| I | The Mould | 1 |
| II | Soldier and Civilian in California | 23 |
| III | An Anchorage in the South | 51 |
| IV | Study of a Realist in Wonderland | 66 |
| V | Bull Run and Kentucky | 83 |
| VI | The Key to the War | 96 |
| VII | The First Offensive in the West | 112 |
| VIII | Shiloh | 120 |
| IX | The Campaign of 1862 in the East | 137 |
| X | The Paralysis of the North | 141 |
| XI | The First Attempt on Vicksburg | 157 |
| XII | The Manoeuvres Against Vicksburg, 1863 | 176 |
| XIII | The Fall of Vicksburg and Its Sequel | 193 |
| XIV | Back to Tennessee--Chattanooga | 208 |
| XV | The Command in the West, 1864 | 223 |
| XVI | On the Road to Atlanta--the Resaca Manoeuvre | 231 |
| XVII | The Oostenaula-Chattahoochee Duel | 253 |
| XVIII | "Atlanta Is Ours and Fairly Won" | 272 |
| XIX | The Birth of a Plan | 308 |
| XX | Marching Through Georgia | 331 |
| XXI | Through the Carolinas--Cutting the Roots of the Confederacy | 356 |
| XXII | The Collapse of the Confederacy | 380 |
| XXIII | Epilogue | 403 |
| Sources | 432 |
| Index | 443 |
