General Lee's army: from victory to collapse

List of Maps

Prologue

1. Comedy of Errors, Tragedy of Triumph

2. Secession and Mobilizing for War

3. The Volunteers of '61

4. Why They Enlisted

5. Becoming Soldiers

6. "To Slaughter One Another Like Brutes"

7. "A Great Canvass City"

8. Keeping the Army Together

9. Clashes within the High Command

10. Playing Troops Like Fireflies

11. Lee in Command

12. The Battle for Richmond: The Seven Days' Campaign

13. Taking War to the Enemy

14. A Failure of Discipline

15. Lee's Officer Corps and Army Culture

16. The Soldiers of '62

17. Supplying the Army

18. Camp and Recreation

19. Religion and Morality

20. Chancellorsville

21. Arms and Ammunition

22. The Failure at Gettysburg

23. Home Front

24. Blacks and the Army

25. Combat

26. Lee and the High Command

27. Preparing for the Spring Campaign of 1864

28. The Overland Campaign

29. The Trenches

30. Medical Care

31. Manpower

32. Desertion

33. The Grind of War

34. Spiral of Defeat

35. The Final Days

Appendix I. The Sample

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

Comedy of errors, tragedy of triumph

Secession and mobilizing for war

The Volunteers of '61

Why they enlisted

Becoming soldiers

"To slaughter one another like brutes"

"A great canvass city"

Keeping the army together

Clashes within the high command

Playing troops like fireflies

Lee in command

The battle for Richmond: the Seven Days' campaign

Taking war to the enemy

A failure of discipline

Lee's officer corps and army culture

The soldiers of '62

Supplying the army

Camp and recreation

Religion and morality

Chancellorsville

Arms and ammunition

The failure at Gettysburg

Home front

Blacks and the army

Combat

Lee and the high command

Preparing for the spring campaign of 1864

The overland campaign

The trenches

Medical care

Manpower

Desertion

The grind of war

Spiral of defeat

The final days

The sample.