Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments 1
Maps 3
Chapter 1 1861-The "Glorious Opportunity" 7
Chapter 2 From Farmers to Soldiers 13
Chapter 3 A Godforsaken Place 22
Chapter 4 1862 - In This Land of Rebeldom 41
Chapter 5 Contraband and Cotton 57
Chapter 6 1863 - A Midnight Battle 67
Chapter 7 Champion Hill 87
Chapter 8 Vicksburg -Through the Mouth of Hell 95
Chapter 9 1864 - Bivouacked in the Sand 118
Chapter 10 Damn the Torpedoes! 126
Chapter 11 1865 - Down on the Bayou 136
Chapter 12 What an Awful Destruction of Human Life 143
Chapter 13 Back Home and to the Frontier 161
Appendix A Roster of the 11th Wisconsin 169
Appendix B Civilian Occupations of 11th Wisconsin Soldiers 207
Appendix C Muster Sites for the 11th Wisconsin Regiment 209
Appendix D Victory Sermon by 11th Wisconsin Volunteer George Wells 210
Appendix E Army of the Tennessee Officers 214
Chapter Notes 217
Bibliography 231
Index 237
