American Civil War For Dummies. Keith D. Dickson

2: Making War Chapter 4: Civil War Armies: Structure and Organization Understanding the Basics of War Creating a Strategy: Three Basic Questions Uncovering the Principles of War Developing Campaigns: The Art of War Putting It All Together: Strategy to Campaigns to Battles Looking at the Civil War Army Organization Building a Basic Civil War Army Structure: The Regiment Comparing the Science versus the Art of War Chapter 5: Union and Confederate Strategy Comparing Northern and Southern Resources Wartime Strategy: Union and Confederate Geography and Strategy: Theaters of War Civil War Strategy in Retrospect Chapter 6: Organizing and Training the Armies Making Civilians into Soldiers Qualifications of Union and Confederate Officers Chapter 7: Significant Weapons of the Civil War The Weapons You Need to Fight The Rifled Musket and Tactics The Really Big Guns: Civil War Artillery Cavalry Weapons

      7  Part 3: Opening Moves, 1861–1862 Chapter 8: Starting the War: Bull Run (First Manassas), July 1861 The First Rumblings: “On to Richmond!” Marching into Battle (Sort Of) Organizing the Armies: Disposition of Forces on the Battlefield Opening Moves: Key Decisions and Events Advancing to Victory: The Outcome Analyzing the Battle Heroes and Goats Chapter 9: Trouble West of the Mississippi and the Road to Shiloh, August 1861–April 1862 Focusing on the Early Battlegrounds of Missouri and Arkansas Dictating a Strategy in the Western Theater Struggling with Rank: Union Command The Importance of Kentucky Attacking the Forts: Grant Teams with the Navy The Shiloh Campaign The Fighting Begins: The Battle of Shiloh Aftermath of the Battle Heroes and Goats Chapter 10: Union Navy Victories and Union Army Defeats, March–July 1862 Bringing in a New Commander: George B. McClellan Taking a Gamble: The Blockade Patrolling the Coast: Union Naval Victories Discovering the Political Price of Failure and Inaction The Peninsula: A New Campaign Writing a New Chapter in Naval Warfare: The Ironclad Getting Fooled at Yorktown Battle of Wills: The Presidents versus the Generals McClellan Makes a Mistake before Richmond Chapter 11: Stonewall Jackson’s Valley Campaign, March–June 1862 Creating a Hero: Stonewall Jackson Stonewall’s Valley: The Shenandoah The Valley Campaign: An Appreciation Chapter 12: The Seven Days of Robert E. Lee, June–July 1862 The Confederacy in Crisis: Seven Pines Results of the Battle: McClellan Falters Taking Command: The “King of Spades” The Significance of the Campaign Heroes and Goats Chapter 13: Second Bull Run (Manassas), August 1862 Reshuffling the Union Command Structure Giving Lee an Opportunity: “Old Brains” Miscalculates The Aftermath of the Battle Heroes and Goats Chapter 14: The Bloodiest Day: Antietam (Sharpsburg), September 1862 Winning the War Now: The Confederate Strategic Situation Waiting for a Victory: The Union Strategic Situation The Antietam Campaign Jackson’s