America's Civil War : the operational battlefield, 1861-1863 /
Reid, Brian Holden.
Amherst, N.Y. : Prometheus Books,
2008.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 451-470) and index.
Why the war came, how it was fought -- The first phase: April 1861 to March 1862 -- War on the margins: September 1861 to June 1862 -- Union frustration: April to July 1862 -- Confederate frustration: July to September 1862 -- The Confederacy fumbles and a bold Union move: September to October 1862 -- Errors in the attack: November 1862 to March 1863 -- The ebb and flow of battle: April to July 1863 -- Grant triumphs over adversity: July 1862 to July 1863 -- Breaking the deadlock in Tennessee: June to December 1863 -- Halftime : the transformation of a war -- The experience of war -- Postscript: The problem of indecisiveness.