9 The War in the West, 1863

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. List of Maps ix
4. Preface xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 The Origins 13
7. 2 The War’s Strategic Framework 36
8. 3 “And the War Came” 65
9. 4 First Battles and the Making of Armies 93
10. 5 Stillborn between Earth and Water: The Unfulfilled Promise of Joint Operations 119
11. 6 The Confederacy Recovers, 1862 167
12. 7 The Confederate Counter- Offensives, 1862 205
13. 8 The War in the East, 1863 250
14. 9 The War in the West, 1863 293
15. 10 The Killing Time: The War in the East, 1864 354
16. 11 Victory in the West, 1864 415
17. 12 The Collapse of the Confederacy 469
18. 13 The Civil War in History 509
19. Acknowledgments 549
20. Notes 551
21. Further reading 569
22. Index 585