Part 2

Birth, lineage, personal appearance, and early career.

A Virginian, he joins his State and the South in secession.

His seven days' fighting against McClellan; forces the latter to raise the siege of Richmond.

"Stonewall" Jackson and his efficient fighting machine.

Wins at Antietam and Fredericksburg.

Outmanoeuvres Hooker at Chancellorsville.

Successes at Gettysburg and at the second battle of Bull Run.

Grant changes the fortune of war for the North.

Confederate dearth of necessaries and "dear money".

Lee's retreat and capitulation at Appomattox.

His personal characteristics.

Skill shown in his military career.

His manoeuvring tactics and masterful strategy.

High name among the great captains of history.

Gains of his leadership, in spite of "a lost cause".

Latter days, and presidency of Washington College, Lexington, Va.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

VOLUME XII

Sherman's March to the Sea After the painting by F.O.C. Darley.

James Monroe After the painting by Gilbert Stuart, City Hall, New York.

Andrew Jackson After a photograph from life.

Henry Clay From a daguerreotype.

Martin Van Buren From a daguerreotype.

Daniel Webster After a drawing from a daguerreotype.

John C. Calhoun From a daguerreotype.

James K. Polk From a daguerreotype.

Abraham Lincoln After an unretouched negative from life, found in 1870.

General George B. McClellan After a photograph from life in the possession of the War Department, Washington, D.C.