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Contents Foreword by Phil Shiman ix acknowledgments xiii Prologue xvii 1 “There is a Bright Prospect before Me”: a Young Man’s Dreams 1 2 “i have Been called a Damned abolitionist”: educated at west Point 6 3 “energy and tenacity of Purpose”: Surveying the Great lakes 19 4 “it all Seems like a Dream to Me”: 1861—western virginia and washington, D.c. 31 5 “Do You See how handsomely Kearny Speaks of Poe at williamsburg?”: 1862—virginia 58 6 “a Matter of Much Gratification to a Proud and Sensitive Man”: 1863—Kentucky and tennessee 100 7 “God help Us if we Fail!”: 1864—The atlanta campaign 140 8 “a Sort of wild Goose chase”: 1864—The March to the Sea 184 9 “hot work is Sure to Follow Soon”: 1865—The carolinas 203 10 a Position “That i can honorably take”: The lighthouse Years 221 11 “a Man of Marked ability”: with Sherman again 243 12 “The wildest expectations of One Year Seem absolutely tame . . . the next”: at “the Soo” 269 epilogue 290 notes 295 Bibliography 325 index 340 ...

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