Time-Life History of the Civil War

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AMERICA'S BLOODIEST WAR: 1861-1865
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ISBN 1-56619-902-6
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
THE TWO AMERICAS
	Boom Time in the Cotton Kingdom
	A Realm of Sleepy Towns and Scattered Hamlets
	Melting Pots for New Americans
	The North's "Great, Silent Revolution"
	Pride and Peril in the "Wisest System Ever Devised
CHAPTER 1 THE ROOTS OF CONFLICT
	Life in Bondage
	The Breakup of a Slave Family
	Tools of Punishment and Intimidation
	West Pointers at the Crossroads
CHAPTER 2 FIRST BLOOD
	SentimentalFarewells to theGal lant Recruits
	Sentimental Farewells to the Gallant Recruits
	A Helter-SkelterRush to Arms
	A Helter-Skelter Rush to Arms
	Tools of the Soldier's Trade
	"SEEING THE ELEPHANT"
CHAPTER 3 THE ROAD TO SHILOH
	The Union's Homespun Hero
	THE COASTAL WAR
	The Siege of Charleston
	The Battle of Mobile Bay
	Assault on Fort Fisher
CHAPTER 4 FROM RICHMOND TO SHENANDOAH
	The Making of a General
	A Fortress City on the Potomac
CHAPTER 5 THE BLOODIEST DAY
	A GALLERY OF THE DEAD
CHAPTER 6 THE STRUGGLE FOR TENNESSEE
	Panic along the Ohio
	A Son of Virginia on the Union Side
	The Craft of Field Artillery
	The Tools of a Well-Drilled Team
	The Precise Art of Aiming
	An Array of Lethal Ammunition
	The Nation's Rail roads at War
	A Bustling Hub for Supply Missions
	Building with Speed and Ingenuity
	The Waterborne Railway
CHAPTER 7 REBELS RESURGENT
	Traffic Between the Lines
	Veteran Fighters of Lee's Legions
	Swift Signals via Flag and Telegraph
	The Odyssey of the Wounded
CHAPTER 8 WAR ON THE MISSISSIPPI
	BIDING TIME BETVVEEN BATTLES
CHAPTER 9 GETTYSBURG
	Heirs to a Knightly Tradition
	The Importance of Maintaining a Mount
	Jeb Stuart's Untimely Ride
	A Panoramic View of the Last Change
	The Terrible Price That Was Paid
	The Picture ThatMoved a Nation
	An Address at Gettysburg
CHAPTER 10 THE FIGHT FOR CHATTANOOGA
	The Legendary Johnny Clem
	The Fallen Commanders
	The Awesome Repeating Rifles
	The Slow-Loading, Fast-Firing Colt
	The Rugged, Lever-Action Spencer
	A Prisoner's Plight
	A CHRONICLE OF OCCUPATION
	First Impressions of a Powerful Foe
	The Ruin of a Town
CHAPTER 11 THE KILLING GROUND
	Sketching the Common Soldier
CHAPTER 12 BATTLES FOR ATLANTA
	SHERMAN'S MARCH TO THE SEA
	The Path of Destruction
	Savannah in Defeat
CHAPTER 13 DEATH IN THE TRENCHES
	The Grim Testing of Black Troops
	Varied Views of the Surrender
CHAPTER 14 THE NATION REUNITED
APPENDIX
	STRENGTH OF THE ARMIES
	Federal Army and Navy
	Confederate Army and Navy
	The Regiment
	Organization of an Army
	Badges to Distinguish Rank, Federal Army
	Badges to Distinguish Rank, Confederate Army
	Federal Casualties
	Confederate Casualties
	Federal General Officers killed or mortally wounded in battle
	Confederate Generals killed or mortally wounded in battle
	Prisoners of War
	The Bloodiest Battles
	Regimental Losses
INDEX
	A, B, C
	D, E, F
	G, H
	I, J, K, L
	M, N
	O, P, R
	S, T
	U, V, W, Y, Z
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
THE CRIMSON FIELDS OF VIRGINIA
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