Includes bibliographical references (pages [253]-258) and index.
To war : "Only cogs in the wheel" -- "The sacred soil of Virginia" -- Yorktown : "Chase them up some more!" -- Peninsula Campaign : "Next door to defeat" -- Second Manassas and Antietam -- Fredericksburg : "Wicked and murderous" -- Mud and renewal -- Chancellorsville : "The most desponding hours of my life -- Gettysburg : "One continuous roar" -- Respite, recruits, and politics -- Fall 1863 : Swift victory and numbing stalemate -- The Wilderness : "Beginning of the end" -- Epilogue : Long journey home -- Appendix A : A treatise on army mules -- Appendix B : Journey to Mine Run