Follows the course of the war from 1862 to 1864, discusses the strategies of both sides in major battles, and assesses the performance of the Union generals.

Volume Three includes maps of: Theater of War; Grant's Plan, Spring 1864; Red River Campaign - Camden Expedition; Six against Richmond; Wilderness, 5 May - Contact; Wilderness - Second Attack; Wilderness - Flankers; Race for Spotsylvania; Bloody Angle, 12 May; Sheridan's Richmond Raid; Sigel - Crook, Averell; Bottling Butler, 6-17 May; March to the North Anna; Lee's Inverted V, 24 May; March to the Totopotomoy; Cold Harbor, 3 June; Grant Shifts to James; Dalton to Resaca; Resaca to Cassville; Kingston to Pine Top, via Dallas; Brice's Crossroads, 10 June; Kennesaw Mountain, 27 June; Chattahoochee Crossings; Southside Convergence; Petersburg Assault; Early Heads North; Peachtree Creek, 20 July; Atlanta, 22 July; Ezra Church, 28 July; Mobile Bay, 5 August; Atlanta Envelopment; Petersburg, August; Winchester, 19 September; Cedar Creek, 19 October; Price Raids Missouri; Forrest in Tennessee; Hood and Sherman Part; Petersburg, Fall 1864; March to the Sea; Hood Sets out North; Schofield Flanked; Franklin, 30 November; Nashville, 15 December; Nashville, Second Day; Close-out Plan; Sherman Heads North; Hatcher's Run, 5-7 February; Kinston, Averasboro, Bentonville, 8-21 March; Dinwiddie - Five Forks; to Appomattox, 2-9 April; Atlanta Campaign; Virginia - Grant vs. Lee. Volume One includes maps of: Theater of War, 1861-1862; Waves of Secession; Situation - Virginia, Mid-July; Manassas, 21 July 1861; Wilson's Creek, 10 August 1861; Port Royal, 7 November 1861; Johnston's Long Kentucky Line; Fort Donelson, 14-16 February 1862; Roanoke Island and the Sounds; Elkhorn Tavern, 7-8 March 1862; Rio Grande; New Madrid - Island Ten; Johnston's Advance; Shiloh, 6-7 April 1862; Forts Jackson and St. Philip; East Virginia, Arc, and Chord; Peninsula - Three Lines; Shenandoah Valley; Seven Pines, 31 May 1862; Cross Keys, Port Republic; Lee's Intended Convergence; Gaines Mill, 27 June 1862; McClellan Shifts, Pursued; Glendale, 30 June 1862; Malvern Hill, 1 July 1862; Grant's Dispositions; Region of Buell's Advance; Bragg Shifts to Chattanooga; Situation - Virginia, August; Pope in the V; Stuart's Raid on Catlett's; Jackson Swings around Pope; Second Manassas, 29-30 August 1862; Kirby Smith's Advance; Bragg's Advance; Bragg, Buell Go Their Ways; Convergence on Harpers Ferry; McClellan's Advance; Sharpsburg, 17 September 1862; Iuka, 19 September 1862; Van Dorn's Advance; Corinth, 3-4 October 1862; Buell's Advance; Perryville, 8 October 1862; Situation - December 1862; Virginia Theater. Volume Two includes maps of: Theater of War; Davis - the Long Trip West; Situation - Lee, Burnside; Fredericksburg, 13 December 1862; Situation - Prairie Grove; Grant-Sherman, Pemberton; Forrest, Van Dorn Raids; Rosecrans Advances, Bragg; Murfreesboro, 31 December 1862; Middle Tennessee Region; Streight Pursued; Vicksburg - Seven Failures; Charleston Harbor; Situation - Lee, Hooker; Kelly's Ford, 17 March 1863; Longstreet Southside; Hooker's Envelopment; Chancellorsville, 2 May 1863; Stuart vs. Hooker; Lee vs. Sedgwick; Situation, Spring 1863; Grant's Bayou Route; Grierson's Raid; Grant Swings East; Converging on Jackson; Champion Hill, 16 May 1863; Leap at Vicksburg; Banks in the Teche; Vicksburg Besieged; Lee, Hooker, 24 June 1863; Lee, Meade, 28 June 1863; Gettysburg, 1 July 1863; Gettysburg, 2 July 1863; Pickett's Charge; Retreat and Pursuit; Helena, 4 July 1863; Situation, August 1863; Tullahoma Outflanked; Rosecrans in the Coves; Little Rock, Fort Smith; Chickamauga, 20 September 1863; Thomas Stands Fast; Lee, Meade, October-November 1863; Grant's Cracker Line; Chattanooga, 23-25 November 1863; Mine Run, 26-30 November 1863; Olustee, 20 February 1864; Meridian, Okolona; Federal Gains, 1862-1863; Vicksburg Campaign; Virginia Theater.

v. 1. Fort Sumter to Perryville - - v. 2. Fredericksburg to Meridian - - v. 3. Red River to Appomattox.