Capture of Mobile and the Rebel Fleet, April 12-May 4, 1865 526 Evacuation of Richmond and Petersburg, April 3, 1865 532 Surrender of General Lee and his Army, April 9, 1865 534 Sketch of the rebel General Lee 538 Assassination of President Lincoln, April 14, 1865 541 Sketch of the Life of Abraham Lincoln 547 The Attempt to Assassinate Secretary Seward, April 14, 1865 548 The Inauguration of President Johnson, Apr. 15, 1865 549 The Close of Sherman’s Campaign. Surrender of General Johnston 552 Farewell Address of General Sherman to his Army 554 History of the Birkenhead Rams, built for the Pacha of Egypt 556 The Emancipation Proclamation of President Lincoln, Jan. 1, 1863 558 Proclamation of Secretary Seward announcing the Adoption of the Constitutional Amendment Abolishing Slavery 560 List of Vessels captured by the Confederate Navy during the War 561 INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS. VOLUME II. PAGE ILLUSTRATED TITLE, 1 UNION HEROES, 53 UNION HEROES, 77 BATTLE OF MURFREESBORO’, 117 CAPTURE OF A BATTERY BY GENERAL ROUSSEAU, 117 HOUSE USED FOR CONFINEMENT OF REBEL SYMPATHIZERS AT ST. LOUIS, 177 UNION HEROES, 197 UNION HEROES, 219 ANDREWS LEADING THE RIOTERS, 235 PROVOST GUARD ATTACKING THE RIOTERS, 269 CONFEDERATE GENERALS, 287 BATTLE OF MISSIONARY RIDGE, 307 PURSUIT TO RINGGOLD, GA., 307 CAMP SCENE.—ASSORTING THE MAIL, 325 CAMP SCENE.—THE NEWS DEPOT, 325 CONFEDERATE GENERALS, 345 VIEW OF PARROTT GUN BURST ON BOARD THE SUSQUEHANNA AT THE ATTACK ON FORT FISHER, 367 CONFEDERATE GENERALS, 385 GENERAL HOSPITAL AT SAVANNAH, GA., 405 CONFEDERATE GENERALS, 425 CONFEDERATE GENERALS, 447 BATTLE OF COAL HARBOR, VA., 465