Lucid account characterized by clear writing, competent evaluations, unevolved description, and fascinating personality appraisals.

A new general takes command --Hooker rebuilds his army -- Preliminary cavalry engagements -- The army of Northern Virginia -- The strategy of the campaign -- Hooker's plan unfolds -- The juggernaut rolls swiftly -- Hooker begins to slip -- Weighed in the balance -- The armies meet head on -- Jackson's historic flank march -- The storm breaks -- Jackson's last battle -- The situation at 5 a.m., May 3 -- Savage fighting at close quarters -- The sixth corps at Fredericksburg -- The battle of Salem church -- An evaluation of the campaign.