Preparing for war : Alabama to Richmond, January 14-June 20, 1861
Waiting for the great battle : Richmond to Manassas, June 21-July 21, 1861, Manassas to Centreville, Virginia : July 22-September 21, 1861
Camp at Centreville, Virginia : September 27-December 31, 1861
The road to the Peninsula : January 8-March 24, 1862
The Peninsula campaign and the Seven Days Battles : March 25-July 27, 1862
The Second Battle of Manassas to Fredericksburg, Virginia : August 9-November 18, 1862
The Fredericksburg campaign : December 3, 1862-February 9, 1863
Chancellorsville, Virginia, to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania : February 20-July 9, 1863
Orange, Virginia, to Petersburg, Virginia : August 22, 1863-October, 1864
Prison and home again : January 2-June 2, 1865
Epilogue
Appendix A : List of the letters
Appendix B : 9th Alabama Regiment casualties/enlistment totals
Appendix C : 9th Alabama Regiment officers and infantry assignments
Appendix D : Pvt. William Cowan McClellan's military record
Appendix E : 9th Alabama regimental roster for Companies F and H.