Acknowledgments Preface 1. Building an Army 2. What Is a Depot Brigade? 3. Depot Brigades by the Numbers 4. Lame, Halt and Blind: The Development Battalions 5. Silver Chevrons Instead of Gold: The Stateside Divisions 6. The Students' Army Training Corps (SATC) 7. The "Spare Parts" Brigades: Unique and Unusual Events 8. Lost in the Shadows: Women, African Americans, Patriotic Liars and the U.S. Guards 9. Biographies from the Hilt of the Sword 10. Demobilization 11. "When I leave the world behind…" Chapter Notes Bibliography Index