CHAPTER I Slavery: Its Political History in the United States, (I.) Introductory--(II.) Introduction of Slavery into the Colonies --(III.) Declaration of Independence--(IV.) Continental Congress: Articles of Confederation--(V.) Ordinance of 1787--(VI.) Constitution of the United States--(VII.) Causes of Growth of Slavery--(VIII.) Fugitive-Slave Law, 1793--(IX.) Slave Trade Abolished--(X.) Louisiana Purchase--(XI.) Florida--(XII.) Missouri Compromise--(XIII.) Nullification--(XIV.) Texas--(XV.) Mexican War, Acquisition of California and New Mexico--(XVI.) Compromise Measures, 1850--(XVII.) Nebraska Act--(XVIII.) Kansas Struggle for Freedom--(XIX.) Dred Scott Case--(XX.) John Brown Raid--(XXI.) Presidential Elections, 1856-1860--(XXII.) Dissolution of the Union--(XXIII.) Secession of States--(XXIV.) Action of Religious Denominations--(XXV.) Proposed Concessions to Slavery--(XXVI.) Peace Conference--(XXVII.) District of Columbia--(XXVIII.) Slavery Prohibited in Territories--(XXIX.) Benton's Summary--(XXX.) Prophecy as to Slavery and Disunion. CHAPTER II Sumter Fired on--Seizure by Confederates of Arms, Arsenals, and Forts--Disloyalty of Army and Navy Officers--Proclamation of Lincoln for 75,000 Militia, and Preparation for War on Both Sides CHAPTER III Personal Mention--Occupancy of Western Virginia under McClellan (1861)--Campaign and Battle of Rich Mountain, and Incidents CHAPTER IV Repulse of General Lee and Affairs of Cheat Mountain and in Tygart's Valley (September, 1861)--Killing of John A. Washington, and Incidents--and Formation of State of West Virginia CHAPTER V Union Occupancy of Kentucky--Affair at Green River--Defeat of Humphrey Marshall--Battles of Mill Springs, Forts Henry and Donelson --Capture of Bowling Green and Nashville, and Other Matters CHAPTER VI Battle of Shiloh--Capture of Island No. 10--Halleck's Advance on Corinth, and Other Events CHAPTER VII Mitchel's Campaign to Northern Alabama--Andrews' Raid into Georgia, and Capture of a Locomotive--Affair at Bridgeport--Sacking of Athens, Alabama, and Court-Martial of Colonel Turchin--Burning of Paint Rock by Colonel Beatty--Other Incidents and Personal Mention --Mitchel Relieved CHAPTER VIII Confederate Invasion of Kentucky (1862)--Cincinnati Threatened, and "Squirrel Hunters" Called Out--Battles of Iuka, Corinth, and Hatchie Bridge--Movements of Confederate Armies of Bragg and Kirby Smith--Retirement of Buell's Army to Louisville--Battle of Perryville, with Personal and Other Incidents CHAPTER IX Commissioned Colonel of 110th Ohio Volunteers--Campaigns in West Virginia under General Milroy, 1862-1863--Emancipation of Slaves in the Shenandoah Valley, and Incidents ILLUSTRATIONS J. Warren Keifer Andrew H. Reeder, first governor of Kansas Territory, Flight in Disguise, 1855 [From a painting in Coates' House, Kansas City, Missouri.] Abraham Lincoln Map of the United States, 1860 [Showing free and slave States and Territories.]