Includes bibliographical references (pages 427-436) and index.
Ultimate and proximate causes : May 1846-November 1860 -- Secession, border states, and first battles : December 1860-December 1861 -- From slavery to freedom : battlefield emancipation and contrabands : May 1861-June 1862 -- Blockade ships and river gunboats : January 1861-December 1862 -- Two bitter years : January 1862-December 1863 -- Emancipation and the mind of Lincoln : July 1862-March 1865 -- Sea dogs and submarines : 1863-1865 -- The turning of the tide : January 1864-December 1864 -- Partisan politics : September 1861-November 1864 -- To Appomattox Court House and beyond : November 1864-July 1865 -- Reconstruction : March 1865-April 1877