Chapter XI: (Page 326-360.)

PROSPECTS AT THE BEGINNING OF 1862--EXTREME CONFIDENCE OF THE
SOUTH--EXTRAVAGANT EXPECTATIONS--THE RICHMOND EXAMINER ON CONFEDERATE
PROSPECTS--WAR BETWEEN ENGLAND AND THE UNITED STATES PREDICTED--THE
BLOCKADE TO BE RAISED--THE SOUTHERN CONFEDERACY DECREED BY HEAVEN--
RESULT OF THE BOASTFUL TONE OF THE SOUTHERN PRESS--THE CONFEDERATE
GOVERNMENT NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISASTERS OF 1862--PRESIDENT DAVIS
URGES PREPARATION FOR A LONG WAR--HIS WISE OPPOSITION TO SHORT
ENLISTMENTS OF TROOPS--PREMONITIONS OF MISFORTUNES IN THE WEST--THE
CONFEDERATE FORCES IN KENTUCKY--GENERAL ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON--HIS
CAREER BEFORE THE WAR--CHARACTER--APPEARANCE--THE FRIEND OF JEFFERSON
DAVIS--MUTUAL ESTEEM--SIDNEY JOHNSTON IN KENTUCKY--HIS PLANS--HIS
DIFFICULTIES--THE FORCES OF GRANT AND BUELL--CRUEL DILEMMA OF GENERAL
SIDNEY JOHNSTON--A REVERSE--GRANT CAPTURES FORTS HENRY AND DONELSON--
LOSS OF KENTUCKY AND TENNESSEE--FEDERAL DESIGNS IN THE EAST--BURNSIDE
CAPTURES ROANOKE ISLAND--SERIOUS NATURE OF THESE REVERSES--POPULAR
DISAPPOINTMENT--ORGANIZED OPPOSITION TO THE CONFEDERATE
ADMINISTRATION--CHARACTER AND MOTIVES OF THIS OPPOSITION--AN EFFORT TO
REVOLUTIONIZE PRESIDENT DAVIS' CABINET--ASSAULTS UPON SECRETARIES
BENJAMIN AND MALLORY--CORRECT EXPLANATION OF THE CONFEDERATE
REVERSES--CONGRESSIONAL CENSURE OF MR. BENJAMIN--SECRETARY
MALLORY--CHARACTERISTICS OF THE SOUTHERN MIND--THE PERMANENT
GOVERNMENT--SECOND INAUGURATION OF MR. DAVIS--SEVERITY OF THE
SEASON--THE CEREMONIES--APPEARANCE OF PRESIDENT DAVIS--HIS INAUGURAL
ADDRESS--ITS EFFECT--POPULAR RE-ASSURANCE--MESSAGE TO CONGRESS--
COMMENTS OF RICHMOND PRESS.