Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- The Regular Army on the Eve of the Civil War -- The Role of the Regular Army in American Society -- The U.S. Army before April 12, 1861 -- The Staff Departments, April 1861 -- The Line of the Army, April 1861 -- Stationing of the Army, January 1861 -- Conclusion -- Regular Army Leaders and Personnel -- 1. Headquarters of the Army -- Commander in Chief -- Secretary of War -- General in Chief -- Formulation of Strategy -- Direction of Operations -- Civilian Personnel of the War Department -- The Army Budget, 1861-1865 -- Conclusion -- 2. Regular Army Personnel, 1861-1865 -- Decision to Keep the Regular Army Intact -- Expansion of the Regular Army, 1861-1865 -- Temporary Regulars -- Enlisted Personnel -- Officers -- Losses of Personnel -- Conclusion -- The Staff Departments -- 3. Overview -- Evolution of the Staff Departments to 1861 -- Expansion of the Staff Departments -- Staff Officers in the Field -- Staff Enlisted Personnel in the Field -- Common Challenges and Common Solutions -- Conclusion -- 4. The Administrative Departments -- Adjutant General's Department -- Inspector General's Department -- Judge Advocate General's Department -- Pay Department -- Temporary Bureaus -- Conclusion -- 5. Subsistence Department -- Mission and Functions -- Leadership -- Personnel -- Organization -- Operations and Issues -- Challenges and Achievements -- 6. Ordnance Department -- Mission and Functions -- Leadership -- Personnel -- Organization -- Operations and Issues -- Challenges and Achievements -- 7. Quartermaster's Department -- Mission and Functions -- Leadership -- Personnel -- Organization -- Operations and Issues -- Challenges and Achievements -- 8. Medical Department -- Mission and Functions -- Leadership -- Personnel.

Organization -- Operations and Issues -- Challenges and Achievements -- The Army in the Field -- 9. Transition to War -- Army Life on the Eve of the War -- Confrontation in the East -- Surrender in Texas -- Events in the West -- Adding More Regulars -- The First Big Battle -- War Begins in the West -- A Year of Transition -- 10. The Infantry -- Regimental Colonels -- The Old Regiments -- The New Regiments -- Casualties -- Valverde, February 1862 -- The Regular Infantry Division in the East -- The Regular Infantry Brigade in the West -- Regular Infantry in the War -- 11. The Cavalry -- Regimental Colonels -- Regiments -- Casualties -- Cavalry Horses -- Cavalry with the Army of the Potomac -- The Army of the Shenandoah -- The Last Campaign, 1865 -- Regular Cavalry in the War -- 12. The Artillery -- Artillery in the Mexican War -- Regimental Colonels -- Regiments -- Casualties -- Guns -- Artillery Horses -- Horse Artillery -- Artillery in the Army of the Potomac -- Gettysburg, July 1863 -- Other Union Army Artillery -- Shiloh, April 1862 -- Regular Artillery in the War -- 13. The Fighting Bureaus -- Corps of Engineers -- Signal Corps -- Reflections on the Regular Army in the Civil War -- Transition to Peace -- "The Efficient Discharge of Duty" -- "The Performance of Gallant Deeds" -- An Epitaph for the Regular Army -- Appendix: Selected Acts of Congress Pertaining to the Regular Army -- Notes -- Glossary of Acronyms Used in the Text -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.