CHAPTER X. FASHION, LITERATURE AND ART. Washington Society Disgruntled—President Lincoln's First Reception —Who were Present—A Famous Supper—Criticisms of the Discontented —Secret Sadness of President Lincoln and his Wife—Death of Little Willie Lincoln—Camp Followers—Literati in Government Employ— Lectures at the Smithsonian Institution—Commissioner Newton, of the Agricultural Department.
CHAPTER XI. THE FORTUNES OF WAR. War Correspondents—A Precarious Position—The Washington Press— Colonel John W. Forney and his Two Daily Papers—Fourth of July Celebration at Washington—Raising Colored Troops Discouraged— Successful Recruiting of Whites for Union Armies—War on General McClellan, and his Deposition—Defeat of General Pope—Recall of General McClellan to Command—Victory at Antietam—General Burnside in Command—His Failures at Fredericksburg—His Resignation.
CHAPTER XII. SOCIAL LIFE OF PRESIDENT LINCOLN. Meeting of Congress—Proclamation of Emancipation—New Year's Day at the White House—Growlings by Count Gurowski—The Army of the Potomac—Christmas at the Hospitals—Henry Wikoff in Trouble— President Lincoln Ill with the Varioloid—Defeat of General Hooker at Chancellorsville—Victory of General Grant at Vicksburg—Sublime Speech of President Lincoln at Gettysburg.
CHAPTER XIII. CIVIL AND MILITARY INTRIGUES. War Legislators—Medal Voted to General Grant—New Year's Receptions at the White House and at the Residences of Officials—General Grant Promoted to the Rank of Lieutenant-General—He Leads the Army of the Potomac Through Terrific Battles to Victory—Resignation of Mr. Chase as Secretary of the Treasury—His Appointment as Chief- Justice—Presidential Scheming.
CHAPTER XIV. EVENTS BOTH SAD AND JOYOUS. Election of Andrew Johnson as Vice-President—Second Inauguration of Lincoln—Disgraceful Intoxication of Vice-President Johnson— Inauguration Ball at the Interior Department—Successful Military Movements Directed by General Grant—Lincoln's Fondness for Theatricals—The Martyr-President's Last Speech to the People— Capture of Dixie.
CHAPTER XV. PLUNGED INTO SORROW. Jubilant Over Victory—President Lincoln at the Theatre—His Assassination by Wilkes Booth—A Night of Terror—Death of Abraham Lincoln—The Assassin—Funeral Honors Paid the Dead President— Ceremonies at the White House—Procession Along Pennsylvania Avenue —The Remains Rest in State in the Rotunda of the Capitol—Their Removal to Illinois.
CHAPTER XVI. THE CONSPIRACY TRIAL—THE GRAND REVIEWS. Andrew Johnson Sworn in as President—Visit of a Massachusetts Delegation—What he Thought About Traitors and Treason—Arrest of Booth and his Accomplices—The Confederates had Supplied the Funds —Mrs. Surratt on Trial—The Male Prisoners—Execution of Some Conspirators and Imprisonment of Others—Grand Review of the Union Armies—General Meade and the Army of the Potomac—The Reviewing Stand—General Sherman and the Division of the Mississippi—Rebuff Given by General Sherman to Secretary Stanton—Sherman's Bummers.
CHAPTER XVII. PRESIDENT JOHNSON SURRENDERS. Concessions to the Confederates—Daily Life of President Johnson— Jefferson Davis in Prison and Manacled—Exciting Scene in a Casemate —John Pierpont's Eightieth Birthday—The Bread and Butter Convention —Swinging Round the Circle—Marriage of Senator Sumner—His Bright Hopes Soon Disappointed—Female Influence at the White House— Impeacher Ashley Commences Operations—Important Decision by the Supreme Court.
CHAPTER XVIII. WASHINGTON CELEBRITIES. President Johnson's Wife and Daughters—Representative Roscoe Conkling, of New York—Senator Oliver P. Morton, Indiana's War Governor—Senator George F. Edmunds, of Vermont—Senator Zach. Chandler, of Michigan—Senator Anthony, of Rhode Island—Jovial Senator Nye, of Nevada—Representative Elihu B. Washburne, the Father of the House—Speaker Colfax as a Presiding Officer— Representative James G. Blaine, of Maine, and his Tilt with Tucker, of Virginia—Representative Fernando Wood, of New York.
CHAPTER XIX. CEREMONIALS AT THE METROPOLIS. New Year's Reception at the White House—Who was There and What was Worn—George Bancroft's Eulogy on Abraham Lincoln—Scene in the House of Representatives—Distinguished Persons Present—The Memorial Address—Great Britain Snubbed and Russia Complimented— A Penitential Apology by Senator McDougall, of California.