Table of Contents
List of Illustrations xiii Glossary of Participants xv Requiem 1 Part I Reconnaissance
1 Fall-Early Winter, 1861-1862: The City of Mud 5
2 Fall-Early Winter, 1861-1862: Bowling Green 15
3 Soldier Reborn: Grant 22
4 Soldier Born: Forrest 31
5 September 4-November 7, 1861: Grant at Paducah and Belmont 37
6 November 8, 1861: East Tennessee Erupts 49
7 December 28, 1861: Forrest at Sacramento 51
8 January 19, 1862: Mill Springs, Kentucky 55
9 False Starts and a Real One 67 Part II Fort Henry
10 February 3-5, 1862: Grant and Foote 75
11 The Gunboats: Rodgers and Foote-and Kountz 87
12 To February 3: Grant, Halleck, and Fate 97
13 Fort Henry to Late Morning of February 6: The Confederates 106
14 February 6, Late Morning: Attack 115
15 Assailed and Assailants, Early Afternoon 122
16 Victors and Vanquished, February 6: Late Afternoon and Evening 130
17 After-Battle Observations 134
18 Forrest, Early February: Hopkinsville 137
19 Hungering for Victory: Grant and Halleck 140
20 Consequences: February 7, Into the Heart of Dixie 147
21 February 7-10: Grant and "The Crisis of the War in the West" 150
22 Digesting Disaster: The Confederates, February 7-8 160
23 Casting the Die: Grant, February 10-12 172 Part III "Battle for Nashville": Fort Donelson
24 Wednesday, February 12, Grant: Getting There 183
25 Through February 12, Donelson's Leaders: A Very Mixed Bag 193
26 Thursday, February 13: Bloody False Starts and a Cold North Wind 204
27 Friday, February 14, Forrest: "Parson, For God's Sake, Pray" 220
28 Saturday,February 15, Morning: Commanders Misjudged 232
29 Early Afternoon: Grant, Pillow, and Disaster in the Balance 259
30 Sunday, February 16: A White Rag Rebuffed 293 Part IV Spoils
31 February 16, Forrest Leaving: "Damn Your Judgment" 323
32 February 16, Nashville Under the Gun: "A Perfect Panic" 325
33 Monday, February 17, Nashville and Fort Donelson: Fear and Misery 333
34 February 18-21, Union and Confederate: Consequences 338
35 February 18-24, Forrest in Nashville: "Ruin at Every Step" 347
36 February 16-March 13, Grant-Halleck: "Enemys Between You and Myself" 355
37 Mid-March, Harvest of Donelson: A Military Governor 369
38 February 23-Onward; Forrest, "Come On, Boys" 373
39 Early March 1862, Grant: "Hope to Make a New Subject Soon" 376 Part V Aftermaths 381 Notes 395 Bibliography 419 Acknowledgments 425 Index 427