This volume was originallly published in two volumes. It comprise such subjects as the justification of the Southern States in seceding from the Union and the honorable conduct of the war by the Confederate States government; the history of the actions and concessions of the South in the formation of the Union and its policy in securing the existing magnificent territorial dominion of the United States; the civil history of the Confederate States, supplemented with sketches of the President, Vice-President, cabinet officers and other officials of the government; Confederate naval history; the morale of the armies; the South since the war, and a connected outline of events from the beginning of the struggle to its close.
Hon. J. L. M. Curry, LL. D. LEGAL JUSTIFICATION
OF THE SOUTH IN SECESSION 1-58
William R. Garrett, THE SOUTH AS A FACTOR IN
THE TERRITORIAL EXPANSION OF THE UNITED
STATES 59-246
CHAPTER I. Territorial Expansion a Distinctive
Feature in the History of the United States--The
South a Leading Factor in this Policy 61
CHAPTER II. The Extension of the Territory of the
United States from tile Alleghany Mountains to the
Mississippi River and North of the Ohio River 72
CHAPTER III. Hostilities with France and the
Acquisition of Louisiana 128
CHAPTER IV. The Second War with Great Britain--
Spanish Complications---Spain Cedes Florida, and
Her Claims to Oregon 160
CHAPTER V. Annexation of Texas--War with
Mexico--Mexican Cessions--Oregon Treaty with
Great Britain 205
CHAPTER VI. Confederate War--Acquisition of
Alaska 239
