Spring and summer 1861 -- Fall 1861 -- Fort Henry to Corinth -- Occupation -- The Gulf -- Kentucky and Corinth -- Winter campaigns -- The Vicksburg Campaign and siege -- Occupation and Port Hudson -- From Tullahoma to Knoxville -- Administering the western conquests -- Atlanta -- Behind the lines -- Fall turning point -- The last campaigns -- End game
Summary
Provides a history of Civil War battles fought in the stretch of land from the Appalachians to the Mississippi, discussing how the North leveraged the manpower of free blacks and advanced techonologies to come out the victor
Notes
"This volume of the Littlefield series is devoted to the land and river campaigns that took place in the Western theater of operations--from the Mississippi River eastward to the Appalachian Highlands"--Preface