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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]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

Jefferson Davis[Frontispiece]
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The Ruins of Millwood[6]
Mrs. Jefferson Davis[10]
The White House[32]
The Governor’s Mansion, Richmond[36]
St. Paul’s Church[48]
The Last Capitol of the Confederacy[52]
The Old Bank, Washington, Ga.[56]
General and Mrs. John H. Morgan[62]
The Lee Residence, Richmond[68]
Mrs. Robert E. Lee[72]
Mrs. Joseph E. Johnston[80]
Libby Prison[92]
Mrs. David L. Yulee[110]
Miss Mary Meade[120]
Mrs. Henry L. Pope[128]
Mrs. William Howell[134]
Mrs. Andrew Gray[134]
Miss Addie Prescott[168]
Mrs. David Urquhart[174]
Mrs. Leonidas Polk[180]
Mrs. Andrew Pickens Calhoun[196]
Fortress Monroe[222]
Historical Petit Jury[238]
Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson[248]
Mme. Octavia Walton Le Vert[248]
Mrs. David R. Williams[268]
Miss Emily V. Mason[304]
Mrs. Wade Hampton[346]
Radical Members of the Legislature of South Carolina[354]
The Southern Cross[364]
Mrs. Rebecca Calhoun Pickens Bacon[406]
Mrs. Roger A. Pryor[412]
Winnie Davis, the Daughter of the Confederacy[416]

THE FALLING CROSS

CHAPTER I