TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE [I. Causes of the Civil War] 5 [II. Advantages of North and South] 7 [III. Summary of Military Campaigns] 11 [1861] 11 [1862 in the West] 13 [1862 in the East] 17 [1863 in the West] 21 [1863 in the East] 23 [1864] 25 [1865] 30 [IV. Losses] 35 [V. Navies] 37 [VI. Diplomacy] 42 [VII. Prisons and Prisoners of War] 45 [VIII. Arms] 48 [IX. Leaders] 52 [X. The Common Soldiers] 57 [XI. The War’s Legacy] 62 [XII. Suggested Topics for Further Discussion] 64
Construction of the U. S. Capitol was still in progress when civil war began.