The American Civil War : a military history - Keegan, John. (New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009)
North and South divide -- Will there be a war? -- Improvised armies -- Running the war -- The military geography of the Civil War -- The life of the soldier -- Plans -- McClellan takes command -- The war in middle America -- Lee's war in the East, Grant's war in the West -- Chancellorsville and Gettysburg -- Vicksburg -- Utting the Chattanooga-Atlantic link -- The overland campaign and the fall of Richmond -- Breaking into the South -- The battle off Cherbourg and the Civil War at sea -- Black soldiers -- The home fronts -- Walt Whitman and wounds -- Civil War generalship -- Civil War battle -- Could the South have survived? -- The end of the war.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-373) and index.
Keywords: Military geography -- United States -- History -- 19th century; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns; United States -- Stragegic aspects; United States -- Geography