The Civil War : a visual history
(Book)

Imperfect union, 1815-1860 -- Introduction -- Timeline -- the state of the nation -- A question of union -- Slavery divides the country -- Frederick Douglass -- Fury of abolition -- Slave auction -- Bleeding Kansas -- Rise of the Republican Party -- Raid at Harpers Ferry -- Election of 1860 -- Abraham Lincoln --

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

Clash of armies, 1862 -- Introduction -- Timeline -- Soldiers in gray -- 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 -- Battle of Shiloh -- Hornet's Nest at Shiloh -- Jackson in the Shenandoah Valley -- Thomas J. Jackson -- Rifles and muskets -- Peninsula Campaign -- Seven Days Battles -- Second Battle of Bull Run -- Longstreet's flank attack at second Bull Run -- Robert E. Lee -- Lee invades Maryland -- Field artillery -- Espionage and intelligence -- Battle of Antietam -- Burnside's Bridge at Antietam -- Burnside takes the offensive -- Far West -- Bragg invades Kentucky -- Braxton Bragg -- Battle of Stones River -- Cavalry in the Civil War -- Cavalry equipment --

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

Grant, Sherman, and total war, 1864 -- Introduction -- Timeline -- Lincoln prevails -- 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 -- Battle of Cold Harbor -- Grant advances to Petersburg -- Supply, transportation, and logistics -- Valley Campaign -- Philip Sheridan -- Sheridan's Ride -- Siege of Petersburg -- Siege artillery and siege warfare -- Battle of the Crater -- Naval developments -- Confederate raiders -- Duel of the Alabama and the Kearsarge -- 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 -- Thirteenth Amendment -- Carolinas and Alabama -- Fall of Petersburg and Richmond -- Appomattox Campaign -- Surrender at Appomattox -- Assassination of Lincoln -- Last hours of Lincoln -- Last terms of surrender -- Andrew Johnson --

Legacies of the war, 1865-1877

Introduction

Timeline

Cost of the War

Politics of Reconstruction

Reality of Black freedom

"Redeeming" the South

End of Reconstruction

Travis Panorama

War remembered

In their footsteps.