Part One: The Sandwiched War -- 1. The American Civil War in Western History -- 2. Pre-Civil War American Military Thought -- 3. "Lessons" from Napoleonic Warfare -- 4. Defining an Art of Command -- Part Two: Cedar Mountain: Meeting Engagement -- 5. Stonewall Jackson Plans and Conducts His Campaign -- 6. Nathaniel Banks and the Advance to Cedar Mountain -- 7. The Battle of Cedar Mountain -- 8. What happened at Cedar Mountain? -- Part Three: Chickamauga: Lost Command, Lost Victory -- 9. Rosecrans and His Chickamauga Campaign -- 10. Braxton Bragg, Confederate Strategy, and the Tactical Offensive -- 11. The Battle of Chickamauga -- 12. The Two Perspectives of Chickamauga -- Part Four: Nashville: The Last Great Adventure -- 13. John B. Hood and Certain Differences in Confederate Strategy -- 14. The "Rock of Chickamauga" Prepares a New Kind of Battle -- 15. The Battle of Nashville -- 16. Why Thomas Won More than a Victory -- Part Five: Reflections -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index.