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 Contents. xix PAGE Kansas-Nebraska Act 428 Results of the Act .. 429 Struggle in Kansas 430 Presidential campaign ....... . 431 Election of President Buchanan ....... 432 Financial depression ....... . 433 Dred Scott case .... 434 Results of the decision 435 Election campaign in Illinois ....... 436 Douglas and Lincoln ...... ... . 437 Growth of anti-slavery forces ....... 438 John Brown's raid. 439 Election of President Lincoln ... ... 440 Southern States secede ........ 441 Preparation for war 442 CHAPTER XIV. THE CIVIL WAR: I. (1861.) By the late JOHN G. NICOLAY. Youth of Lincoln 443 Lincoln's early history ......... 444 Lincoln elected President 445 The Secession movement 446 Weakness of Buchanan 447 Attempts at compromise ........ 448 Montgomery Congress. Lincoln's inauguration .... 449 The South begins the War 450 The Northern armies ......... 451 Southern preparations ......... 452 Bloodshed at Baltimore 453 Virginia joins the South ... .... 454 Lee in Virginia; the State divided. .... 455 McClellan's rise to high command ...... 456 West Virginia reconquered ........ 457 Missouri divided 458 Fremont commands in the West 459 Fremont's mismanagement ........ 460 Kentucky refuses to secede ........ 461 Confederates invade Kentucky ....... 462 Grant seizes Paducah 463 Federal concentration at Washington 464 Federal advance to Manassas 465 Defeat of the Federals at Bull Run 466 Consequences of the defeat 467 McClellan the Federal General-in-Chief 468 McClellan's inactivity 469 Northern progress in 1861 470 Three distinct fields of war. .... 471