xii, 559 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 497-534) and index.
Contents
"Things look very mutch like war" -- Bloody Sabbath at Bull Run -- An Army born -- To the Peninsula -- Along the Chickahominy -- "If we were defeated, the Army and the country would be lost" -- "McClellan has the Army with him" -- "Behold, a pale horse" -- The Army's "Saddest Hour" -- Winter of transition -- "God almighty could not prevent me from winning a victory" -- "Big fight some wears ahead" -- "An Army of lions" -- Virginia interlude -- "This war is horrid" -- "A sit down before the wall of Petersburg" -- "I never seen a crazier set of fellows."