Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-296) and index.
A wandering youth -- The road to Mount Pulaski -- The great triumvirate of the Eighth Judicial Circuit -- Politics overtakes the law -- From the Wigwam to Washington -- And the war came -- Witness to the emancipation -- Quicksilver and New Almaden -- This terrible war -- A strategic decision -- Legal advocate and civic leader -- The better angels of our nature