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Rosecrans in West Virginia: a tale of a goose, a dog, and a fox -- Grant in Missouri and Tennessee: a tale of how a nobody became a somebody -- Grant, Halleck, and a failure to communicate -- Grant at Shiloh: how to win by not losing -- Grant advances by staying put -- Nobody at Antietam -- Grant and Rosecrans at Iuka and Corinth: the birth of a rivalry -- Rosecrans at Stones River: how a near disaster became a much-needed union victory -- Meade at Gettysburg: how to win by staying put -- Grant victorious at Vicksburg: how to win by causing your enemies to defeat themselves -- Rosecrans takes Chattanooga and Grant takes a fall -- Rosecrans and Thomas at Chickamauga: the fortunes and misfortunes of war -- Grant at Chattanooga: how to win a battle contrary to plan -- While Grant fails to defeat Lee, Sherman invades Georgia: circling around to move forward -- Grant remains stymied, Sherman takes Atlanta: decision in the west -- Sheridan in the Shenandoah -- Sherman marches to the sea, Schofield repulses Hood, and Thomas vanquishes Hood at Nashville -- Death blows: Grant, Sheridan, and Sherman win the war, but the Union generals fight on -- Epilogue: the victors in blue: who and why. |
