CONTENTS

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I.St. Louis[1]
II.Forebodings of Conflict[11]
III.Rumblings of the Conflict[32]
IV.The Boomerang Convention[40]
V.The Fight for the Arsenal[63]
VI.Camp Jackson[86]
VII.Riot, Panic, Search and Confiscation[106]
VIII.The Pulpit and the Press[120]
IX.Decision and Division[146]
X.Bitterness[159]
XI.Slaves and Slave-pens[170]
XII.Prisons and Prisoners[188]
XIII.Lyon in Conference and in Campaign[198]
XIV.Fremont and Fiasco[206]
XV.Extraordinary Acts[227]
XVI.Halleck and His Manifestoes[234]
XVII.Refugees[251]
XVIII.Difficult Currency[268]
XIX.Not Peace but the Sword[271]
XX.Charcoals and Claybanks[276]
XXI.Homes and Hospitals[288]
XXII.The Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair[309]
XXIII.A Dark Plot Thwarted[315]
XXIV.Negro Schools[333]
XXV.After Darkness Light[338]
XXVI.Radicals in Convention[342]
XXVII.The Wind-up[360]