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| [Chapter I.] | The Falling Cross | [3] |
| [Chapter II.] | “When This Cruel War is Over” | [9] |
| [Chapter III.] | The Army of the Union: The Children and the Flag | [15] |
| [Chapter IV.] | The Coming of Lincoln | [29] |
| [Chapter V.] | The Last Capital of the Confederacy | [47] |
| [Chapter VI.] | The Counsel of Lee | [67] |
| [Chapter VII.] | “The Saddest Good Friday” | [77] |
| [Chapter VIII.] | The Wrath of the North | [89] |
| [Chapter IX.] | The Chaining of Jefferson Davis | [101] |
| [Chapter X.] | Our Friends, the Enemy | [107] |
| [Chapter XI.] | Buttons, Lovers, Oaths, War Lords, and Prayers for Presidents | [123] |
| [Chapter XII.] | Clubbed to His Knees | [139] |
| [Chapter XIII.] | New Fashions: A Little Bonnet and an Alpaca Skirt | [147] |
| [Chapter XIV.] | The General in the Cornfield | [155] |
| [Chapter XV.] | Tournaments and Starvation Parties | [167] |
| [Chapter XVI.] | The Bondage of the Free | [179] |
| [Chapter XVII.] | Back to Voodooism | [201] |
| [Chapter XVIII.] | The Freedmen’s Bureau | [209] |
| [Chapter XIX.] | The Prisoner of Fortress Monroe | [219] |
| [Chapter XX.] | Reconstruction Oratory | [229] |
| [Chapter XXI.] | The Prisoner Free | [237] |
| [Chapter XXII.] | A Little Plain History | [247] |
| [Chapter XXIII.] | The Black and Tan Convention: The “Midnight Constitution” | [253] |
| [Chapter XXIV.] | Secret Societies: Loyal League, White Camelias, White Brotherhood, Pale Faces, Ku Klux | [263] |
| [Chapter XXV.] | The Southern Ballot-Box | [281] |
| [Chapter XXVI.] | The White Child | [297] |
| [Chapter XXVII.] | Schoolmarms and Other Newcomers | [311] |
| [Chapter XXVIII.] | The Carpet-Bagger | [325] |
| [Chapter XXIX.] | The Devil on the Santee (A Rice-Planter’s Story) | [341] |
| [Chapter XXX.] | Battle for the State-House | [353] |
| [Chapter XXXI.] | Crime Against Womanhood | [377] |
| [Chapter XXXII.] | Race Prejudice | [391] |
| [Chapter XXXIII.] | Memorial Day and Decoration Day. Confederate Societies | [405] |