Introduction 1Part 1: The War and Its Causes 7Chapter 1: How Did the War Happen? 9Chapter 2: The Five Steps to War: 1850-1860 19Chapter 3: Secession and War: 1860-1861 39Part 2: Making War 53Chapter 4: Civil War Armies: Structure and Organization 55Chapter 5: Union and Confederate Strategy 73Chapter 6: Organizing and Training the Armies 81Chapter 7: Significant Weapons of the Civil War 85Part 3: Opening Moves, 1861-1862 91Chapter 8: Starting the War: Bull Run (First Manassas), July 1861 93Chapter 9: Trouble West of the Mississippi and the Road to Shiloh, August 1861-April 1862 105Chapter 10: Union Navy Victories and Union Army Defeats, March-July 1862 125Chapter 11: Stonewall Jackson's Valley Campaign, March-June 1862 141Chapter 12: The Seven Days of Robert E Lee, June-July 1862 151Chapter 13: Second Bull Run (Manassas), August 1862 163Chapter 14: The Bloodiest Day: Antietam (Sharpsburg), September 1862 173Chapter 15: Lost Opportunities for the Confederacy in the West: September-October 1862 189Chapter 16: War So Terrible: Fredericksburg and Murfreesboro, December 1862 201Part 4: War to the Hilt, 1863-1865 217Chapter 17: The Battle of Chancellorsville, May 1863 219Chapter 18: The Battles of Gettysburg and Vicksburg, July 1863 229Chapter 19: The Battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga, August-November 1863 255Chapter 20: Lee and Grant: Operations in Virginia, May-October 1864 273Chapter 21: The Atlanta Campaign and a Guarantee of Union Victory, May-December 1864 295Chapter 22: The Destruction of Hood's Army in Tennessee, October 1864-January 1865 313Chapter 23: A Matter of Time: Petersburg to Appomattox, January-April 1865 319Part 5: Behind the Lines 341Chapter 24: The Confederacy: Creating a Nation at War 343Chapter 25: The Union at War: Creating a New Republican Future for America 365Chapter 26: Wartime in America: Its Effect on the People 375Part 6: The Civil War Tourist 391Chapter 27: Getting Ready to Travel 393Chapter 28: Visiting a Civil War Battlefield 399Part 7: The Part of Tens 405Chapter 29: The Ten Worst Generals of the Civil War 407Chapter 30: The Ten Biggest "Firsts" of the Civil War 417Chapter 31: The Ten Biggest "What Ifs" of the Civil War 425Chapter 32: The Ten+ Best Battlefields of the Civil War and How to Visit Them 431Index 437
Keith D. Dickson is Professor Emeritus of military studies, National Defense University. Dr. Dickson served in the U.S. Army as a Special Forces officer and taught at the Joint Forces Staff College, Joint Advanced Warfighting School.