Chapter 24 No.24

Trials of the Administration in 1863-Hostility to War Measures-Lack of Confidence at the North-Opposition in Congress-How Lincoln felt about the "Fire in the Rear"-Criticisms from Various Quarters-Visit of "the Boston Set"-The Government on a Tight-rope-The Enlistment of Colored Troops-Interview between Lincoln and Frederick Douglass-Reverses in th