Foreword / James M. McPherson
pt. 1. West Point. From every degree of provincialism
Sighing for what we left behind
As intelligible as Sanskrit
Oh, for the sight of our native land
Death in the family
Gone are the days of our youth
pt. 2. Gone for a soldier. War at last
That city shall soon be ours
The seventeen-minute victory
To the halls of the Montezumas
Indian country
India-rubber women and buffalo men
The bloody saddle
The courtship of Miss Nelly
pt. 3. And the war came. Our men at Sumter
Waiting for the ball to begin
The first shot
Stonewall's great locomotive heist
The shirttail skedaddle
pt. 4. Down in the valley. The valley man
The odd couple
From under the little faded cap
My friend, my enemy
Delightful excitement
pt. 5. Brother against brother. High hopes and paranoia
Maryland, my Maryland
The man in the red battle shirt
The night the general was fired
Caught in the rain
Shots in the night
Death of the enthusiastic fanatic
The dandy at the foot of the class
Where is my division?
pt. 6. Closing out the war. The meeting on the court house steps
The wind that shook the corn.