Introduction: the legacy of the heartland -- pt. 1. The legacy of the summer. The legacy of Isham Harris -- A season of neglect -- pt. 2. The tempering of the Johnston influence. An uncertain hand -- The land between the rivers -- Tragedy in the Cumberlands -- pt. 3. The decline of the Johnston influence. A season of blunders -- The death of an image -- pt. 4. The Beauregard interlude. In need of a Napoleon -- Another storm, another helmsman -- pt. 5. The Bragg-Kirby Smith influence. "All well in Dixie" -- "I am not ambitious" -- A strange brand of cooperation -- "Your powerful chief magistrate" -- Some truth become evident.
