Chapter IX: (Page 266-293.)

EVENTS CONSEQUENT UPON THE BOMBARDMENT OF FORT SUMTER--MR. LINCOLN
BEGINS THE WAR BY USURPATION--THE BORDER STATES--CONTINUED DUPLICITY
OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT--VIRGINIA JOINS THE COTTON STATES--AFFAIRS
IN MARYLAND, MISSOURI, AND KENTUCKY--UNPROMISING PHASES OF THE
SITUATION, AFFECTING THE PROSPECTS OF THE SOUTH--DIVISIONS IN SOUTHERN
SENTIMENT--THE NORTHERN DEMOCRACY--PRESIDENT DAVIS' ANTICIPATIONS
REALIZED--HIS RESPONSE TO MR. LINCOLN'S PROCLAMATION OF WAR--PUBLIC
ENTHUSIASM IN THE SOUTH--PRESIDENT DAVIS' MESSAGE--VIRGINIA THE
FLANDERS OF THE WAR--REMOVAL OF THE CONFEDERATE CAPITAL TO
RICHMOND--POLICY OF THAT STEP CONSIDERED--POPULAR REGARD FOR MR. DAVIS
IN VIRGINIA--ACTION OF THE VIRGINIAN AUTHORITIES--NORTH CAROLINA; HER
NOBLE CONDUCT, AND EFFICIENT AID TO THE CONFEDERACY--MILITARY
PREPARATIONS IN VIRGINIA--GENERAL LEE--HIS SERVICES IN THE EARLY
MONTHS OF THE WAR--MINOR ENGAGEMENTS--PREPARATIONS FOR THE GREAT
STRUGGLE IN VIRGINIA--AN IMPORTANT HISTORICAL QUESTION--CHARGES
AGAINST MR. DAVIS CONSIDERED--HIS STATESMAN-LIKE PREVISION--DID HE
ANTICIPATE AND PROVIDE FOR WAR?--WHEN MR. DAVIS' RESPONSIBILITY
BEGAN--HIS ENERGETIC PREPARATION--THE PREVAILING SENTIMENT AT
MONTGOMERY AS TO THE WAR--QUOTATIONS FROM GENERAL EARLY AND GENERAL
VON MOLKTE.