... turning to President Abraham Lincoln's meeting with a group of Baltimore YMCA members led by Reverend Richard Fuller. It then looks at the volunteer regiments heading to Richmond from other states, possibly to join Virginia troops in attacking Washington, and Robert E. Lee's arrival in Richmond by train...

... the absence of news from the Seventh New York and Eighth Massachusetts volunteer regiments, along with President Abraham Lincoln's meeting with members of the Sixth Massachusetts Regiment who had been wounded at Baltimore. It also looks at the continued monitoring of communication lines in Washington...

...This epilogue focuses on the festive mood in Washington on April 26, 1861 as the threat of a siege by the Confederacy dissipated and volunteer regiments, including the Eighth Massachusetts Regiment, continued arriving in the nation's capital. As thousands of new troops threatened to overwhelm...

.... The chapter also considers the quartering problems encountered by the volunteer regiments in Washington. Annapolis Beauregard Pierre G T Butler Benjamin Fort Sumter Hay John Lefferts Marshall New York Times Philadelphia Inquirer Scott Winfield Secessionist plots on Washington Baltimore Baltimore...

...This chapter focuses on the arrival of the Seventh New York Regiment in Washington on April 25, 1861 to reinforce the Union against the Confederacy, marking the immediate salvation of the nation's capital and paving the way for other Northern volunteer regiments to follow suit. The Seventh New York...