| | Preface | p. xi |
| | The Union, 1850 to 1860 | |
| | Prologue: "We Done Now" | p. 3 |
| | "Before Their Time" | p. 6 |
| | "A Grand Man" | p. 12 |
| | "The Union, Gentlemen, the Union" | p. 23 |
| | The East, 1861 | |
| | "Worser for Us Than Ever" | p. 37 |
| | "They's Folks!" | p. 44 |
| | The West, 1861 and 1862 | |
| | "Grant Shelling the Rebels!" | p. 55 |
| | "The Blood Run Deep" | p. 61 |
| | "I Couldn't Leave" | p. 74 |
| | The East, 1862 | |
| | "This Child Just Pray" | p. 89 |
| | "A Squally Time" | p. 94 |
| | "Ain't God the Captain?" | p. 99 |
| | The West, 1863 | |
| | "I Rejoiced All I Could" | p. 107 |
| | "Ungodly Times" | p. 117 |
| | "Ain't Over Yet" | p. 128 |
| | "Running from the War" | p. 135 |
| | "A Drizzly Day" | p. 145 |
| | The East, 1863 | |
| | "All the Poor Soldiers" | p. 159 |
| | "Fearing and Trembling" | p. 165 |
| | The West, 1864 | |
| | "Still I Rebelled" | p. 175 |
| | "A Rugged Cross" | p. 184 |
| | "Don't Want Any Such Again" | p. 192 |
| | The East, 1864 | |
| | "All That Killing" | p. 199 |
| | "A Most Scandalous Thing" | p. 209 |
| | Sherman, 1864 | |
| | "Ain't Gonna Be Long Now" | p. 223 |
| | "What They Care?" | p. 229 |
| | East and West, 1865 | |
| | "I Have Seen Father Abraham" | p. 241 |
| | "The Plans of God" | p. 248 |
| | "A Tired Old Man" | p. 254 |
| | "The Row's End" | p. 262 |
| | "Nowhere to Go" | p. 277 |
| | "I Got My Own Again" | p. 284 |
| | Epilogue: "All Alike" | p. 298 |
| | Author's Note: "We'll Talk This Story Over" | p. 303 |
| | A Directory of Witnesses | p. 312 |
| | Acknowledgments | p. 352 |
| | Sources | p. 354 |
| | Index | p. 373 |