Includes bibliographical references (pages 725-738) and index.

Part 1 Grant's Army -- Chapter 1 Raising an Army 3 -- Chapter 2 Cairo 21 -- Chapter 3 Paducah 32 -- Chapter 4 Belmont 47 -- Chapter 5 Fort Henry 65 -- Chapter 6 From Henry to Donelson 79 -- Chapter 7 Victory at Fort Donelson 94 -- Chapter 8 Up the Tennessee River 121 -- Chapter 9 "We Are Attacked!" 140 -- Chapter 10 "The Devil's Own Day" 164 -- Chapter 11 From Pittsburg Landing to Corinth 189 -- Chapter 12 Iuka 210 -- Chapter 13 Corinth 225 -- Part 2 Vicksburg -- Chapter 14 Mississippi Central Campaign 243 -- Chapter 15 Chickasaw Bayou 261 -- Chapter 16 Winter on the Mississippi 285 -- Chapter 17 Into the Bayous 298 -- Chapter 18 Down the West Bank 315 -- Chapter 19 Across the Mississippi 332 -- Chapter 20 Jackson 347 -- Chapter 21 Champion's Hill 369 -- Chapter 22 To the Gates of Vicksburg 390 -- Chapter 23 Great Assault 407 -- Chapter 24 Vicksburg Siege 425 -- Chapter 25 Triumph at Vicksburg 435 -- Part 3 Nothing But Victory -- Chapter 26 Chattanooga 459 -- Chapter 27 Meridian 479 -- Chapter 28 Resaca 492 -- Chapter 29 Kennesaw 506 -- Chapter 30 Across the Chattahoochee 529 -- Chapter 31 Atlanta 540 -- Chapter 32 Ezra Church and Jonesboro 569 -- Chapter 33 Marching Through Georgia 584 -- Chapter 34 Columbia 607 -- Chapter 35 Washington and Home 625.