Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Baltimore -- Part I: Beginnings: (Spring-Summer 1861) -- 1. A People's War -- 2. A Border War -- 3. A Delayed War -- Part II: Rules of the Game: (Fall 1861-Summer 1862) -- 4. Stringent Orders -- 5. Sanctioning Barbarity -- 6. Not the West Point Way -- Part III: Democracy Run Amok: (Fall 1862-Summer 1863) -- 7. Communities of Bitter Memories -- 8. In Bad Repute -- 9. Some Definite Policy -- Part IV: Day of the Outlaw: (Fall 1863-1864) -- 10. So Tired of War -- 11. A Terror to the Citizens -- 12. One Vast Missouri -- Epilogue: 1865 -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.