| Introduction: The First Modern War.
PART I: The War and Its Causes.
Chapter 1: How Did the War Happen?
Chapter 2: The Five Steps to War: 1850–1860.
Chapter 3: Secession and War: 1860–1861.
PART II: Making War.
Chapter 4: Civil War Armies: Structure and Organization.
Chapter 5: Union and Confederate Strategy.
Chapter 6: Organizing and Training the Armies.
Chapter 7: Weapons of the Civil War.
PART III: Opening Moves, 1861–1862.
Chapter 8: Starting the War: Bull Run (First Manassas), July 1861.
Chapter 9: The Road to Shiloh, April 1862.
Chapter 10: Setbacks for the South, March–July 1862.
Chapter 11: Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign, March–June 1862.
Chapter 12: The Seven Days of Robert E. Lee, June–July 1862.
Chapter 13: Second Bull Run (Manassas), August 1862.
Chapter 14: The Bloodiest Day: Antietam (Sharpsburg), September 1862.
Chapter 15: Bragg Fails at Perryville.
Chapter 16: War So Terrible: Fredericksburg and Murfreesboro, December 1862.
PART IV: War to the Hilt, 1863–1865.
Chapter 17: The Battle of Chancellorsville, May 1863.
Chapter 18: The Battle of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, July 1863.
Chapter 19: The Battle of Chickamauga and Chattanooga, August–November 1863.
Chapter 20: Lee and Grant: The Virginia Campaign, May–June 1864.
Chapter 21: The Atlanta Campaign and a Guarantee of Union Victory, May–December 1864.
Chapter 22: The Destruction of Hood's Army in Tennessee, October 1864–January 1865.
Chapter 23: A Matter of Time: Petersburg and Appomattox, January–April 1865.
PART V: Behind the Lines.
Chapter 24: The Confederacy at War: Creating a Nation and Vying for Recognition.
Chapter 25: The Union at War: Creating a New Banking System and a Strong Economy.
Chapter 26: The Life of the Common Soldier, Women, and Other Participants.
PART VI: The Civil War Tourist.
Chapter 27: Getting Ready to Travel.
Chapter 28: Visiting a Civil War Battlefield.
PART VII: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 29: The Ten Worst Generals of the Civil War.
Chapter 30: The Ten Biggest "Firsts" of the Civil War.
Chapter 31: The Ten Biggest "What Ifs" of the Civil War.
Chapter 32: The Ten Best Battlefields of the Civil War.
Index.
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