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TABLE OF CONTENTS
V O L U M E T W O
| Chapter | Contents | Pages |
| I | John Brown at Harper's Ferry—The Last Roll Call of His Band—Five Were Iowa Men—A Heroic Conflict with Overwhelming Numbers—Not a Man Flinched in the Battle—A Bloody Ending—Fate of the Iowa Men—Stewart Taylor Falls in the Thickest of the Fight—Jeremiah Anderson of Revolutionary Ancestors, John Brown’s Trusted Friend—Edwin Coppoc Fires the Last Shot—He Calmly Meets his Doom—Barclay Coppoc, the Boy of Twenty, Escapes—Terrible Sufferings in the Mountains—Capture of John E. Cook—Barclay Coppoc Reaches Home | 1-14 |
| II | The Eighth General Assembly—Governor Lowe’s Retiring Message—Governor Kirkwood’s Inaugural Address—Virginia Demands the Surrender of Barclay Coppoc—Governor Kirkwood Finds a Flaw in the Requisition—Barclay Coppoc Escapes—Meets Death in Missouri in 1861—The Notable Letter of Warning—How and Why it was Sent—The Letter and its Author—Acts of the Eighth General Assembly—A Veto Message | 15-34 |
| III | Personal Recollections of the Great Tornado of 1860—Gathering Clouds and Oppressive Atmosphere—Meeting of the Conflicting Air Currents—The Trailing Column Descends to the Earth—The Destruction Begins—In the Tornado’s Pathway—Where it Began to Gather—Destruction of Life and Property Appalling—The Village of Camanche in Ruins—A Summary of Loss of Life and Property—Estimated Velocity of the Wind—The Republican National Convention of 1860—Abraham Lincoln Nominated for President—Democratic National Conventions—The Party Disrupted and Two Tickets Placed in Nomination—Republican State Convention—Democratic Convention—Result of the Election | 35-45 |
