A Short History of the Civil War

CONTENTS
1 AN IMPERFECT UNION 1815 – 1860
	Introduction
	The State of the Nation
	A Question of Union
	Slavery Divides the Country
	FREDERICK DOUGLASS
		The Fury of Abolition
	SLAVE AUCTION
		Bleeding Kansas
		The Rise of the Republican Party
		The Raid at Harpers Ferry
		The Election of 1860
	ABRAHAM LINCOLN
2 SECESSION TRIGGERS WAR 1861
	Introduction
	The Union is Dissolved
	JEFFERSON DAVIS
		The Call to Arms
	FORT SUMTER
		The South’s Challenge
	UNION AND CONFEDERATE FLAGS
		Raising Armies
		The First Battle of Bull Run
	FIRST ENCOUNTER
		Organizing for the Fight
	GEORGE B. McCLELLAN
		The Sinews of War
		Missouri and Kentucky
		Blockading the South
		Courting European Allies
3 CLASH OF ARMIES 1862
	Introduction
	Soldiers in Gray
	CONFEDERATE UNIFORMS
		Soldiers in Blue
	UNION UNIFORMS
		Fighting on Foot
		The Battle of Hampton Roads
		The Fall of New Orleans
	DAVID FARRAGUT
		Action on the Mississippi River
	CSS ARKANSAS RUNS THROUGH THE UNION FLEET
		Grant takes Forts Henry and Donelson
		The Battle of Shiloh
	THE HORNET’S NEST AT SHILOH
		Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley
	THOMAS J. JACKSON
	RIFLES AND MUSKETS
		The Peninsula Campaign
		The Seven Days Battles
		The Second Battle of Bull Run
	LONGSTREET’S FLANK ATTACK AT SECOND BULL RUN
	ROBERT E. LEE
		Lee Invades Maryland
	FIELD ARTILLERY
		Espionage and Intelligence
		The Battle of Antietam
	BURNSIDE’S BRIDGE AT ANTIETAM
		Burnside Takes the Offensive
		The Far West
		Bragg Invades Kentucky
	BRAXTON BRAGG
	THE BATTLE OF STONES RIVER
		Cavalry in the Civil War
	CAVALRY EQUIPMENT
4 THE UNION TIGHTENS ITS GRIP 1863
	Introduction
	The Emancipation Proclamation
	African Americans in the War
	JOURNEY TO FREEDOM
	HARRIET TUBMAN
		The Role of Black Troops
	ASSAULT ON FORT WAGNER
		Immigrants in the Ranks
		The Battle of Chancellorsville
	THE DEATH OF JACKSON
		Lee Advances North
		The Battle of Gettysburg
	LITTLE ROUND TOP
	JAMES LONGSTREET
		The Vicksburg Campaign
	SURRENDER AT VICKSBURG
	ULYSSES S. GRANT
		The Home Front
		War-Weary People
	RIOTS IN NEW YORK
		Medicine and Medical Services
	MEDICAL EQUIPMENT
	CLARA BARTON
		The Chickamauga Campaign
		The Chattanooga Campaign
	GEORGE H. THOMAS
		The Railroad in War
		Communications
		Guerrillas and Partisans
		Operations in the Indian Territory and Texas
	THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
5 GRANT, SHERMAN, AND TOTAL WAR 1864
	Introduction
	Lincoln Prevails
	The Wilderness Campaign
	IN THE TRENCHES AT SPOTSYLVANIA
		Photography in the War
		Maneuvering toward Richmond
	JEB STUART
	PISTOLS
		Rebel Victories
		Prisoners of War
	ANDERSONVILLE PRISON CAMP
		The Battle of Cold Harbor
		Grant Advances to Petersburg
		Supply, Transportation, and Logistics
		The Valley Campaign
	PHILIP SHERIDAN
	SHERIDAN’S RIDE
		The Siege of Petersburg
		Siege Artillery and Siege Warfare
	THE BATTLE OF THE CRATER
		Naval Developments
		Confederate Raiders
	THE DUEL OF THE ALABAMA AND THE KEARSARGE
		The Battle of Mobile Bay
		Mississippi Operations
	NATHAN BEDFORD FORREST
		Sherman’s Advance to Atlanta
		Sherman’s March to the Sea
	WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN
		Franklin and Nashville
6 COLLAPSE OF THE CONFEDERACY 1865
	Introduction
	The Thirteenth Amendment
	The Carolinas and Alabama
	The Fall of Petersburg and Richmond
	The Appomattox Campaign
	SURRENDER AT APPOMATTOX
		The Assassination of Lincoln
	THE LAST HOURS OF LINCOLN
		Last Terms of Surrender
	ANDREW JOHNSON
7 LEGACIES OF THE WAR 1865–1877
	Introduction
	The Cost of the War
	The Politics of Reconstruction
	The Reality of Black Freedom
	“Redeeming” the South
	The End of Reconstruction
	The War Remembered
	In Their Footsteps
Index
Acknowledgments