Part I. Sedimentary Geology and Warfare
Sediments and Conflict
The Coevolution of Military and Geological Sciences
Killing at Range: Artillery and Geomorphology
Geology and Protection: Fortifications
Part II. Hard Rocks and High Ground: The Piedmont and Valley and Ridge
Durable Rocks and Defensive Stands
Killer Carbonates
Battling in the Basins
Sedimentary Geology and Logistics
Part III. Soft Rocks and Shovels: Conflict on the Coastal Plain
A River Runs Through It: Flowing Water and Dissected Terrain
Burnside and the Bluffs
Sediments and Morale
Part IV. Muddy Meanders of the Mississippi
Geology of the Father of Waters
The Vicksburg Campaign: Grant Does More with Loess
Part V. To Take the Coasts
Protecting the Shoreline
The Education of Quincy Gillmore
The Strength of Sand
Gibraltar of the South
Part VI. The Legacy of Sedimentary Geology and the Civil War
Sedimentary Geology as a Tool for History
The Fate of the Fortifications
Lessons Learned for Future Conflict.