The Civil War Battlefield Guide, Second Edition

Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication and Acknowledgments......Page 6
Contents......Page 8
Foreword......Page 24
Preface......Page 26
Charleston Harbor: April 1861......Page 32
The Blockade of Chesapeake Bay and the Potomac River: May–June 1861......Page 36
West Virginia: June–December 1861......Page 37
Manassas Campaign: July 1861......Page 42
The Staff Ride and Civil War Battlefields......Page 47
Blockade of the Potomac River: September 1861–March 1862......Page 49
Missouri: June–October 1861......Page 50
Grant on the Mississippi River: November 1861......Page 57
Florida: October 1861......Page 58
Kentucky: September–December 1861......Page 59
Kentucky: January 1862......Page 61
Indian Territory: November–December 1861......Page 64
Pea Ridge, Arkansas: March 1862......Page 65
Arkansas: June–July 1862......Page 69
Sibley’s New Mexico Campaign: February–March 1862......Page 70
Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers: February–June 1862......Page 75
Middle Mississippi River: February–June 1862......Page 87
New Orleans: April–May 1862......Page 89
North Carolina: August 1861; February–December 1862......Page 90
Fort Pulaski: April 1862......Page 94
Charleston: June 1862......Page 98
Mapping the 
Civil War......Page 102
Jackson’s Shenandoah Valley Campaign: March–June 1862......Page 105
Peninsula Campaign: March–August 1862......Page 119
Northern Virginia Campaign: August–September 1862......Page 136
Maryland Campaign: September 1862......Page 144
Confederate Heartland Offensive: June–October 1862......Page 153
A Civil War Legacy......Page 159
Iuka and Corinth, Mississippi, Campaign: September–October 1862......Page 160
Missouri and Oklahoma: August–November 1862......Page 164
U.S.-Dakota Conflict of 1862: August–September 1862......Page 166
Louisiana: August–October 1862......Page 167
Blockade of the Texas Coast: September 1862–January 1863......Page 169
Florida: June–October 1862......Page 170
Arkansas: November–December 1862......Page 171
Fredericksburg: December 1862......Page 175
Forrest’s Raid into West Tennessee: December 1862......Page 180
Stones River Campaign: December 1862–January 1863......Page 181
Vicksburg Campaign and Siege: December 1862–July 1863......Page 185
Streight’s Raid Through Alabama: April–May 1863......Page 207
Missouri and Arkansas: January–May 1863......Page 208
West Louisiana: April 1863......Page 210
Louisiana: June–September 1863......Page 211
Siege of Port Hudson: May–July 1863......Page 212
“Making Free” African Americans and the Civil War......Page 216
Charleston: April–September 1863......Page 222
Longstreet’s Tidewater Campaign: March–April 1863......Page 225
Cavalry Along the Rappahannock: March 1863......Page 227
Chancellorsville Campaign: April–May 1863......Page 228
Preserving Civil War Battlefields......Page 232
Gettysburg Campaign: June–July 1863......Page 233
The Gettysburg Address November 19, 1863......Page 246
Morgan’s Indiana and Ohio Raid: July 1863......Page 247
Arkansas, Idaho, and Oklahoma: January–September 1863; February 1864......Page 248
North Dakota: July–September 1863......Page 253
Kansas: August–October 1863......Page 255
Tullahoma Campaign: June 1863......Page 256
Chickamauga Campaign: August–September 1863......Page 257
Blockade of the Texas Coast: September 1863......Page 263
Arkansas: September–October 1863......Page 264
Photography in the Civil War......Page 265
East Tennessee: September–October 1863......Page 267
Virginia & Tennessee Railroad: November 1863......Page 271
The Cracker Line: October 1863......Page 272
Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign: November 1863......Page 274
Knoxville Campaign: November–December 1863......Page 279
East Tennessee: December 1863–January 1864......Page 281
Bristoe Campaign: October–November 1863......Page 282
Mine Run Campaign: November–December 1863......Page 286
Kilpatrick-Dahlgren Raid: February–March 1864......Page 291
Deep South: January–February 1864......Page 292
Florida: October 1863 and February 1864......Page 294
Military Strategy, Politics, and Economics The Red River Campaign......Page 296
Red River Campaign: March–May 1864......Page 298
Camden, Arkansas, Expedition: April–June 1864......Page 304
Forrest’s Raid on Paducah and Fort Pillow: March–April 1864......Page 306
North Carolina: April–May 1864......Page 308
Bermuda Hundred Campaign: May 1864......Page 309
Grant’s Overland Campaign: May–June 1864......Page 311
Shenandoah Valley: May–June 1864......Page 329
Early in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and the Shenandoah Valley: July–August 1864......Page 336
Sheridan’s Shenandoah
Valley Campaign: August 1864–March 1865......Page 344
Hallowed Ground......Page 356
Atlanta Campaign: May–September 1864......Page 357
Forrest’s Defense of Mississippi: June–August 1864......Page 375
Dakota Territory: July 1864......Page 382
Richmond-Petersburg Campaign: June 1864–March 1865......Page 383
Mobile Bay: August 1864......Page 405
Pro-Confederate Activity in Missouri......Page 408
Price in Missouri and Kansas: September–October 1864......Page 411
Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee: September–December 1864......Page 418
Hood’s March to Tennessee: October–December 1864......Page 420
Sand Creek, Colorado Territory: November 1864......Page 429
Sherman’s March to the Sea: November–December 1864......Page 430
North Carolina: December 1864–February 1865......Page 432
Second Inaugural Address March 4, 1865......Page 435
Sherman’s Carolina Campaign: February–March 1865......Page 436
Appomattox Campaign: March–April 1865......Page 443
Florida: March 1865......Page 465
Mobile Campaign: March–April 1865......Page 466
Wilson’s Raid in Alabama and Georgia: March–May 1865......Page 467
Texas: May 1865......Page 468
Appendix 1: The 384 Principal Battlefields......Page 471
Appendix 2: An Excerpt from the Civil War Sites Advisory Commission Report on the Nation’s Civil War Battlefields......Page 488
Appendix 3: Lost and Fragmented Civil War Battlefields......Page 490
Appendix 4: War Statistics......Page 494
Glossary......Page 495
About the Authors......Page 498