Preface

From the Tribune to the War Department

At the front with Grant's army

Before and Around Vicksburg

In camp and battle with Grant and his generals

Some contemporary portraits

The siege of Vicksburg

Pemberton's surrender

With the Army of the Cumberland

The removal of Rosecrans

Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge

The War Department in war times

Abraham Lincoln and his cabinet

The Army of the Potomac in '64

The great game between Grant and Lee

The march on Petersburg

Early's raid and the Washington panic

The secret service of the war

A visit to Sheridan in the valley

'On to Richmond' at last!