Front Cover.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Contents.
Acknowledgments.
Editor’s Foreword.
Select Chronology.
Introduction.
1: Ab Initio.
2: Ableman v. Booth (1859).
3: Abolitionists.
4: African American Soldiers in the Confederate Armies, Use of.
5: African American Soldiers in the Union Armies, Use of.
6: Alabama Claims.
7: Alaska, Purchase of.
8: Alcorn, James Lusk (1816–1894).
9: Ambulance Services and Triage.
10: American Colonization Society.
11: American Freedmen’s Union Commission.
12: American Missionary Association.
13: American Party.
14: American System.
15: Ames, Adelbert (1835–1933).
16: Anaconda Plan.
17: Andersonville (Georgia).
18: Antislavery.
19: Appomattox Campaign.
20: Arm-in-Arm Convention.
21: Ashley, James M. (1824–1896).
22: Atlanta Campaign.
23: Babcock, Orville.
24: Baltimore Convention (1860).
25: Baltimore Plot (1861).
26: Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant (1818–1893).
27: Belle Isle (Richmond).
28: Benjamin, Judah P. (1811–1884).
29: Bingham, John A. (1815–1900).
30: Birchard Letter.
31: Black and Tan.
32: Black Codes.
33: Bragg, Braxton (1817–1876).
34: Breckinridge, John C. (1821–1875).
35: Brice’s Crossroads, Battle of.
36: Brooks-Baxter War.
37: Brown, John (1800–1859).
38: Brown, Joseph E. (1821–1894).
39: Brownlow, William G. (1805–1877).
40: Bruce, Blanche K. (1841–1898).
41: Buchanan, James (1791–1868).
42: Buell, Don Carlos (1818–1898).
43: Bureau of Indian Affairs Scandal.
44: Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Freedmen’s Bureau).
45: Burnside, Ambrose E. (1824–1881).
46: Butler, Benjamin F. (1818–1893).
47: Camden Campaign.
48: Camilla Massacre.
49: Canby, Edward R. S. (1817–1873).
50: Captured and Abandoned Property Act of 1863.
51: Cardozo, Francis L. (1837–1903).
52: Cardozo, Thomas W. (1838–1881).
53: Carolinas Campaign.
54: Carpetbaggers.
55: Cass, Lewis M. (1782–1866).
56: Chamberlain, Daniel H. (1835–1907).
57: Chancellorsville Campaign.
58: Chandler, Zachariah (1813–1879).
59: Charleston Convention (1860).
60: Chase, Salmon P. (1808–1873).
61: Chase Boom.
62: Chattanooga Campaign.
63: Chicago Convention (1860).
64: Citronelle, Surrender At.
65: Civil Rights Act of 1866.
66: Civil Rights Act of 1875.
67: Civil Rights Cases (1883).
68: Civil Service Reform.
69: Clayton, Powell (1833–1914).
70: Colfax, Schuyler (1823–1885).
71: Colfax Race Riot (1874).
72: Colonization of African Americans Overseas.
73: Command of the Army Act.
74: Command System, Confederate Wartime.
75: Command System, Union Wartime.
76: Compensated Emancipation.
77: Compromise of 1850.
78: Confederate Brigadiers.
79: Confederate Sea Raiders.
80: Confiscation Act of 1861.
81: Confiscation Act of 1862.
82: Congressional Reconstruction.
83: Congressional Supremacy.
84: Conscription and Draft Evasion, Confederate.
85: Conscription and Draft Evasion, Union.
86: Constitution, Confederate.
87: Constitutional Union Party (1860).
88: Contrabands.
89: Contract Labor Law.
90: Copperheads.
91: Corinth Campaign.
92: Corning Letter.
93: Corruption Before, During, and After the Civil War.
94: Corwin Amendment.
95: Corwin Committee of Thirty-Three.
96: Coushatta Massacre.
97: Cox Plan of Reconstruction.
98: Crédit Mobilier Scandal.
99: Crittenden Committee of Thirteen.
100: Cuban Insurrection.
101: Cumming et al. v. Board of Education of Richmond County, Georgia (1899).
102: Davis, Edmund J. (1827–1883).
103: Davis, Henry Winter (1817–1865).
104: Davis, Jefferson (1808–1889).
105: Davis Bend Experiment.
106: Democratic Party.
107: Disease.
108: Douglas, Stephen A. (1813–1861).
109: Douglass, Frederick (ca. 1817–1895).
110: Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857).
111: Drewry’s Bluff, Battles of.
112: Dubuclet, Antoine (1810–1887).
113: Dunn, Oscar J. (ca. 1820–1871).
114: Early, Jubal (1816–1894).
115: Eaton, John (1829–1906).
116: Election of 1848.
117: Election of 1852.
118: Election of 1856.
119: Election of 1860.
120: Election of 1861, Confederate.
121: Election of 1862, Union.
122: Election of 1863, Confederate.
123: Election of 1868.
124: Election of 1872.
125: Election of 1876 and Compromise of 1877.
126: Ellenton (South Carolina) Race Riot (1876).
127: Emancipation.
128: Emancipation Proclamation.
129: Enforcement Act, First (31 May 1870).
130: Enforcement Act, Second (28 February 1871).
131: Enforcement Act, Third (20 April 1871).
132: Enforcement Acts.
133: Enforcement Bill.
134: Ethridge Conspiracy of 1863.
135: Eutaw (Alabama) Race Riot (1874).
136: Executive Proclamation, Lincoln and The.
137: Extraterritoriality of Slavery.
138: Fair Oaks, First Battle of.
139: Farragut, David G. (1801–1870).
140: Fessenden, William P. (1806–1869).
141: Fifteenth Amendment.
142: Filibustering.
143: Fillmore, Millard (1800–1874).
144: Fire-Eaters.
145: Fish, Hamilton (1808–1893).
146: Forrest, Nathan Bedford (1821–1877).
147: Ft. Delaware.
148: Ft. Donelson, Battle of.
149: Ft. Henry, Battle of.
150: Ft. Pillow Massacre.
151: Ft. Sumter, Battle of.
152: Fortieth Congress Extra Session Act.
153: “Forty Acres and A Mule”.
154: Fourteenth Amendment.
155: Fredericksburg Campaign.
156: Free Men, Free Soil, Free Labor.
157: Free-Soil Party.
158: Freedmen’s AID Societies.
159: Freedmen’s Bureau Act of 3 March 1865.
160: Freedmen’s Bureau Act of 16 July 1866.
161: Freedmen’s Bureau Act of 6 July 1868.
162: Freedmen’s Bureau Act of 25 July 1868.
163: Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Company.
164: Freeport Doctrine.
165: Freeport Question.
166: Frémont, John Charles (1813–1890).
167: Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
168: Galvanized Yankees.
169: Galveston, Surrender At.
170: Garland, Ex Parte (1866).
171: Geary, John W. (1819–1873).
172: General Orders No. 100.
173: Georgia, State of, v. Grant et al. (1868).
174: Georgia, State of, v. Stanton (1867).
175: Gold Scandal.
176: Grant, [Hiram] Ulysses Simpson (1822–1885).
177: Greeley, Horace (1811–1872).
178: Griffin, Charles (1825–1867).
179: Habeas Corpus.
180: Habeas Corpus Act of 1862, Confederate.
181: Habeas Corpus Act of 1863, Union.
182: Habeas Corpus Act of 1867, Union.
183: Halleck, Henry Wager (1815–1872).
184: Hamburg (South Carolina) Massacre (1876).
185: Hampton Roads Peace Conference (3 February 1865).
186: Hancock, Winfield Scott (1824–1886).
187: Harpers Ferry Raid (1859).
188: Harris, Isham G. (1818–1897).
189: Harrison’s Landing Letter.
190: Hayes, Rutherford B. (1822–1893).
Front Cover.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Contents.
Acknowledgments.
Editor’s Foreword.
Select Chronology.
Introduction.
1: Ab Initio.
2: Ableman v. Booth (1859).
3: Abolitionists.
4: African American Soldiers in the Confederate Armies, Use of.
5: African American Soldiers in the Union Armies, Use of.
6: Alabama Claims.
7: Alaska, Purchase of.
8: Alcorn, James Lusk (1816–1894).
9: Ambulance Services and Triage.
10: American Colonization Society.
11: American Freedmen’s Union Commission.
12: American Missionary Association.
13: American Party.
14: American System.
15: Ames, Adelbert (1835–1933).
16: Anaconda Plan.
17: Andersonville (Georgia).
18: Antislavery.
19: Appomattox Campaign.
20: Arm-in-Arm Convention.
21: Ashley, James M. (1824–1896).
22: Atlanta Campaign.
23: Babcock, Orville.
24: Baltimore Convention (1860).
25: Baltimore Plot (1861).
26: Beauregard, Pierre Gustave Toutant (1818–1893).
27: Belle Isle (Richmond).
28: Benjamin, Judah P. (1811–1884).
29: Bingham, John A. (1815–1900).
30: Birchard Letter.
31: Black and Tan.
32: Black Codes.
33: Bragg, Braxton (1817–1876).
34: Breckinridge, John C. (1821–1875).
35: Brice’s Crossroads, Battle of.
36: Brooks-Baxter War.
37: Brown, John (1800–1859).
38: Brown, Joseph E. (1821–1894).
39: Brownlow, William G. (1805–1877).
40: Bruce, Blanche K. (1841–1898).
41: Buchanan, James (1791–1868).
42: Buell, Don Carlos (1818–1898).
43: Bureau of Indian Affairs Scandal.
44: Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen, and Abandoned Lands (Freedmen’s Bureau).
45: Burnside, Ambrose E. (1824–1881).
46: Butler, Benjamin F. (1818–1893).
47: Camden Campaign.
48: Camilla Massacre.
49: Canby, Edward R. S. (1817–1873).
50: Captured and Abandoned Property Act of 1863.
51: Cardozo, Francis L. (1837–1903).
52: Cardozo, Thomas W. (1838–1881).
53: Carolinas Campaign.
54: Carpetbaggers.
55: Cass, Lewis M. (1782–1866).
56: Chamberlain, Daniel H. (1835–1907).
57: Chancellorsville Campaign.
58: Chandler, Zachariah (1813–1879).
59: Charleston Convention (1860).
60: Chase, Salmon P. (1808–1873).
61: Chase Boom.
62: Chattanooga Campaign.
63: Chicago Convention (1860).
64: Citronelle, Surrender At.
65: Civil Rights Act of 1866.
66: Civil Rights Act of 1875.
67: Civil Rights Cases (1883).
68: Civil Service Reform.
69: Clayton, Powell (1833–1914).
70: Colfax, Schuyler (1823–1885).
71: Colfax Race Riot (1874).
72: Colonization of African Americans Overseas.
73: Command of the Army Act.
74: Command System, Confederate Wartime.
75: Command System, Union Wartime.
76: Compensated Emancipation.
77: Compromise of 1850.
78: Confederate Brigadiers.
79: Confederate Sea Raiders.
80: Confiscation Act of 1861.
81: Confiscation Act of 1862.
82: Congressional Reconstruction.
83: Congressional Supremacy.
84: Conscription and Draft Evasion, Confederate.
85: Conscription and Draft Evasion, Union.
86: Constitution, Confederate.
87: Constitutional Union Party (1860).
88: Contrabands.
89: Contract Labor Law.
90: Copperheads.
91: Corinth Campaign.
92: Corning Letter.
93: Corruption Before, During, and After the Civil War.
94: Corwin Amendment.
95: Corwin Committee of Thirty-Three.
96: Coushatta Massacre.
97: Cox Plan of Reconstruction.
98: Crédit Mobilier Scandal.
99: Crittenden Committee of Thirteen.
100: Cuban Insurrection.
101: Cumming et al. v. Board of Education of Richmond County, Georgia (1899).
102: Davis, Edmund J. (1827–1883).
103: Davis, Henry Winter (1817–1865).
104: Davis, Jefferson (1808–1889).
105: Davis Bend Experiment.
106: Democratic Party.
107: Disease.
108: Douglas, Stephen A. (1813–1861).
109: Douglass, Frederick (ca. 1817–1895).
110: Dred Scott v. Sanford (1857).
111: Drewry’s Bluff, Battles of.
112: Dubuclet, Antoine (1810–1887).
113: Dunn, Oscar J. (ca. 1820–1871).
114: Early, Jubal (1816–1894).
115: Eaton, John (1829–1906).
116: Election of 1848.
117: Election of 1852.
118: Election of 1856.
119: Election of 1860.
120: Election of 1861, Confederate.
121: Election of 1862, Union.
122: Election of 1863, Confederate.
123: Election of 1868.
124: Election of 1872.
125: Election of 1876 and Compromise of 1877.
126: Ellenton (South Carolina) Race Riot (1876).
127: Emancipation.
128: Emancipation Proclamation.
129: Enforcement Act, First (31 May 1870).
130: Enforcement Act, Second (28 February 1871).
131: Enforcement Act, Third (20 April 1871).
132: Enforcement Acts.
133: Enforcement Bill.
134: Ethridge Conspiracy of 1863.
135: Eutaw (Alabama) Race Riot (1874).
136: Executive Proclamation, Lincoln and The.
137: Extraterritoriality of Slavery.
138: Fair Oaks, First Battle of.
139: Farragut, David G. (1801–1870).
140: Fessenden, William P. (1806–1869).
141: Fifteenth Amendment.
142: Filibustering.
143: Fillmore, Millard (1800–1874).
144: Fire-Eaters.
145: Fish, Hamilton (1808–1893).
146: Forrest, Nathan Bedford (1821–1877).
147: Ft. Delaware.
148: Ft. Donelson, Battle of.
149: Ft. Henry, Battle of.
150: Ft. Pillow Massacre.
151: Ft. Sumter, Battle of.
152: Fortieth Congress Extra Session Act.
153: “Forty Acres and A Mule”.
154: Fourteenth Amendment.
155: Fredericksburg Campaign.
156: Free Men, Free Soil, Free Labor.
157: Free-Soil Party.
158: Freedmen’s AID Societies.
159: Freedmen’s Bureau Act of 3 March 1865.
160: Freedmen’s Bureau Act of 16 July 1866.
161: Freedmen’s Bureau Act of 6 July 1868.
162: Freedmen’s Bureau Act of 25 July 1868.
163: Freedmen’s Savings and Trust Company.
164: Freeport Doctrine.
165: Freeport Question.
166: Frémont, John Charles (1813–1890).
167: Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
168: Galvanized Yankees.
169: Galveston, Surrender At.
170: Garland, Ex Parte (1866).
171: Geary, John W. (1819–1873).
172: General Orders No. 100.
173: Georgia, State of, v. Grant et al. (1868).
174: Georgia, State of, v. Stanton (1867).
175: Gold Scandal.
176: Grant, [Hiram] Ulysses Simpson (1822–1885).
177: Greeley, Horace (1811–1872).
178: Griffin, Charles (1825–1867).
179: Habeas Corpus.
180: Habeas Corpus Act of 1862, Confederate.
181: Habeas Corpus Act of 1863, Union.
182: Habeas Corpus Act of 1867, Union.
183: Halleck, Henry Wager (1815–1872).
184: Hamburg (South Carolina) Massacre (1876).
185: Hampton Roads Peace Conference (3 February 1865).
186: Hancock, Winfield Scott (1824–1886).
187: Harpers Ferry Raid (1859).
188: Harris, Isham G. (1818–1897).
189: Harrison’s Landing Letter.
190: Hayes, Rutherford B. (1822–1893).