DISAPPOINTMENT AT RESULTS OF THE GEORGIA CAMPAIGN--HOW FAR IT WAS PARALLEL WITH THE VIRGINIA CAMPAIGN--DIFFERENT TACTICS ON BOTH SIDES--REMOVAL OF GENERAL JOHNSTON--THE EXPLANATION OF THAT STEP--A QUESTION FOR MILITARY JUDGMENT--THE NEGATIVE VINDICATION OF GENERAL JOHNSTON--DIFFERENT THEORIES OF WAR--THE REAL PHILOSOPHY OF THE SOUTHERN FAILURE--THE ODDS IN NUMBERS AND RESOURCES AGAINST THE SOUTH--WATER FACILITIES OF THE ENEMY--STRATEGIC DIFFICULTIES OF THE SOUTH--THE BLOCKADE--INSIGNIFICANCE OF MINOR QUESTIONS--JEFFERSON DAVIS THE WASHINGTON OF THE SOUTH--GENERAL JOHN B. HOOD--HIS DISTINGUISHED CAREER--HOPE OF THE SOUTH RENEWED--HOOD'S OPERATIONS--LOSS OF ATLANTA--IMPORTANT QUESTIONS--PRESIDENT DAVIS IN GEORGIA--PERVERSE CONDUCT OF GOVERNOR BROWN--MR. DAVIS IN MACON--AT HOOD'S HEAD-QUARTERS--HOW HOOD'S TENNESSEE CAMPAIGN VARIED FROM MR. DAVIS' INTENTIONS--SHERMAN'S PROMPT AND BOLD CONDUCT--HOOD'S MAGNANIMOUS ACKNOWLEDGMENT--DESTRUCTION OF THE CONFEDERATE POWER IN THE SOUTH-WEST. CHAPTER XX. (Page 590-613.) INCIDENTS ON THE LINES OF RICHMOND AND PETERSBURG DURING THE SUMMER AND AUTUMN--CAPTURE OF FORT HARRISON--OTHER DEMONSTRATIONS BY GRANT--THE SITUATION NEAR THE CONFEDERATE CAPITAL--EARLY'S VALLEY CAMPAIGN--POPULAR CENSURE OF EARLY--INFLUENCE OF THE VALLEY CAMPAIGN UPON THE SITUATION NEAR RICHMOND--WHAT THE AGGREGATE OF CONFEDERATE DISASTERS SIGNIFIED--DESPONDENCY OF THE SOUTH--THE INJURIOUS EXAMPLES OF PROMINENT MEN--THE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL LEE--MR. DAVIS' POPULARITY--WHY HE DID NOT FULLY COMPREHEND THE DEMORALIZATION OF THE PEOPLE--HE HOPES FOR POPULAR REANIMATION--WAS THE CASE OF THE CONFEDERACY HOPELESS?--VACILLATING CONDUCT OF CONGRESS--THE CONFEDERATE CONGRESS A WEAK BODY--MR. DAVIS' RELATIONS WITH CONGRESS--PROPOSED CONSCRIPTION OF SLAVES--FAVORED BY DAVIS AND LEE--DEFEATED BY CONGRESS--LEGISLATION DIRECTED AGAINST THE PRESIDENT--DAVIS' OPINION OF LEE--RUMORS OF PEACE--HAMPTON ROADS CONFERENCE--THE FEDERAL ULTIMATUM--THE ABSURD CHARGE AGAINST MR. DAVIS OF OBSTRUCTING NEGOTIATIONS--HIS RECORD ON THE SUBJECT OF PEACE--A RICHMOND NEWSPAPER ON THE FEDERAL ULTIMATUM--DELUSIVE SIGNS OF PUBLIC SPIRIT--NO ALTERNATIVE BUT CONTINUED RESISTANCE--REPORT OF THE HAMPTON ROADS CONFERENCE. CHAPTER XXI. (Page 614-636.)