Contents -- Preface -- Patterns of the Military Profession -- PART ONE. THE FEDERALS -- George McClellan and Siege Warfare -- Ulysses S. Grant and Logistical Risk -- Philip Kearny and Reckless Courage -- Samuel Du Pont and the Naval Blockade -- Winfield Scott and the Changing Nature of Warfare -- John Pope and the Influence of Zachary Taylor -- George Meade and Missed Opportunity -- Jefferson Davis and the Bad Example -- Joe Hooker and the Administrative Side -- William Sherman and Room to Grow -- Henry Halleck and the Military Executive -- Henry Hunt and the Organization of Artillery -- George Thomas and the Rock -- PART TWO. THE CONFEDERATES -- Robert E. Lee and Turning Movements Based on Reconnaissance -- Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard and the Exception that Proves the Rule -- Jefferson Davis and Misplaced Confidence -- Braxton Bragg and Jefferson Davis -- John Winder and Wartime Governance -- John Slidell and Doomed Diplomacy -- Gideon Pillow and Political Generals -- Stonewall Jackson and the Role of Artillery -- James Longstreet and the Changed Mind? -- George Pickett and the Quest for Glory -- John Pemberton and Inflexibility -- A. P. Hill and the Tendency to Criticize -- Lewis Armistead and Comrades Becoming Enemies -- Summary of Lessons Learned -- APPENDIXES -- A. Federal Civil War Generals Who Also Served in the Mexican War -- B. Confederate Civil War Generals Who Also Served in the Mexican War -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W -- Y.