Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Dramatis Personae -- The Bridge at Harpers Ferry -- Power Over Promotion Fades -- Another Busy Month of March -- Lincoln Takes Charge -- Pursuit-After a Fashion -- A Courier Arrives Late -- The New Plan and the Navy -- Banks up the Valley . . . Timidly -- Shields Reconnoiters from Winchester -- Kimball Shines at First Winchester -- Shields and Sumner: A Contrast in Officer Pools -- Old Problems Become New Problems -- A New Organization for New Battles -- Fort Monroe: Place of Surprises -- The Safety of Washington -- Yorktown: Place of Disappointments -- The Plans go to Hell -- The Search for a New Plan -- Lee's Mill: Chance for a Breakthrough -- The Navy: A Dichotomy and a Conundrum -- The Decision (April 17, 1862) -- The Siege of Yorktown -- The Confederates Flee -- McClellan Chooses the Wrong Position -- The Cavalry Pursues -- Williamsburg: The Corps Organization Debuts -- McClellan, Battlefield Leader -- McClellan's Performance Versus Lincoln's Contribution -- Bibliography -- INDEX.