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Index
Cover
Other Books by This Author
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
List of Illustrations
List of Plates
List of Maps
Preface
Dramatis Personae
Prologue
PART I: COTTON IS KING
1. The Uneasy Cousins
2. On the Best of Terms
3. “The Cards Are in Our Hands!”
4. Expectations Are Dashed
5. The Rebel Yell
6. War by Other Means
7. “It Takes Two to Make a Quarrel”
8. The Lion Roars Back
9. The War Moves to England
10. The First Blow Against Slavery
11. Five Miles from Richmond
12. The South Is Rising
13. Is Blood Thicker Than Water?
14. A Fateful Decision
PART II: FIRE ALL AROUND THEM
15. Bloodbath at Fredericksburg
16. The Missing Key to Victory
17. “The Tinsel Has Worn Off”
18. Faltering Steps of a Counterrevolution
19. Prophecies of Blood and Suffering
20. The Key Is in the Lock
21. The Eve of Battle
22. Crossroads at Gettysburg
23. Pressure Rising
24. Devouring the Young
25. River of Death
26. Can the Nation Endure?
PART III: IF ONLY WE ARE SPARED
27. Buckling Under Pressure
28. A Great Slaughter
29. “Defiance to Her Enemies”
30. “Can We Hold Out?”
31. The Crisis Comes
32. The Tyranny of Hope
33. “Come Retribution”
34. “War Is Cruelty”
35. “The British Mark on Every Battle-field”
36. “Richmond Tomorrow”
37. Fire, Fire
38. “A True-Born King of Men”
Epilogue
Photo Inserts
Additional Images
Acknowledgments
Notes
Glossary
About the Author
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