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1  Cover

2  Title Page

3  Copyright

4  Introduction About This Book What Not to Read Foolish Assumptions Icons Used in this Book Beyond the Book Where to Go from Here

5  Part 1: The War and Its Causes Chapter 1: How Did the War Happen? The Big Picture: War and Politics The North and South: Two Different Worlds The Opposing Sides Playing a Part in the Controversy: The Constitution Struggling for Power California: The Compromise of 1850 Chapter 2: The Five Steps to War: 1850–1860 Setting the Stage: Five Events Leading to War Struggling for Kansas Rising from the Collapse: The Republican Party The Republicans and the 1856 Presidential Election The Dred Scott Decision John Brown’s Raid The Fighting South, the Angry North The Election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860 Chapter 3: Secession and War: 1860–1861 The First Secession: South Carolina and the Lower South Building a New Nation: The Confederacy Taking Office: Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address Firing the First Shot So, Who Started the War?

6  Part 2: Making War Chapter 4: Civil War Armies: Structure and Organization Understanding the Basics of War Creating a Strategy: Three Basic Questions Uncovering the Principles of War Developing Campaigns: The Art of War Putting It All Together: Strategy to Campaigns to Battles Looking at the Civil War Army Organization Building a Basic Civil War Army Structure: The Regiment Comparing the Science versus the Art of War Chapter 5: Union and Confederate Strategy Comparing Northern and Southern Resources Wartime Strategy: Union and Confederate Geography and Strategy: Theaters of War Civil War Strategy in Retrospect Chapter 6: Organizing and Training the Armies Making Civilians into Soldiers Qualifications of Union and Confederate Officers Chapter 7: Significant Weapons of the Civil War The Weapons You Need to Fight The Rifled Musket and Tactics The Really Big Guns: Civil War Artillery Cavalry Weapons

7  Part 3: Opening Moves, 1861–1862 Chapter 8: Starting the War: Bull Run (First Manassas), July 1861 The First Rumblings: “On to Richmond!” Marching into Battle (Sort Of) Organizing the Armies: Disposition of Forces on the Battlefield Opening Moves: Key Decisions and Events Advancing to Victory: The Outcome Analyzing the Battle Heroes and Goats Chapter 9: Trouble West of the Mississippi and the Road to Shiloh, August 1861–April 1862 Focusing on the Early Battlegrounds of Missouri and Arkansas Dictating a Strategy in the Western Theater Struggling with Rank: Union Command The Importance of Kentucky Attacking the Forts: Grant Teams with the Navy The Shiloh Campaign The Fighting Begins: The Battle of Shiloh Aftermath of the Battle Heroes and Goats Chapter 10: Union Navy Victories and Union Army Defeats, March–July 1862 Bringing in a New Commander: George B. McClellan Taking a Gamble: The Blockade Patrolling the Coast: Union Naval Victories Discovering the Political Price of Failure and Inaction The Peninsula: A New Campaign Writing a New Chapter in Naval Warfare: The Ironclad Getting Fooled at Yorktown Battle of Wills: The Presidents versus the Generals McClellan Makes a Mistake before Richmond Chapter 11: Stonewall Jackson’s Valley Campaign, March–June 1862 Creating a Hero: Stonewall Jackson Stonewall’s Valley: The Shenandoah The Valley Campaign: An Appreciation Chapter 12: The Seven Days of Robert E. Lee, June–July 1862 The Confederacy in Crisis: Seven Pines Results of the Battle: McClellan Falters Taking Command: The “King of Spades” The Significance of the Campaign Heroes and Goats Chapter 13: Second Bull Run (Manassas), August 1862 Reshuffling the Union Command Structure Giving Lee an Opportunity: “Old Brains” Miscalculates The Aftermath of the Battle Heroes and Goats Chapter 14: The Bloodiest Day: Antietam (Sharpsburg), September 1862 Winning the War Now: The Confederate Strategic Situation Waiting for a Victory: The Union Strategic Situation The Antietam Campaign Jackson’s Coup at Harpers Ferry Starting the Battle: McClellan Creeps In Aftermath of the Battle Assessing the Battle and Its Significance The Emancipation Proclamation Heroes and Goats Chapter 15: Lost Opportunities for the Confederacy in the West: September–October 1862 The Western Theater: A Lesson in Geography Confederate Cavalry Dominates Tennessee Bragg Takes Command Starting the Fight: The Battle of Perryville Enduring Another Confederate Disaster: Iuka and Corinth Assessing the Aftermath of the Campaign: Results and Recriminations Significance of the Battles Heroes and Goats Chapter 16: War So Terrible: Fredericksburg and Murfreesboro, December 1862 Making a New Start in the East Hurry Up and Wait at the Rappahannock The Battle of Fredericksburg The Aftermath of the Battle The Battle of Murfreesboro The Results of the Battle Heroes and Goats

8  Part 4: War to the Hilt, 1863–1865 Chapter 17: The Battle of Chancellorsville, May 1863 Beginning a New Campaign in the Eastern Theater Heroes and Goats Chapter 18: The Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, July 1863 The Gettysburg Campaign The Battle of Gettysburg: Day One The Battle of Gettysburg: Day Two The Battle of Gettysburg: Day Three The Final Moves The Battle’s Significance Heroes and Goats 1863: The Western Theater The Vicksburg Campaign The Siege and Fall of Vicksburg Success at Port Hudson Grant’s Accomplishment Heroes Goats Chapter 19: The Battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga, August–November 1863 Rosecrans: Approaching and Taking Chattanooga The Chickamauga Campaign The Battle of Chickamauga: Day One The Battle of Chickamauga: Day Two The Battle Ends Chickamauga: The Results Heroes and Goats Turned Tables at Chattanooga The Battle’s Aftermath Heroes and Goats Chapter 20: Lee and Grant: Operations in Virginia, May–October 1864 Generals Get Their Orders from Grant Day One in the Wilderness: “Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale” Day Two in the Wilderness: Grant Doesn’t Quit Lee Loses the Initiative at North Anna Grant’s Disaster at Cold Harbor The Jug-Handle Movement to Petersburg The Second Valley Campaign The Siege at Petersburg: July–October 1864 Chapter 21: The Atlanta Campaign and a Guarantee of Union Victory, May–December 1864 Taking Command: Johnston and the Army of Tennessee Preparing to Move: Sherman in the Western Theater The Campaign for Atlanta Begins The Battle for Atlanta Looking at the Navy’s Contributions in 1864 Checking on Presidential Politics of 1864 Sherman’s March to the Sea Assessing Sherman’s Impact Chapter 22: The Destruction of Hood’s Army in Tennessee, October 1864–January 1865 Hood Moves North Triumphing at Nashville: Thomas’s Brilliant Plan The Battle of Nashville The Aftermath Heroes and Goats Chapter 23: A Matter of Time: Petersburg to Appomattox, January–April 1865 The Strategic Situation in 1865 Lee’s Fateful Dilemma: Petersburg The Last Retreat Symbolic Formalities: The Last Act Closing Events: The War Ends, a President Dies Victory and Uncertainty: The Reunited States Winners and Losers: The Debate Lives On

9  Part 5: Behind the Lines Chapter 24: The Confederacy: Creating a Nation at War Examining Jefferson Davis as President and War Leader Creating the New Confederate Government Financing the War Supplying Manpower for the War Supplying Material for the War Detailing the Confederate Naval War Struggling with Diplomacy: European Recognition Creating a Nation: Confederate Nationalism Chapter 25: The Union at War: Creating a New Republican Future for America Looking at Abraham Lincoln as President and War Leader Financing the War Running the War: Congress and the President Fighting the War Building an Economy: Northern Industrial Production Chapter 26: Wartime in America: Its Effect on the People Meeting the Common Soldier: Everyman Changing Women’s Roles in the Civil War Taking Note of the African American Contribution Discovering the American Indians

10  Part 6: The Civil War Tourist Chapter 27: Getting Ready to Travel Planning Your Trip Using Your Time Wisely Taking Three Methods on a Battlefield Chapter 28: Visiting a Civil War Battlefield Fine-Tuning Your Trip Getting Oriented: The Visitor Center Appreciating the Terrain Studying, Stories, and Reflection

11  Part 7: The Part of Tens Chapter 29: The Ten Worst Generals of the Civil War Braxton Bragg (1817–1876) Nathaniel P. Banks (1816–1894) Ambrose E. Burnside (1824–1881) John B. Hood (1831–1879) John B. Floyd (1806–1863) Benjamin F. Butler (1818–1893) Leonidas (Bishop) Polk (1806–1864) Joseph Hooker (1814–1879) John Pope (1822–1892) P.G.T. Beauregard (1818–1893) George B. McClellan (1826–1885): Honorable Mention Chapter 30: The Ten Biggest “Firsts” of the Civil War The Growing Dominance of the Defense Minesweeping: Naval Mines Starting Undersea Warfare: The Submarine Changing Tactics and Moving Quickly: The Railroad Battling without Bullets: Psychological Warfare Using Air-to-Ground Communication Dominating the Seas: The Ironclad Warship Talking over Wires: The Telegraph Increasing Firepower: The Repeating Rifle Born in the Civil War: The Machine Gun Chapter 31: The Ten Biggest “What Ifs” of the Civil War What If the Confederates Had Pursued After Manassas (Bull Run)? What If Grant Had Been Killed at Shiloh? What If Fort Sumter Had Not Been Fired On? What If McClellan Had Not Found Lee’s Lost Orders? What If McClellan Had Won Decisively at Antietam? What If Johnston Had Not Been Wounded at Seven Pines? What If Davis Had Adopted a Different Strategy in the West? What If Lee Had Won at Gettysburg? What If Davis Had Relieved Bragg Earlier in the War? What If Jackson Had Not Been Lost to Lee and the Army of Northern Virginia? Chapter 32: The Ten+ Best Battlefields of the Civil War and How to Visit Them Best Battlefields by the Mounted Method Best Battlefields by the Mounted/Dismounted Method Best Battlefields by the Terrain Walk Method

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