Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Chapter One: The Volunteer—National War Climate, Recruitment, and War Preparations, August–September 1862
Chapter Two: Into the Fray—Antietam, Sharpsburg Area, September–October 1862
Chapter Three: On the March—Maryland, Harper’s Ferry, and Virginia, November–December 1862
Chapter Four: “Carnage and Destruction”—Fredericksburg, December 1862
Chapter Five: Mud, Morale, and Monotony, January–April 1863
Chapter Six: “This Coveted Ground”—Chancellorsville, April–June 1863
Chapter Seven: Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee, June–July 1863
Chapter Eight: “Pack Up and March,” August–October 1863
Chapter Nine: “Shooing Geese across a Creek” and Decision at Mine Run, October–December 1863
Chapter Ten: Winter Encampment, January–April 1864
Chapter Eleven: The Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, and North Anna River—The Overland Campaign and Hospital Recovery, April–July 1864
Chapter Twelve: “Hold on with a Bull Dog Grip”—Petersburg, July–September 1864
Chapter Thirteen: “Strong Men Strengthened and the Weak Made Strong”—Petersburg and the Weldon Railroad Raid, October–December 1864
Chapter Fourteen: “He Knows Not What a Day or Hour May Bring Forth”—Dabney’s Mills and Second Hatcher’s Run, January–March 1865
Chapter Fifteen: “The Beautiful Captain”—Five Forks, March–April 1865
Chapter Sixteen: “What Will Become of All These Men?” : mThe Postwar Years, 1865-1898
Notes
Bibliography
Index