Contents -- Illustrations -- Maps -- Preface -- Prologue -- Ch1 Lincoln's Political General -- Ch2 A New Commander in Louisiana -- Ch3 The First Invasion Galveston -- Ch4 Irish Bend, Alexandria, and Port Hudson -- Ch5 The Second Invasion Sabine Pass -- Ch6 The Third Invasion The Great Texas Overland Expedition -- Ch7 The Fourth Invasion The Texas Coast -- Ch8 Beginning of the Fifth Invasion Halleck's Red River Expedition -- Ch9 The Advance to Alexandria -- Ch10 The Advance to Sabine Crossroads -- Ch11 The Battles at Sabine Crossroads and Pleasant Grove -- Ch12 The Battle at Pleasant Hill -- Ch13 The Retreat to Alexandria and the Affair at Monett's Ferry -- Ch14 The Red River Dams -- Ch15 The End of the Fifth Invasion -- Ch16 A Summation -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.