"What Will the Poor People Do": The Decline of Confederate Confidence and Unity
"A Raging Leaden Hailstorm": The Battles for the Carolinas
"In the Highest Interest of Humanity": Negotiating Peace in the Carolinas
"The Tinkering of Politicians": The Consequences of Peace in the Carolinas
"Make the Enemy Pay Dearly in Blood": The Mobile Campaign
"Crushed but Not Yet Conquered in Spirit": Peace in Alabama
"Attacked and Harassed beyond Endurance:' Wilson's Raid in Northern Alabama
"Don't Butcher Us All": Wilson's Raid from Selma to Macon
"The Absolute Dictator": Leadership in the Trans-Mississippi Department
"A Rabble of Dead-Heads": The Defense of the Trans-Mississippi Department
"The Exercise of One Manly Virtue": The Surrender of the Trans-Mississippi Department
Conclusion.