Editor's Introduction xvii
Prologue: From the Halls of Montezuma 3(3)
The United States at Midcentury
6(41)
Mexico Will Poison Us
47(31)
An Empire for Slavery
78(39)
Slavery, Rum, and Romanism
117(28)
The Crime Against Kansas
145(25)
Mudsills and Greasy Mechanics for A. Lincoln
170(32)
The Revolution of 1860
202(32)
The Counterrevolution of 1861
234(42)
Facing Both Ways: The Upper South's Dilemma
276(32)
Amateurs Go to War
308(31)
Farewell to the Ninety Days' War
339(30)
Blockade and Beachhead: The Salt-Water War, 1861--1862
369(23)
The River War in 1862
392(36)
The Sinews of War
428(26)
Billy Yank's Chickahominy Blues
454(36)
We Must Free the Slaves or Be Ourselves Subdued
490(21)
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
511(35)
John Bull's Virginia Reel
546(22)
Three Rivers in Winter, 1862--1863
568(23)
Fire in the Rear
591(35)
Long Remember: The Summer of '63
626(40)
Johnny Reb's Chattanooga Blues
666(23)
When This Cruel War Is Over
689(29)
If It Takes All Summer
718(33)
After Four Years of Failure
751(23)
We Are Going To Be Wiped Off the Earth
774(33)
South Carolina Must Be Destroyed
807(24)
We Are All Americans
831(22)
Epilogue: To the Shoals of Victory 853(10)
Abbreviated Titles 863(2)
Bibliographic Note 865(18)
Index 883