obscure and humble position to an exalted pre-eminence, without peculiar fitness for the work on which his fame rests, and which probably no one else could have done so well. He may not be learned, or cultured; he may be even unlettered and rough; he may be stained by vulgar defects and vices which are fatal to all dignity of character; but there must be something about him which calls out the respect and admiration of those with whom he is surrounded, so as to give him a start, and open a way for success in the business or enterprise where his genius lies.