CONTENTS

[CONTENTS]

[ILLUSTRATIONS]

[I. EMANCIPATION AND POLITICS]

[II. THE SECOND ACT OF THE MCCLELLAN DRAMA]

[III. THE THIRD AND CLOSING ACT OF THE MCCLELLAN DRAMA]

[IV. THE AUTUMN ELECTIONS OF 1862, AND THE PROCLAMATION OF EMANCIPATION]

[V. BATTLES AND SIEGES: DECEMBER, 1862 — DECEMBER, 1863]

[VI. SUNDRIES]