Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-398) and index.

America in the 1850s -- Lincoln's election, Southern secession: 1860 to April 1861 -- The first battles: April 1861 to February 1862 -- Army of Northern Virginia: February to September 1862 -- From Antietam to Chancellorsville: September 1862 to May 1863 -- The home front: 1861 to 1865 -- Midpoint of the war: May to July 1863 -- The fight for Tennessee: July 1863 to January 1864 -- Total war: March to September 1864 -- The final struggles: September 1864 to April 1865 -- Lincoln's death, new nation: April 1865 to 1877 -- The civil war in memory: 1877 to 2013 -- Appendix A: Jefferson Davis' inaugural address, February 18, 1861 -- Appendix B: Abraham Lincoln's first inaugural address, March 4, 1861 -- Appendix C: Emancipation Proclamation, January 1, 1863 -- Appendix D: Gettysburg Address, November 23, 1863 -- Appendix E: Abraham Lincoln's second inaugural address, March 4, 1865 -- Appendix F: The Thirteenth Amendment Appendix G: Union regiments that suffered the highest percentage of total casualties.