dedicated to
our first southern-born president since lincoln,
my friend and collegemate
WOODROW WILSON
TO THE READER
Lest my readers should feel that certain incidents of this story are startling and improbable, I wish to say that every word in it relating to the issues of our national life has been drawn from authentic records in my possession. Nor have I at any point taken a liberty with an essential detail in historical scenes.
Thomas Dixon.
CONTENTS
| [PROLOGUE] | |
| CHAPTER | |
| I. | [ The Man of the Hour] |
| II. | [ Jangling Voices] |
| III. | [ In Betty's Garden] |
| IV. | [ A Pair of Young Eyes] |
| V. | [ The first Shot] |
| VI. | [ The Parting of the Ways] |
| VII. | [ Love and Duty] |
| VIII. | [ The Trial by Fire] |
| IX. | [ Victory in Defeat] |
| X. | [ The Awakening] |
| XI. | [ The Man on Horseback] |
| XII. | [ Love and Pride] |
| XIII. | [ The Spires of Richmond] |
| XIV. | [ The Retreat] |
| XV. | [ Tangled Threads] |
| XVI. | [ The Challenge] |
| XVII. | [ The Day's Work] |
| XVIII. | [ Diplomacy] |
| XIX. | [ The Rebel] |
| XX. | [ The Insult] |
| XXI. | [ The Bloodiest Day] |
| XXII. | [ Beneath the Skin] |
| XXIII. | [ The Usurper] |
| XXIV. | [ The Conspiracy] |
| XXV. | [ The Tug of War] |
| XXVI. | [ The Rest Hour] |
| XXVII. | [ Deepening Shadows] |
| XXVIII. | [ The Moonlit River] |
| XXIX. | [ The Panic] |
| XXX. | [ Sunshine and Storm] |
| XXXI. | [ Between the Lines] |
| XXXII. | [ The Whirlwind] |
| XXXIII. | [ The Brothers Meet] |
| XXXIV. | [ Love's Pledge] |
| XXXV. | [ The Darkest Hour] |
| XXXVI. | [ The Assassin] |
| XXXVII. | [ Mr. Davis Speaks] |
| XXXVIII. | [ The Stolen March] |
| XXXIX. | [ Victory] |
| XL. | [ With Malice Toward None] |