- Subjects
- Published
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New York :
Basic Books
c2007.
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Physical Description
- xix, 442 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-424) and index.
- ISBN
- 9780465031849
- List of Illustrations
- Glossary of Participants
- Requiem
- Part I. Reconnaissance
- 1. Fall-Early Winter, 1861-1862: The City of Mud
- 2. Fall-Early Winter, 1861-1862: Bowling Green
- 3. Soldier Reborn: Grant
- 4. Soldier Born: Forrest
- 5. September 4-November 7, 1861: Grant at Paducah and Belmont
- 6. November 8, 1861: East Tennessee Erupts
- 7. December 28, 1861: Forrest at Sacramento
- 8. January 19, 1862: Mill Springs, Kentucky
- 9. False Starts and a Real One
- Part II. Fort Henry
- 10. February 3-5, 1862: Grant and Foote
- 11. The Gunboats: Rodgers and Foote-and Kountz
- 12. To February 3: Grant, Halleck, and Fate
- 13. Fort Henry to Late Morning of February 6: The Confederates
- 14. February 6, Late Morning: Attack
- 15. Assailed and Assailants, Early Afternoon
- 16. Victors and Vanquished, February 6: Late Afternoon and Evening
- 17. After-Battle Observations
- 18. Forrest, Early February: Hopkinsville
- 19. Hungering for Victory: Grant and Halleck
- 20. Consequences: February 7, Into the Heart of Dixie
- 21. February 7-10: Grant and "The Crisis of the War in the West"
- 22. Digesting Disaster: The Confederates, February 7-8
- 23. Casting the Die: Grant, February 10-12
- Part III. "Battle for Nashville": Fort Donelson
- 24. Wednesday, February 12, Grant: Getting There
- 25. Through February 12, Donelson's Leaders: A Very Mixed Bag
- 26. Thursday, February 13: Bloody False Starts and a Cold North Wind
- 27. Friday, February 14, Forrest: "Parson, For God's Sake, Pray"
- 28. Saturday, February 15, Morning: Commanders Misjudged
- 29. Early Afternoon: Grant, Pillow, and Disaster in the Balance
- 30. Sunday, February 16: A White Rag Rebuffed
- Part IV. Spoils
- 31. February 16, Forrest Leaving: "Damn Your Judgment"
- 32. February 16, Nashville Under the Gun: "A Perfect Panic"
- 33. Monday, February 17, Nashville and Fort Donelson: Fear and Misery
- 34. February 18-21, Union and Confederate: Consequences
- 35. February 18-24, Forrest in Nashville: "Ruin at Every Step"
- 36. February 16-March 13, Grant-Halleck: "Enemys Between You and Myself"
- 37. Mid-March, Harvest of Donelson: A Military Governor
- 38. February 23-Onward; Forrest, "Come On, Boys"
- 39. Early March 1862, Grant: "Hope to Make a New Subject Soon"
- Part V. Aftermaths
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Acknowledgments
- Index
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