Table of Contents
Maps ix
Introduction 1
I Frontier
1 Flags 5
2 Virginians 11
3 Removal 23
4 Sherman in the Swamp 35
5 Another Passage 45
6 The Compromise 53
II Gate City
7 The Cornerstone 69
8 Earthquake 85
9 Never! Never!! Never!!! 111
10 Speculation 125
Photos Following 144
11 Street Theater 145
III Clamorous Town
12 The Dead House 155
13 Enemies Within 165
14 River of Death 181
15 A Day's Outing 193
IV The Hundred Days' Battle
16 Railroad War 203
17 Candle Ends 213
18 Fighting, Fighting, Fighting 219
19 Roman Runagees 229
20 Prayers 237
V The Thief in the Gloaming
21 A Perfect Shell 255
22 The Battle of Atlanta 271
Photos Following 284
VI War Is Cruelty, and You Cannot Refine It
23 Goodbye, Johnny 287
24 The First Bonfire 301
25 The Second Bonfire 317
26 The New South 337
Epilogue: Sherman's Return 355
Notes 363
Acknowledgments 415
Photograph Credits 417
Index 419