Presents developments in the military art in the 1860s, using the war's campaigns and the primary instructional vehicle, but encompassing broader themes than the purely operational ones. This text was also designed to stress the totality of the war and to show the relationship between events unfolding in the Eastern and Western theaters of operations. The pivotal 1863 Vicksburg Campaign was selected for treatmene in more detail in order to provide cadets with the opportunity to study one aspect of the war in greater depth. -- Adapted from the foreword.

Includes index. Atlases have both 1986 and 1987 imprint.

The nation divided -- Early trials : Bull Run and Shiloh -- Challenge and response in the East -- Vicksburg under attack -- Pemberton's defense -- Fall of Vicksburg -- Lee on the Rappahannock : Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville -- Gettysburg -- Grant and the West -- Prelude to victory : a new commanding general -- Attrition and war's end.