Introduction
1. The Quest for a Strategy, 1861
2. The Bottom Is Out of the Tub
3. You Must Act
4. A Question of Legs
5. Destroy the Rebel Army, If Possible
6. The Promise Must Now Be Kept
7. Lee's Army, and Not Richmond, Is Your True Objective Point
8. The Heaviest Blow Yet Dealt to the Rebellion
9. If It Takes Three Years More
10. No Peace Without Victory
Epilogue

Acknowledgments
Notes
Index
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