General Ulysses S. Grant, U.S.A. [From a photograph taken 1865.] Confederate Silver Half-Dollar John Beatty, Brigadier-General of Volunteers [From a photograph taken 1863.] Rich Mountain and Cheat Mountain Country, W. Va. General William T. Sherman, U.S.A. [From a photograph taken 1881.] Major-General O. M. Mitchel [From a photograph taken 1862.] Brevet Brigadier-General Wm. H. Ball [From a photograph taken 1864.] Rev. William T. Meloy, D. D., Lieutenant 122d Ohio Volunteers [From a photograph taken 1896.] Major-General Robert H. Milroy [From a photograph taken 1863.] Lieutenant James A. Fox, 110th Ohio Volunteers [From a photograph taken 1863.] Map of Shenandoah valley [From Major W. F. Tiemann's _History of the 159th New York_.] Rev. Milton J. Miller, Chaplain 110th Ohio Volunteers [From a photograph taken 1865.] Rev. Charles C. McCabe, D. D., Bishop M. E. Church, Chaplain 122d Ohio Volunteers [From a photograph taken 1868.] SLAVERY AND FOUR YEARS OF WAR SLAVERY AND FOUR YEARS OF WAR 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. I INTRODUCTORY