Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Prologue WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1864 1
5. Chapter One THE OLD ORDER AND ITS DEFENDERS 11
6. Chapter Two LINCOLN AND EMANCIPATION 45
7. Chapter Three TO A WHITE AND BLACK MAN’S WAR 83
8. Chapter Four THE ODD COUPLE 118
9. Chapter Five HOSTILITY OF THE NORTHERN DEMOCRACY 154
10. Chapter Six THE LAME DUCKS OF 1864 186
11. Chapter Seven THE ENFORCEMENT CLAUSE AND ITS ENEMIES 218
12. Epilogue EMANCIPATION DAY, 1893 253
13. Appendix A: Significant Events Leading to the Thirteenth Amendment 263
14. Appendix B: A Historiographical Note 265
15. Notes 269
16. Index 297