CONTENTS

Preface

1. Rockets’ Red Glare

2. The Coming Fury

3. Answering Lincoln’s Call

4. 1862: Swings of the Pendulum

5. Women of War

6. War on Water

7. Special Forces

8. Turning the Tide

9. The Fighting 102nd

10. The Generals

11. The War Politicians

12. POWs: The Hard Life and Andersonville

13. 1864: Year of Ascendancy

14. Coda: Appomattox, Irwinville and the Sultana

Epilogue: Furling the Flags

Acknowledgments

Appendix: Roster of Michigan Units

Notes

Partial Bibliography: Michigan-Related Civil War Works

Index

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