Acknowledgments vi
Preface 1(4)
One Grant's Rise to Power
5(14)
Two Grant the Hero: Forts Henry and Donelson --- and Then There Was Shiloh
19(35)
Three It Takes Buell and Bragg to Make Grant Look Good
54(36)
Four The Army of the Potomac Carries Old Baggage into the Wilderness
90(13)
Five The Wilderness
103(14)
Six On to Spotsylvania
117(11)
Seven Spotsylvania: Laurel Hill, Again and Again
128(26)
Eight The 5th Corps at the North Anna and the Totopotomoy
154(13)
Nine Cold Harbor --- Another Tragic Muddle
167(25)
Ten Petersburg
192(19)
Appendix: Federal Overland Campaign Commanders After the War 211(14)
Chapter Notes 225(16)
Bibliography 241(4)
Index 245