Chapter Four: STRIDE OF A GIANT

1.  The Ironclads                                                 193

2.  The Vulture and the Wolf                           204

3.  Pittsburg Landing                                         214

4.  Threat to New Orleans                                226

5.  Fire on the Waters                                        237

6.  Brilliant Victory                                           250

Chapter Five: TURNING POINT

1.  The Signs of the Times                                264

2.  Do It Quickly                                                276

3.  The Last Struggle                                         287

4.  Railroad to the Pamunkey                          298

5.  Seven Days                                                    308

6.  Letter from Harrison's Landing                   321

Chapter Six: UNLIMITED WAR

1.  Trading with the Enemy                               332

2.  The Ultimate Meaning                                 343

3.  A Long and Strong Flood                              353

4.  Triumph in Disaster                                     363

5.  The Pressures of War                                   374

6.  Scabbard Thrown Away                                383

Chapter Seven:

THENCEFORWARD AND FOREVER

1.    Recipe for Confusion                                    395

2.    The Terrible Weariness                               406

3.  To Risk Everything                                        415

4.    A Town Called Sharpsburg                          425

5.    Taking the Initiative                                     435

6.    Nobly Save or Meanly Lose                        444

Notes                                                                  459

Bibliography                                                       517

Acknowledgments                                             537

Index                                                                   539