Contents
BOOK ONE
Prologue: John Brown’s Body
1 IS GIDEON QUITE SANE?
2 FRONT ROYAL
3 WINCHESTER
4 THE VICTOR RETREATS
5 CROSS KEYS
6 PORT REPUBLIC
7 WHENCE THE CONQUEROR
8 THE PROFESSOR
9 HE HAS FOUGHT BEFORE
10 PRELUDE TO FAME
BOOK TWO
Prologue: Smile, Mr. Davis
11 THE DASH TO RICHMOND
12 STRANGE FAILURES
13 THE LONGEST OF ALL DAYS
14 SEVEN BLOODY DAYS AT AN END
15 THE DEBUT OF GENERAL POPE
16 THE FOOT CAVALRY AT A GALLOP
17 SECOND MANASSAS
18 INVASION!
19 A TIME OF LEISURE
20 MASSACRE IN DECEMBER
BOOK THREE
Prologue: Take Heart, Mr. Lincoln
21 A BRIEF ELEGANCE
22 CHANCELLORSVILLE
23 “MY OWN MEN!”
24 THE DEPARTURE
APPENDIX
SELECT CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
IMAGE GALLERY
INDEX
Acknowledgment