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Foreword | |
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Preface and Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction: On Understanding the Civil War | |
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Secession and the First Shot | |
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Secession | |
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The First Shot | |
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War Begins | |
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Mobilizing For Conflict | |
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War Aims | |
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The First Battles | |
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The European Response | |
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The Limited War | |
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Forts Henry and Donelson | |
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Shiloh | |
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Rebels Resurgents in Virginia | |
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Confederate Escalation | |
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War Becomes Revolution | |
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Toward Emancipation | |
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Confederate Counteroffensives: Lee Moves North | |
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Confederate Counteroffensives: Perryville, Iuka, and Corinth | |
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Emancipation and Elections | |
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Union Battlefield Standoffs and Rebuffs | |
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Gambles Won and Lost | |
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Chancellorsville | |
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Vicksburg and Gettysburg | |
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Chickamauga and Chattanooga | |
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The Impact of Emancipation | |
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The Home Front | |
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The Folks Back Home | |
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The Northern Economy and War Effort | |
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The Southern Economy and War Effort | |
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Politics and Society: The North | |
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Politics and Society: The South | |
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Wartime Reconstruction: Early Steps | |
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The Campaigns of 1864 | |
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Grant’s Grand Design | |
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The Wilderness Campaigns | |
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The Atlanta Campaign | |
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Lincoln’s Bid for Reelection | |
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Victory on the Battlefield and at the Ballot Box | |
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Victory and Defeat | |
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Sherman’s March to the Sea | |
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Fort Fisher and the March through the Carolinas | |
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Emancipation, Reconstruction, and Peace Proposals | |
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From Richmond to Appomattox | |
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Foundations for Peace | |
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Conclusion: Why the Union Won | |
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Bibliographical Essay | |
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Index | |
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Maps: Major Campaigns of the Civil War | |
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Campaigns in the West, February to April 1862 | |
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The Peninsula Campaign 1862 | |
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Campaigns in Virginia and Maryland, August to December 1862 | |
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War in the East, 1863 | |
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The Vicksburg Campaign, April to July 1863 | |
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Grant vs. Lee | |
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Campaigns in the West, 1864-65 | |