Table of Contents
Prologue: In Jackson's Time ix
Chapter 1 I Met Nullification at Its Threshold 1
Chapter 2 The Freshmen 12
Chapter 3 The Setting Sun 19
Chapter 4 …And Tyler, Too 22
Chapter 5 War in Mexico! 33
Chapter 6 The 30th Congress 43
Chapter 7 A Final Settlement 51
Chapter 8 A Hell of a Storm 61
Chapter 9 The Final Election of the Old America 76
Chapter 10 General Jackson Is Dead! 83
Chapter 11 The First and Only Choice of the Republicans of Illinois… 90
Chapter 12 A Startling Tide of Reckless Fanaticism 97
Chapter 13 Five against Lincoln 104
Chapter 14 The Gathering Storm 116
Chapter 15 The Tug Has to Come 126
Chapter 16 The Last Winter of Peace 137
Chapter 17 That All Will Yet Be Well 142
Chapter 18 Home Again 153
Chapter 19 Breakfast at Fort Sumter 161
Chapter 20 The Meeting That Never Was 172
Chapter 21 The Border States 181
Chapter 22 Twilight at Wheatland, Dawn at Manassas 188
Chapter 23 To Lose Kentucky Is Nearly the Same as to Lose the Whole Game 197
Chapter 24 Capture on the High Seas 203
Chapter 25 The Bottom Is Out of the Tub 209
Chapter 26 Greenbacks and Ironclads 217
Chapter 27 Any Explanations Which You May Offer Would Be Acceptable 221
Chapter 28 West and East 225
Chapter 29 The Very Vortex of Hell 232
Chapter 30 Destroy the Rebel Army If Possible 239
Chapter 31 A Continuation of War by Other Means 245
Chapter 32 A Storm of Lead 250
Chapter 33 If My Name Ever Goes into History, It Will Be for This Act 253
Chapter 34 We Are Ruined 260
Chapter 35 The Brave Men, Living and Dead 264
Chapter 36 The Fourth of July 270
Chapter 37 A New Birth of Freedom 278
Chapter 38 Our Old Home 282
Chapter 39 Those Not Skinning Can Hold a Leg 290
Chapter 40 Not Unworthy to Remain in My Present Position 294
Chapter 41 The Last Full Measure 304
Epilogue: Do Not Despair of the Republic 312
Acknowledgments 317
Sources 319
Bibliography 363
Index 369
About the Author 380
