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XIII. If Lafayette Had Held the French Reign of Terror in Check 114
XIV. If Gilbert Livingston Had Not Voted New York into the Union 121
XV. If the Pirate Jean Lafitte Had Joined the British at New Orleans 129
XVI. If James Macdonnel Had Not Closed the Gates of Hugomont Castle 138
XVII. If Abraham Lincoln's Father Had Moved Southward, Not Northward 150
XVIII. If Skipper Jennings Had Not Rescued Certain Shipwrecked Japanese 160
XIX. If Orsini's Bomb Had Not Failed to Destroy Napoleon III 170
XX. If President James Buchanan Had Enforced the Law in November, 1860 176
XXI. If the Confederates Had Marched on Washington After Bull Run 185
XXII. If the Confederate States Had Purchased the East India Company's Fleet in 1861 194