Table of Contents
Glossary of Participants ix
Introduction: Scouting the Ground xvii
I Glancing Back
Chapter 1 Late Winter-Early Spring 1862-Grant 3
Chapter 2 Late Winter-Early Spring 1862-Forrest 13
II Shiloh: "The Devil's Own Day"
Chapter 3 April 6, Forenoon-Forrest 23
Chapter 4 April 6, Forenoon-Grant 31
Chapter 5 April 6, Afternoon-Forrest 41
Chapter 6 April 6, Afternoon-Grant 49
Chapter 7 April 6, Night-Forrest 5 7
Chapter 8 April 6, Night-Grant 63
Chapter 9 April 7-Forrest 67
Chapter 10 April 7-Grant 71
Chapter 11 April 8-Forrest 77
Chapter 12 April 8-Grant 83
III Mississippi and Kentucky: Tidal Ebbs and Flows
Chapter 13 Mid-April-Late June 1862-Grant from Corinth to Memphis 89
Chapter 14 June-July 13, 1862-Forrest at Murfreesboro 99
Chapter 15 July-Early October 1862-Grant in North Mississippi 121
Chapter 16 July-November 1862-Forrest in the Central South 139
IV Vicksburg: Impregnability Defied
Chapter 17 October-December 1862-Grant at Corinth 163
Chapter 18 December 1862-Forrest in West Tennessee 179
Chapter 19 December 1862-February 1, 1863-Grant in Memphis 209
Chapter 20 January 3-February 3, 1863-Forrest at Dover 227
Chapter 21 February-April 1863-Grant in Louisiana 241
Chapter 22 March 4-May 3-Forrest in Middle Tennessee and North Alabama 259
Chapter 23 May 1-18, 1863-Grant from Port Gibson to Big Black River 281
Chapter 24 May-June 1863-Forrest in Middle Tennessee 303
Chapter 25 May 19-July 3, 1863-Grant at Vicksburg 313
V Chattanooga
Chapter 26 August-September 1863-Forrest at Chickamauga 335
Chapter 27 September-October 1863-Grant Heads to Chattanooga 363
Chapter 28 November 1863-February 1864-Forrest on the Mississippi 375
Chapter 29 November 1863-February 1864-Grant at, and after, Chattanooga 383
Epilogue: Hard Roads Onward 411
Acknowledgments 415
Notes 419
Bibliography 461
Index 467
