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Andrew Jackson Frontispiece

Henry Clay at the age of forty-three.—From a portrait by Mathew H. Jouett 2

Robert Fulton.—From a portrait by Benjamin West, painted in 1805 4

Fulton’s first steamboat.—Redrawn from an old print 6

General Andrew Jackson.—From a portrait in the city hall, New York, painted by John Vanderlyn in 1819, when Jackson was fifty-two years of age 8

Carpenters’ Hall, Philadelphia.—From a photograph 11

Martin Van Buren.—From a portrait by Henry Inman, in the possession of W. Duer, Esq. 13

James Kent.—Redrawn from an old print 15

Jeremiah Mason.—Redrawn from an old print 17

Model of the John Stevens locomotive. The first in America. 1825.—Redrawn from an old print 20

Model of the Stockton and Darlington locomotive. Brought from England. 1826.—Redrawn from an old print 22

Daniel Webster.—From a daguerrotype in the possession of Charles Lanman, Esq. 24

Robert Young Hayne.—From an engraving after a drawing by J. B. Longacre 26

Title-page of speech of Daniel Webster.—From the original in the New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 29

The De Witt Clinton train which ran in 1830 between Albany and Schenectady.—Photographed from the original locomotive and carriages by A. P. Yates, official photographer of the New York Central Railroad 31

Daniel Webster.—From the painting by G. P. A. Healy, now in Faneuil Hall, Boston, Mass. Facing p. 32

Bell’s steamboat Comet, 1812.—Redrawn from an old print 33

Freight and passenger cars, 1848.—From an old print 36

The first capitol of Texas.—Redrawn from an old print 38

The old United States bank, now the custom house, Philadelphia.—From a photograph 42

Alexander H. Stephens.—From a photograph by Brady 45

Nicholas Biddle.—Engraved by J. B. Longacre and T. B. Walsh after a painting by Rembrandt Peale 50

Roger B. Taney.—From Coffin’s Life of Lincoln 55

Louis McLane.—Redrawn from an old print 57

Electoral ticket of 1836.—From a photograph from the original ticket 60

A North Carolina mansion of the old style.—From Harper’s Encyclopaedia of United States History 63

John C. Calhoun.—From the painting by De Bloch, in the possession of John C. Calhoun, Esq. Facing p. 64

Silas Wright, Jr.—From an engraving after a daguerrotype by Brady 67

Sam Houston.—Redrawn from an old print 69

Cyrus Hall McCormick.—Reproduced from an engraving kindly loaned by the McCormick Company of Chicago 71

John Greenleaf Whittier.—From an engraving by Wilcox after a daguerrotype 73

Edgar Allan Poe.—From Harper’s Monthly Magazine 75

William H. Prescott.—From an old stipple engraving 77

Ralph Waldo Emerson.—From a photograph by Black 79

James Russell Lowell.—Redrawn from an engraving after a daguerrotype 81

Nathaniel Hawthorne.—From Howells’s Literary Friends and Acquaintance 83

Henry W. Longfellow.—From an old print 84

Presidential ticket, 1840.—From a photograph of the original ticket 85

William Henry Harrison.—From Lossing’s Field-Book of the War of 1812 86

Joseph Story.—From an engraving after a portrait by Chester Harding 89

Campaign symbol of 1840.—Redrawn from a copy of the campaign cartoon 93

John Tyler.—Redrawn from an engraving from a daguerrotype 95

The Hancock house, Boston.—Redrawn from a sketch made in 1833. Showing rail-fence around the Boston Common, which was used originally as a cow pasture 97

Title-page of anti-abolition pamphlet.—From Sparks’s The Men Who Made the Nation 99

Broadway, east side, between Grand and Howard streets, New York, 1840.—From an old lithograph 103

General Santa Anna.—Redrawn from an old print 106

Wendell Phillips.—From a photograph 109

Title-page of a campaign pamphlet.—From the original in the New York Public Library (Astor Building) 111

Henry Clay.—From a drawing by Davignon Facing p. 112

Title-page of “The Clay Songster.”—From a photograph from the original 113

James K. Polk.—Redrawn from an old print 116

Zachary Taylor.—From an old lithograph 119

Winfield Scott.—From an engraving after a daguerrotype 121

The departure of the Philadelphia volunteers from Philadelphia.—From a humorous drawing by F. O. C. Darley 123

Charge of the “Palmettos” at Churubusco.—From a drawing by Döpler, in Harper’s Monthly Magazine 125

Main Street in Austin, Texas, about 1845.—Redrawn from an old print 126

Salmon Portland Chase.—From Harper’s Monthly Magazine 127

Lewis Cass.—From Harper’s Monthly Magazine 129

Thomas Wilson Dorr.—Redrawn from an old print 130

San Francisco, California, in 1848.—Redrawn from an old print 131

English power loom for weaving cotton, 1847.—Redrawn from an old print 133

Castle Garden, New York, in 1850.—From Harper’s Monthly Magazine 135

Emigrant train crossing the plains.—Redrawn from an old print 136

A typical hotel in the middle mines, California, about 1850.—From a sketch from nature by A. V. S. Anthony 137

Sluice washing for gold in the middle mines, California, about 1850.—From a sketch from nature by A. V. S. Anthony 139

Old Spanish fort at Monterey, California, in 1848.—From Harper’s Monthly Magazine 141

Title-page of a contemporary pamphlet.—From Sparks’s The Men Who Made the Nation 149

Martin Van Buren.—From a portrait by Daniel Huntington, painted for Mr. Van Buren and presented by him to a collection of notable statesmen now in the State Library at Albany, New York 155

Franklin Pierce.—Redrawn from an old print 158

Title-page of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”—From a copy of the first edition of the work 161

Cover of pamphlet on the Boston slave riot.—From the original in the New York Public Library (Lenox Building) 163

William H. Seward.—From a photograph by Brady 168

George Gordon Meade.—From a photograph by Brady 171

Pierre Soulé.—Redrawn from an old print 173

John Charles Frémont.—From an engraving after a photograph by Brady 175

Stephen A. Douglas.—From a photograph by Brady Facing p. 176

George Henry Thomas.—From a photograph by Brady 177

Joseph Eccleston Johnston.—From a photograph by Anderson 179

Harper’s Ferry in 1859.—From a sketch made in 1859 by a staff artist of Harper’s Weekly 181

John Brown.—Redrawn from an old print 183

The Dunker church, where John Brown preached the night of the raid.—From a sketch furnished by Jeannie Chambers 184

Colonel Lee’s marines breaking into the engine-house at Harper’s Ferry.—Drawn from a sketch by a staff artist of Harper’s Weekly 187

Facsimile of Lincoln’s letter of acceptance.—From Nicolay and Hay’s Life of Lincoln 189

Mr. Seward’s suggestion for the close of Mr. Lincoln’s inaugural address.—From Nicolay and Hay’s Life of Lincoln 191

Closing paragraph, in Mr. Lincoln’s handwriting, of the inaugural address.—From Nicolay and Hay’s Life of Lincoln 191

James Buchanan.—From a photograph 193

Albert Sidney Johnston.—Redrawn from an old print 195

The “George Washington” locomotive, 1835.—Redrawn from an old print 199

Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1863.—From a sketch made during the Rebellion 201

A snag boat on the Mississippi River.—Redrawn from an old photograph 203

Lincoln making his first inaugural address.—From a sketch made by a staff artist of Harper’s Weekly 205

Fort Sumter on November 10, 1863.—From a sketch made at the time 206

Interior of Fort Sumter after the bombardment, December, 1863.—From a war-time sketch 209

Fort Sumter, as rebuilt.—From a photograph 211

Sergeant Hart nailing the colors to the flag-staff, Fort Sumter.—From Harper’s Encyclopaedia of United States History 213

David Dixon Porter.—From a photograph by C. M. Bell 215

Signatures of the commissioners of Virginia and the Southern Confederacy.—From Harper’s Encyclopaedia of United States History 217

The Osage, type of iron-clad used on the Mississippi River.—From a war-time photograph 219

The Chickasaw, type of iron-clad used on the Mississippi River.—From a war-time photograph 220

The De Kalb, type of iron-clad used on the Mississippi River.—From a war-time photograph 221

Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard.—From a photograph by Sarony 223

A call for reinforcements.—From Battles and Leaders 225

George Brinton McClellan.—From a photograph by Conly 227

Millard Fillmore.—From a photograph by W. Baker 230

Facsimile of war scrip issued by the Confederate legislature of Missouri.—From Battles and Leaders 233

Statue of Farragut in Madison Square, New York City.—From a photograph 235

John Ericsson.—From an old steel engraving 238

The Monitor.—From a war-time sketch 239

Battle of Fredericksburg. Volunteers crossing the river.—From a painting by C. S. Reinhart 241

Facsimile of the final emancipation proclamation of Jan. 1, 1863.—Nicolay and Hay 244, 245, 246, 247

The Hartford, Farragut’s flag-ship.—From a war-time sketch 250

United States sloop of war Kearsarge.—From a war-time sketch 253

William Tecumseh Sherman.—From a photograph by Charles L. Ritzmann 255

Table used at the surrender at Appomattox Court House.—From Harper’s Encyclopaedia of United States History 257

Chair used at the surrender at Appomattox Court House.—From Harper’s Encyclopaedia of United States History 258

John Wilkes Booth.—Redrawn from an old print 260

The White House of the Confederacy, Richmond.—From a photograph 266

Jefferson Davis.—From a photograph by W. W. Washburn 269

Montgomery, Alabama, in 1862.—Redrawn from a photograph 272

Abraham Lincoln.—From a photograph taken by McNulty in Indianapolis, in 1861 Facing p. 272

Thomas Jonathan Jackson.—Redrawn from an old print 275

Robert Edward Lee.—From the steel engraving published by the Lee Memorial Association for the Erection of a Monument at the Tomb of General Robert E. Lee at the Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va. Facing p. 276

The Shell Road, Mobile.—From a drawing by W. H. Gibson 277

Arlington, the residence of General Robert E. Lee.—From a sketch by Benson J. Lossing in 1850 279

William Lowndes Yancey.—Redrawn from an old print 280

Thomas R. R. Cobb.—From a photograph in possession of President Woodrow Wilson, Princeton, N. J. 283

First page of the original draft of the constitution of the Confederate States.—In the handwriting of General Thomas R. R. Cobb 285

Andrew Johnson.—From an old photograph 287

Chattanooga, Tennessee, in 1862.—From a war-time sketch 291

A street huckster in Richmond, Virginia.—A sketch from nature by W. L. Sheppard 293

Sellers of firewood in Richmond, Virginia.—A sketch from nature by W. L. Sheppard 295

A superannuated darky in Richmond, Virginia.—A sketch from nature by W. L. Sheppard 297

A call for volunteers in Illinois.—From a photograph from the original poster 299

A seller of rabbits and hares, Richmond, Virginia.—From a sketch from nature by W. L. Sheppard 301

A wood peddler, Richmond, Virginia.—From a sketch from nature by W. L. Sheppard 303

Facsimile of Mr. Lincoln’s autographic copy of the Gettysburg address, made by him for the soldiers’ and sailors’ fair at Baltimore, in 1864.—From Nicolay and Hay’s Life of Lincoln 308, 309

LIST OF MAPS

Territorial acquisitions of the United States, 1783-1853 Facing p. 28

Territorial controversies of the United States, settled between 1783-1850 Facing p. 80

The United States, March 4, 1855 Facing p. 170

Slavery in the United States, 1775-1865 Facing p. 208