Includes bibliographical references (p. [301]-307) and index.
Contents:
The White House, New Year's Day, 1858 -- The death of Jefferson Davis -- The White House, early 1858: one year of Dred Scott -- Colonel Robert E. Lee leaves the military forever -- The White House, Feb. 1858: showdown with Stephen Douglas -- Honest Abe and the little giant: The Lincoln-Douglas debates -- The White House, July 1858 -- The White House, Autumn 1858: the Forney feud -- Oberlin, OH: the rescuers -- The White House, Oct. 1858 -- William Seward: the "irrepressible conflict: -- The White House, Election Day -- William Tecumseh Sherman: dead-ended -- The White House, Winter 1858: swashbuckling in the Americas -- Terrible swift sword: John Brown's Christmas raid into Missouri -- The White House, Dec 1858.
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