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The Civil War For Dummies
ISBN: 978-0-7645-5244-1
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408 pages
March 2001
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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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