The Civil War : a visual history
(Book)

An imperfect union, 1815-1860 -- Introduction -- Timeline -- the state of the nation -- A question of union -- Slavery divides the country -- Frederick Douglass -- The fury of abolition -- Slave auction -- Bleeding Kansas -- The rise of the Republican Party -- The raid at Harpers Ferry -- The election of 1860 -- Abraham Lincoln --

Secession triggers war, 1861 -- Introduction -- Timeline -- The union is dissolved -- Jefferson Davis -- The call to arms -- Fort Sumter -- The South's challenge -- Union and Confederate flags -- Raising armies -- The first Battle of Bull Run -- First encounter -- Organizing for the fight -- George B. McClellan -- The sinews of war -- Missouri and Kentucky -- Blockading the South -- Courting European allies --

Clash of armies, 1862 -- Introduction -- Timeline -- Soldiers in grey -- Confederate uniforms -- Soldiers in blue -- Union uniforms -- Fighting on foot -- The Battle of Hampton Roads -- The fall of New Orleans -- David Farragut -- Action on the Mississippi River -- CSS Arkansas runs through the Union fleet -- Grant takes Forts Henry and Donelson -- The Battle of Shiloh -- The Hornet's Nest at Shiloh -- Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley -- Thomas J. Jackson -- Rifles and muskets -- The Peninsula Campaign -- The Seven Days Battles -- The second Battle of Bull Run -- Longstreet's flank attack at second Bull Run -- Robert E. Lee -- Lee invades Maryland -- Field artillery -- Espionage and intelligence -- The Battle of Antietam -- Burnside's Bridge at Antietam -- Burnside takes the offensive -- The Far West -- Bragg invades Kentucky -- Braxton Bragg -- The battle of Stones River -- Cavalry in the Civil War -- Cavalry equipment --

The Union tightens its grip, 1863 -- Introduction -- Timeline -- The Emancipation Proclamation -- African-Americans in the War -- Journey to freedom -- Harriet Tubman -- The role of Black troops -- Assault on Fort Wagner -- Immigrants in the ranks -- The Battle of Chancellorsville -- The death of Jackson -- Lee advances north -- The Battle of Gettysburg -- Little Round Top -- James Longstreet -- The Vicksburg Campaign -- Surrender at Vicksburg -- Ulysses S. Grant -- The home front -- War-weary people -- Riots in New York -- Medicine and medical services -- Medical equipment -- Clara Barton -- The Chickamauga Campaign -- The Chattanooga Campaign -- George H. Thomas -- The railroad in War -- Communications -- Guerrillas and partisans -- Operations in the Indian Territory and Texas -- the Gettysburg Address --

Grant, Sherman, and total war, 1864 -- Introduction -- Timeline -- Lincoln prevails -- The Wilderness Campaign -- In the trenches at Spotsylvania -- Photography in the War -- Maneuvering toward Richmond -- Jeb Stuart -- Pistols -- Rebel victories -- Prisoners of War -- Andersonville Prison Camp -- The Battle of Cold Harbor -- Grant advances to Petersburg -- Supply, transportation, and logistics -- The Valley Campaign -- Philip Sheridan -- Sheridan's Ride -- The siege of Petersburg -- Siege artillery and siege warfare -- The Battle of the Crater -- Naval developments -- Confederate raiders -- The duel of the Alabama and the Kearsarge -- The Battle of Mobile Bay -- Mississippi operations -- Nathan Bedford Forrest -- Sherman's advance to Atlanta -- Sherman's March to the Sea -- William Tecumseh Sherman -- Franklin and Nashville --

Collapse of the Confederacy, 1865 -- Introduction -- Timeline -- The Thirteenth Amendment -- The Carolinas and Alabama -- The fall of Petersburg and Richmond -- The Appomattox Campaign -- Surrender at Appomattox -- The assassination of Lincoln -- The last hours of Lincoln -- Last terms of surrender -- Andrew Johnson --

Legacies of the war, 1865-1877

Introduction

Timeline

The cost of the War

The politics of Reconstruction

The reality of Black freedom

"Redeeming" the South

The end of Reconstruction

The Travis Panorama

The War remembered

In their footsteps.