Chapter XXX: A Nation's Shame 173

XXXI Efforts to Execute Mr. Davis 177

XXXII Indictment of Mr. Davis 183

XXXIII Why Davis Was Not Tried for Treason 187

XXXIV Freedom--Reverses--Beauvoir 193

XXXV Death of Mr. Davis 199

ILLUSTRATIONS

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Jefferson Davis Frontispiece

Jefferson Davis' Birthplace, at Fairview, Ky. 15

Where Jefferson Davis Boarded While in Lexington 17

Transylvania College at Lexington 19

Jefferson Davis at Thirty-five 31

Briarfield, Jefferson Davis' Home 33

The Room in the Briars in Which Jefferson Davis Was Married 37

General Taylor and Colonel Davis at Monterey 43

The Charge of Colonel Davis' Regiment at Buena Vista 47

Jefferson Davis as United States Senator in 1847 51

Jefferson Davis as Secretary of War 57

The Capitol at Richmond 77

Interior of Fort Sumter after the Surrender 93

Henry Clay Addressing the Senate on the Missouri Compromise 99

Edward Ruffin 103

Robert Toombs 107

General Joseph E. Johnston 111

Generals Lee, Jackson and Johnston 113