This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1911. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER V. The B1tterness And Magn1tude Op Confl1ct. The war during 1863 was a gigantic struggle marked by great battles with varying fortunes. McClellan was succeeded after Antietam by Burnside, who lost the terrible battle of Fredericksburg in December. Grant"s operations against Vicksburg that month were met by defeat, and Rosencrans"s battle of Stone River was practically a drawn one. Hooker succeeded Burnside and was whipped at Chancellorsville in May. Meade succeeded him, and Lee broke for the North to be whipped back at Gettysburg in July. Rosencrans moved to Chattanooga and lost the battle of Chickamauga. In November the disaster was retrieved by Lookout Mountain and Mission Ridge. On the whole, the advantage was with the North, but Richmond"s capture seemed as far off as ever. At home the war came nearer in a form of actual peril for a few days during the Morgan raid, days that were full of excitement and apprehension to the town. The Legislature held its session during the winter and the majority tried to obstruct Governor Morton in every way that it could. Daily the opposition of that faction became more violent and pronounced, and while that is another story, it is well to know what the Sentinel said about President Lincoln"s emancipation proclamation in January. "The policy of the party now in power is developed. It is the abolition of slavery. It is the subjugation of the slave States--the destruction of the white race, where slavery exists, by servile insurrections. It is to make one-half the country a howling wilderness and to elevate to the status of citizenship a worthless and improvident race. The two races cannot live upon terms of equality. The attempt will result in the extermination of one of them. The Administration has deliberatel...