1. Antebellum Southern Exceptionalism: A New Look at an Old Question
2. Tom on the Cross
3. The War of Southern Aggression
4. The War that Never Goes Away
5. From Limited to Total War, 1861-1865
6. Race and Class in the Crucible of War
7. The Glory Story
8. Why Did the Confederacy Lose?
9. How the Confederacy Almost Won
10. Lee Dissected
11. Grant's Final Victory
12. A New Birth of Freedom
13. Who Freed the Slaves?
14. "The Whole Family of Man": Lincoln and the Last Best Hope Abroad
15. What's the Matter with History?