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 xx Contents. CHAPTER XV. THE CIVIL WAR: II. (18621863.) By the late JOHN G. NICOLAY. PAGE The President's plan of campaign 472 The Northern army lands in the peninsula 473 Yorktown and Williamsburg 474 McClellan's demand for reinforcements 475 Battles on the Chickahominy 476 McClellan's delays .... .... 477 Seven Days' Battles. . .... 478 Moral collapse of McClellan. .... 479 Second Battle of Bull Run 480 Lee invades Maryland .... .... 481 Battle of Antietam .... .... 482 Burnside defeated at Frederickshurg 483 Hooker succeeds Burnside 484 Hooker's march on Richmond 485 Battle of Chancellorsville. Death of Jackson .... 486 Lee invades Pennsylvania. 487 Battle of Gettysburg. 488 Defeat of the Confederates 489 Lee's unmolested retreat ........ 490 Lincoln's speech at Gettysburg 491 Halleck's movements on the Mississippi 492 Buell's inactivity 493 Grant's early services. 494 Grant captures Forts Henry and Donelson 495 Grant moves to Pittsburg Landing 496 Battle of Shiloh : Northern victory 497 Halleck takes the command in person 498 His dilatory march on Corinth 499 Halleck transferred to Washington 500 Position of Vicksburg 501 Grant's movements against Vicksburg 502 Grant passes Vicksburg and Grand Gulf 503 Grant's victories in Mississippi 504 Siege and capture of Vicksburg 505 Surrender of Port Hudson 506 Confederates invade Kentucky 507 Battle of Murfreesborough 508 Battle of Chickamauga 509 Rosecrans blockaded in Chattanooga 510 Grant takes command. Position of Chattanooga. . . 511 Battle of Chattanooga 612-3