Prologue A Banner at Daybreak Charleston Harbor, December 1860 3(20)
Chapter One Wide Awake Boston, October 1860
23(34)
Chapter Two The Old Gentlemen Washington, January 1861
57(32)
Chapter Three Forces of Nature Central Ohio, February 1861
89(46)
Chapter Four A Shot in the Dark Charleston Harbor, April 1861
135(50)
Chapter Five The Volunteer Lower Manhattan, April 1861
185(32)
Chapter Six Gateways to the West Lower Carson River, Nevada Territory, May 1861
217(50)
Chapter Seven The Crossing Washington, May 1861
267(26)
Chapter Eight Freedom's Fortress Hampton Roads, Virginia, May 1861
293(56)
Chapter Nine Independence Day Washington, July 1861
349(24)
Postscripts 373(12)
Notes 385(60)
Bibliography 445(12)
Acknowledgments 457(4)
Index 461