CONTENTS
The Long Surrender
PART 1
Flight
1. “Now … they will repent”
2. “We should abandon our position to-night”
3. “Blow her to hell”
4. “A fire bell in the night”
5. “We could rally our forces”
6. “I cannot feel myself a beaten man!”
PART 2
The Pursuit
7. “Why are you still in the field?”
8. “You’re Southern gentlemen, not highway robbers”
PART 3
The Capture
9. “God’s will be done”
10. “He must be executed”
11. “This is not like being Secretary of State”
PART 4
The Prisoner
12. “Oh, the shame! The shame”
13. “Ankle deep in gold and silver”
14. “Watch and wait for the morning”
15. “We cannot convict him of treason”
16. “The President is bailed!”
PART 5
The Phoenix
17. “Preserve the traditions of our fathers”
18. “Alas for frail humanity!”
19. “My ambition lies buried”
20. “No infidelity to the Union”
EPILOGUE
A NOTE ON SOURCES
BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES
IMAGE GALLERY
INDEX
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Sherman’s March
1. “He believes in hard war”
2. “I can make Georgia howl!”
3. “I’ll have to harden my heart”
4. “The most gigantic pleasure expedition”
5. “We never wanted to fight”
6. “Our degradation was bitter”
7. “I don’t war on women and children”
8. “Even the sun seemed to hide its face”
9. “An inhuman barbarous proceeding”
10. “I’ve got Savannah!”
11. “A Christmas gift”
12. “An almost criminal dislike of the Negro”
13. “No such army since the days of Julius Caesar”
14. “We’ll destroy no private property”
15. “The day of Jubilo has come”
16. “For the first time I am ashamed”
17. “Death to all foragers”
18. “Rebels have no rights”
19. “Kilpatrick’s shirt-tail skedaddle”
20. “I can whip Joe Johnston”
21. “He shall have no rest”
22. “They don’t drive worth a damn”
23. “Splendid legs! Splendid legs!”
24. “Who’s doing this surrendering, anyhow?”
25. “Sherman has fatally blundered”
26. “Washington is as corrupt as hell”
27. “They march like the lords of the world”
Bibliography
Index
To Appomattox
I Prologue
II Saturday, April 1
III Sunday, April 2
IV Monday, April 3
V Tuesday, April 4
VI Wednesday, April 5
VII Thursday, April 6
VIII Friday, April 7
IX Saturday, April 8
X Sunday, April 9
Bibliography
Image Gallery
Index
Acknowledgments
They Called Him Stonewall
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
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