Facing page 17 [II.—
A Group of Army Correspondents:]
Portraits of Messrs. Charles C. Coffin, Boston Journal; Junius H. Browne, New York Tribune; Thomas W. Knox, New York Herald; Richard T. Colburn, New York World; L. L. Crounse, New York Times; William E. Davis, Cincinnati Gazette, and William D. Bickham, Cincinnati Commercial
Going South in the Secret Service.—Instructions from
the Managing Editor.—A Visit to the Mammoth Cave of
Kentucky.—Nashville, Tennessee.—Alabama
Unionists.—How the State was Precipitated into the
Rebellion.—Reaching Memphis.—Abolitionists Mobbed
and Hanged.—Brutalities of Slavery.
In Memphis.—How the Secessionists Carried the
Day.—Aims of the Leading Rebels.—On the
Railroad.—A Northerner Warned.—An Amusing
Dialogue.—Talk about Assassinating President
Lincoln.—Arrival in New Orleans.—Hospitality
from a Stranger.—An Ovation to General
Twiggs.—Braxton Bragg.—The Rebels Anxious for
War.—A Glance at the Louisiana Convention.
Association with Leading Secessionists.—Their Hatred of
New England.—Admission to the Democratic Club.—Abuse
of President Lincoln.—Sinking Buildings, Cellars and Walls
Impossible.—Cemeteries above Ground.—Monument of a
Pirate.—Canal Street.—The Great French
Markets.—Dedication of a Secession Flag in the Catholic
Church.—The Cotton Presses.—Visit to the Jackson
Battle-ground.—The Creoles.—Jackson's
Head-Quarters.—A Fire in the Rear.—A Life Saved
by a Cigar.—A Black Republican Flag.—Vice-President
Hamlin a Mulatto.—Northerners leaving the South.
How Letters were Written and Transmitted.—A System of
Cipher.—A Philadelphian among the Rebels.—Probable fate
of a Tribune Correspondent,
if Discovered.—Southern Manufactures.—A Visit to
a Southern Shoe Factory.—Where the Machinery and Workmen
came from.—How Southern Shoes were Made.—Study of
Southern Society.—Report of a Slave Auction.—Sale
of a White Woman.—Girls on the Block.—Husbands
and Wives Separated.—A most Revolting Spectacle.—The
Delights of a Tropical Climate.
A Northerner among the Minute Men.—Louisiana
Convention.—A Lively Discussion.—Boldness
of the Union Members.—Another Exciting
Discussion.—Secessionists Repudiate their Own
Doctrines.—Despotic Rebel Theories.—The
Northwest to Join the Rebels.—The Great
Swamp.—A Trip through Louisiana.—The
Tribune Correspondent Invited to a Seat in the
Mississippi Convention.
The Mississippi State-House.—View of the Rebel
Hall.—Its General Air of Dilapidation.—A
Free-and-Easy Convention.—Southern
Orators.—The Anglo-African Delegate.—A
Speech Worth Preserving.—Familiar Conversation
of Members.—New Orleans Again.—Reviewing
Troops.—New Orleans Again.—Hatred of Southern
Unionists.—Three Obnoxious Northerners.—The
Attack on Sumter.—Rebel Bravado.
Abolition Tendencies of Kentuckians.—Fundamental
Grievances of the Rebels.—Sudden Departure from New
Orleans.—Mobile.—The War Spirit High.—An Awkward
Encounter.—"Massa, Fort Sumter has gone Up."—Bells
Ringing.—Cannon Booming.—Up the Alabama River.—A
Dancing Little Darkey.—How to Escape Suspicion.—Southern
Characteristics and Provincialism.—Visit to the Confederate
Capital.—At Montgomery, Alabama.—Copperas Breeches vs.
Black Breeches.—A Correspondent under Arrest.
A Journey Through Georgia.—Excitement of the
People.—Washington to be Captured.—Apprehensions
about Arming the Negroes.—A Fatal
Question.—Charleston.—Looking at Fort Sumter.—A
Short Stay in the City.—North Carolina.—The Country
on Fire.—Submitting to Rebel Scrutiny.—The North
Heard From.—Richmond, Virginia.—The Frenzy of
the People.—Up the Potomac.—The Old Flag Once
More.—An Hour with President Lincoln.—Washington in
Panic.—A Regiment which Came Out to Fight.—Baltimore
under Rebel Rule.—Pennsylvania.—The North fully
Aroused.—Uprising of the whole People.—A Tribune
Correspondent on Trial in Charleston.—He is Warned to
Leave.—His Fortunate Escape