I.—The Outbreak of Rebellion. By John G. Nicolay, Esq., Private Secretary to President Lincoln; late Consul-General to France, etc.
A preliminary volume, describing the opening of the war, and covering the period from the election of Lincoln to the end of the first battle of Bull Run.
II.—From Fort Henry to Corinth. By the Hon. M.F. Force, Justice of the Superior Court, Cincinnati; late Brigadier-General and Bvt. Maj. Gen'l, U.S.V., commanding First Division, 17th Corps; in 1862, Lieut. Colonel of the 20th Ohio, commanding the regiment at Shiloh; Treasurer of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee.
The narrative of events in the West from the Summer of 1861 to May, 1862; covering the capture of Fts. Henry and Donelson, the Battle of Shiloh, etc., etc.
III.—The Peninsula. By Alexander S. Webb, LL.D., President of the College of the City of New York: Assistant Chief of Artillery, Army of the Potomac, 1861-'62; Inspector General Fifth Army Corps; General commanding 2d Div., 2d Corps; Major General Assigned, and Chief of Staff, Army of the Potomac.
The history of McClellan's Peninsula Campaign, from his appointment to the end of the Seven Days' Fight.
IV.—The Army under Pope. By John C. Ropes. Esq., of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, the Massachusetts Historical Society, etc.
From the appointment of Pope to command the Army of Virginia, to the appointment of McClellan to the general command in September, 1862.
V.—The Antietam and Fredericksburg. By Francis Winthrop Palfrey, Bvt. Brigadier Gen'l, U.S.V., and formerly Colonel 20th Mass. Infantry; Lieut. Col. of the 20th Massachusetts at the Battle of the Antietam; Member of the Military Historical Society of Massachusetts, of the Massachusetts Historical Society, etc.
From the appointment of McClellan to the general command, September, 1862, to the end of the battle of Fredericksburg.