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Like no other conflict in our history, the Civil War casts a long shadow onto modern America," writes David Eicher. In his compelling new account of that war, Eicher gives us an
Table of Contents
Contents List of Maps
Foreword by James M. McPherson
Introduction
Prologue: 1915
- The War Begins at Sumter
- Organizing the Struggle
- Southern Joy over First Bull Run
- A Massacre at Ball's Bluff
- An Unlikely Hero at Belmont
- Grant Moves into Tennessee
- Clash of the Ironclads
- A Bloodbath at Shiloh
- Jackson's Valley Campaign
- The Peninsular Campaign
- Confederate Triumph at Second Bull Run
- The War's Bloodiest Day
- Fredericksburg's Appalling Loss
- Stalemate at Stones River
- The Campaign for Vicksburg
- Lee's Master Stroke
- Three Days at Gettysburg
- Visiting the River of Death
- The Battles for Chattanooga
- Sherman Eyes the Deep South
- The Red River Campaign
- Grant Moves into the Wilderness
- Action at Atlanta and Petersburg
- Sheridan Raids the Valley
- Sherman's March to the Sea
- Fall of the Last Confederate Port
- Lee's Army Crumbles
- The End of the Civil War
Epilogue: 1865
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index