Table of Contents
   List of Mapsp. vii
   Introductionp. xi
   North and South Dividep. 3
   Will There Be a War?p. 24
   Improvised Armiesp. 38
   Plansp. 82
   McClellan Takes Commandp. 113
   The War in Middle Americap. 153
   Lee's War in the East, Grant's War in the Westp. 163
   The Overland Campaign and the Fall of Richmondp. 237
   Breaking into the Southp. 259
   The Battle off Cherbourg and the Civil War at Seap. 280
   The Home Frontsp. 302
   Walt Whitman and Woundsp. 313
   Civil War Generalshipp. 321
   Running the Warp. 58
   The Military Geography of the Civil Warp. 67
   Vicksburgp. 204
   The Life of the Soldierp. 74
   Cutting the Chattanooga-Atlanta Linkp. 221
   Chancellorsville and Gettysburgp. 179
   Black Soldiersp. 289
   Civil War Battlep. 333
   Could the South Have Survived?p. 344
   The End of the Warp. 348
   Notesp. 367
   Bibliographyp. 371
   Acknowledgementsp. 375
   Indexp. 377