| CHAPTER | PAGE |
| | Introductory | [9] |
| I. | Organization of the Army of the Potomac | [11] |
| II. | Ball's Bluff | [22] |
| III. | Battle of Dranesville, and the Winter of 1862 | [38] |
| IV. | Siege of Yorktown | [49] |
| V. | Battle of Williamsburg | [65] |
| VI. | On the Chickahominy | [82] |
| | Affair at Hanover Court-House | [84] |
| VII. | Fair Oaks | [88] |
| VIII. | Seven Days of Fighting | [108] |
| | Battle of Mechanicsville | [111] |
| | Battle of Gaines's Mills | [115] |
| | Movement to James River | [121] |
| | Battle of Savage Station | [123] |
| | Battle of Glendale | [125] |
| | Battle of Malvern | [131] |
| IX. | Affairs in front of Washington | [138] |
| | Battle of Cedar Mountain | [140] |
| X. | Battle of Groveton | [147] |
| | The Retreat to Washington | [157] |
| XI. | Invasion of Maryland | [158] |
| | Barbara Frietchie | [160] |
| | Battle of South Mountain | [165] |
| | Surrender of Harper's Ferry | [171] |
| XII. | Battle of Antietam | [175] |
| | Hooker's Attack | [187] |
| | Sumner's Attack | [194] |
| | The Attack upon the Center | [206] |
| | Richardson's Attack | [212] |
| | General Franklin's Arrival | [216] |
| | Burnside's Attack | [221] |
| XIII. | After the Battle | [238] |
| XIV. | The March from Harper's Ferry to Warrenton | [250] |
| | Removal of General McClellan | [269] |