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Tables of Contents for The Coming Fury
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
Foreword
v
List of Maps and Graphs
viii
Springtime of Decision
The City by the Sea
1
11
``The Impending Crisis''
12
12
Star after Star
24
12
``The Party Is Split Forever''
36
11
The Crowd at the Wigwam
47
10
Railsplitter
57
11
Down a Steep Place
Division at Baltimore
68
10
The Great Commitment
78
10
By Torchlight
88
10
Little Giant
98
11
Verdict of the People
109
9
Despotism of the Sword
118
12
The Long Farewell
The Union Is Dissolved
130
11
A Delegation of Authority
141
12
An Action and a Decision
153
12
Footsteps in a Dark Corridor
165
11
The Strategy of Delay
176
14
``Everything, Even Life Itself''
190
14
Two Presidents
The Man and the Hour
204
12
The Long Road to Washington
216
10
Colonel Lee Leaves Texas
226
10
Talking Across a Gulf
236
11
Pressure at Fort Sumter
247
11
First Inaugural
258
13
Into the Unknown
Two Forts and Three Agents
271
11
Memorandum from Mr. Seward
282
9
``If You Have No Doubt...''
291
11
The Circle of Fire
302
11
White Flag on a Sword
313
12
The Coming of the Fury
325
12
The Way of Revolution
Homemade War
337
12
Arrests and Arrests Alone
349
9
Diplomacy Along the Border
358
12
Collapse of Legalities
370
10
Symbolism of Death
380
12
Before the Night Came
392
12
To the Fiery Altar
War in the Mountains
404
10
The Laws of War
414
11
A Head Full of Fire
425
11
The Road to Bull Run
436
12
Dust Clouds Against the Sky
448
12
Death of the Minute Man
460
15
Notes
475
35
Bibliography
510
39
Acknowledgments
549
2
Index
551