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by William Hillenbrand
I. A FIREBELL IN THE NIGHT
1) Sleeping Serpent
2) Propaganda War
3) To the Drum-taps Prompt
II. ALL GREEN ALIKE
1) In Bitter Earnest: First Bull Run
2) Mountain Victory
3) Thirteen Stars and Eleven States
4) A Crack in the Western Wall
5) The Devil’s Own Day: Shiloh
III. THE CRUCIBLE OF COMMAND
1) Slow Going on the York
2) Richmond Shall Not Be Given Up
3) Headquarters and Hindquarters
4) Three Cigars and a Battle Order
IV. WEARINESS AND RESOLVE
1) High Valor and Bad Judgment
2) Standoff at Stones River
3) The Key in Mr. Lincoln’s Pocket
V. FATEFUL LIGHTNING
1) Over the River and Under the Trees
2) The Fiery Trial Through Which We Pass
2a) To Find and Fight
2b) The Enemy is There
2c) Race for High Ground
2d) A Gambler’s Chance
2e) The Hand is Played
2f) A Vast Mournful Roar
2g) All That Men Can Do
3) In Letters of Blood
4) Eclipse of the South
VI. EVERY DAY AND EVERY HOUR
1) No Turning Back
2) By the Left Flank
3) At All Hazards
4) End Run
5) Sherman at the Gates
5a) Assail and Not Defend
5b) Hell Has Broke Loose
5c) A Grand Left Wheel
5d) Atlanta is Ours
VII. LET THE THING BE PRESSED
1) The King of the North Shall Come
2) Sheridan! Sheridan!
3) Darkest of All Decembers
4) Uncle Billy’s Whirlwind
5) We Who Are Left
6) An Awed Stillness
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I. A FIREBELL IN THE NIGHT
II. ALL GREEN ALIKE
III. THE CRUCIBLE OF COMMAND
IV. WEARINESS AND RESOLVE
V. FATEFUL LIGHTNING
VI. EVERY DAY AND EVERY HOUR
VII. LET THE THING BE PRESSED
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