"This volume details the events which took place in and around Pensacola Bay immediately before and in the early months of the Civil War. It takes a look at the various people involved and how their personalities and attributes came into play and shaped the course of events. More than 70 period photographs and illustrations complete the depiction"--Provided by publisher.

1Bay, the Yard, and the Forts -- 3 -- 2 "To Use Whatever Means He Had" -- 20 -- 3 "If Blood Is Shed, You Are Responsible" -- 33 -- 4 "Pickens Is Not Worth One Drop of Blood" -- 50 -- 5 "Too Much Dallying and Curtseying" -- 79 -- 6 "Give the Powhatan to Captain Mercer" -- 106 -- 7 "When the Arrow has Fled from the Bow" -- 125 -- 8 "Fort Pickens Now Stood Alone" -- 137 -- 9 "A More Innocent War Was Never Carried On" -- 159 -- 10 "The Enemy Failed in All Objectives" -- 179 -- 11 "A Signal Gun Fired at 10:00 A.M." -- 197 -- 12 "Fort Pickens Stands to This Day" -- 206.