Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One: The Volunteer-National War Climate, Recruitment, and War Preparations, August-September 1862 -- Chapter Two: Into the Fray-Antietam, Sharpsburg Area, September-October 1862 -- Chapter Three: On the March-Maryland, Harper's Ferry, and Virginia, November-December 1862 -- Chapter Four: "Carnage and Destruction"-Fredericksburg, December 1862 -- Chapter Five: Mud, Morale, and Monotony, January-April 1863 -- Chapter Six: "This Coveted Ground"-Chancellorsville, April-June 1863 -- Chapter Seven: Gettysburg and the Pursuit of Lee, June-July 1863 -- Chapter Eight: "Pack Up and March," August-October 1863 -- Chapter Nine: "Shooing Geese across a Creek" and Decision at Mine Run, October-December 1863 -- Chapter Ten: Winter Encampment, January-April 1864 -- Chapter Eleven: The Wilderness, Spotsylvania Court House, and North Anna River-The Overland Campaign and Hospital Recovery, April-July 1864 -- Chapter Twelve: "Hold on with a Bull Dog Grip"-Petersburg, July-September 1864 -- Chapter Thirteen: "Strong Men Strengthened and the Weak Made Strong"-Petersburg and the Weldon Railroad Raid, October-December 1864 -- Chapter Fourteen: "He Knows Not What a Day or Hour May Bring Forth"-Dabney's Mills and Second Hatcher's Run, January-March 1865 -- Chapter Fifteen: "The Beautiful Captain"-Five Forks, March-April 1865 -- Chapter Sixteen: "What Will Become of All These Men?" : mThe Postwar Years, 1865-1898 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.