- Ancestry--Birth--Boyhood.
- West Point--Graduation.
- Army Life--Causes Of The Mexican War--Camp Salubrity.
- Corpus Christi--Mexican Smuggling--Spanish Rule In Mexico--Supplying Transportation.
- Trip To Austin--Promotion To Full Second Lieutenant--Army Of Occupation.
- Advance Of The Army--Crossing The Colorado--The Rio Grande.
- The Mexican War--The Battle Of Palo Alto--The Battle Of Resaca De La Palma--Army Of Invasion--General Taylor--Movement On Camargo.
- Advance On Monterey--The Black Fort--The Battle Of Monterey--Surrender Of The City.
- Political Intrigue--Buena Vista--Movement Against Vera Cruz--Siege And Capture Of Vera Cruz.
- March To Jalapa--Battle Of Cerro Gordo--Perote--Puebla--Scott And Taylor.
- Advance On The City Of Mexico--Battle Of Contreras--Assault At Churubusco--Negotiations For Peace--Battle Of Molino Del Rey--Storming Of Chapultepec--San Cosme--Evacuation Of The City--Halls Of The Montezumas.
- Promotion To First Lieutenant--Capture Of The City Of Mexico--The Army--Mexican Soldiers--Peace Negotiations.
- Treaty Of Peace--Mexican Bull Fights--Regimental Quartermaster--Trip To Popocatapetl--Trip To The Caves Of Mexico.
- Return Of The Army--Marriage--Ordered To The Pacific Coast--Crossing The Isthmus--Arrival At San Francisco.
- San Francisco--Early California Experiences--Life On The Pacific Coast--Promoted Captain--Flush Times In California.
- Resignation--Private Life--Life At Galena--The Coming Crisis.
- Outbreak Of The Rebellion--Presiding At A Union Meeting--Mustering Officer Of State Troops--Lyon At Camp Jackson--Services Tendered To The Government.
- Appointed Colonel Of The 21St Illinois--Personnel Of The Regiment--General Logan--March To Missouri--Movement Against Harris At Florida, Mo.--General Pope In Command--Stationed At Mexico, Mo.
- Commissioned Brigadier-General--Command At Ironton, Mo.--Jefferson City--Cape Girardeau--General Prentiss--Seizure Of Paducah--Headquarters At Cairo.
- General Fremont In Command--Movement Against Belmont--Battle Of Belmont--A Narrow Escape--After The Battle.
- General Halleck In Command--Commanding The District Of Cairo--Movement On Fort Henry--Capture Of Fort Henry.
- Investment Of Fort Donelson--The Naval Operations--Attack Of The Enemy--Assaulting The Works--Surrender Of The Fort.
- Promoted Major-General Of Volunteers--Unoccupied Territory--Advance Upon Nashville--Situation Of The Troops--Confederate Retreat--Relieved Of The Command --Restored To The Command--General Smith.
- The Army At Pittsburg Landing--Injured By A Fall--The Confederate Attack At Shiloh--The First Day's Fight At Shiloh--General Sherman--Condition Of The Army--Close Of The First Day's Fight--The Second Day's Fight--Retreat And Defeat Of The Confederates.
- Struck By A Bullet--Precipitate Retreat Of The Confederates--Intrenchments At Shiloh--General Buell--General Johnston--Remarks On Shiloh.
- Halleck Assumes Command In The Field--The Advance Upon Corinth--Occupation Of Corinth--The Army Separated.
- Headquarters Moved To Memphis--On The Road To Memphis--Escaping Jackson--Complaints And Requests--Halleck Appointed Commander-In-Chief--Return To Corinth--Movements Of Bragg--Surrender Of Clarksville--The Advance Upon Chattanooga--Sheridan Colonel Of A Michigan Regiment.
- Advance Of Van Dorn And Price--Price Enters Iuka--Battle Of Iuka.
- Van Dorn's Movements--Battle Of Corinth--Command Of The Department Of The Tennessee.
- The Campaign Against Vicksburg--Employing The Freedmen --Occupation Of Holly Springs--Sherman Ordered To Memphis--Sherman's Movements Down The Mississippi--Van Dorn Captures Holly Springs--Collecting Forage And Food.
- Headquarters Moved To Holly Springs--General M'clernand In Command--Assuming Command At Young's Point--Operations Above Vicksburg--Fortifications About Vicksburg--The Canal--Lake Providence--Operations At Yazoo Pass.
- The Bayous West Of The Mississippi--Criticisms Of The Northern Press--Running The Batteries--Loss Of The Indianola--Disposition Of The Troops.
- Attack On Grand Gulf--Operations Below Vicksburg.
- Capture Of Port Gibson--Grierson's Raid--Occupation Of Grand Gulf--Movement Up The Big Black--Battle Of Raymond.
- Movement Against Jackson--Fall Of Jackson--Intercepting The Enemy--Battle Of Champion's Hill.
- Battle Of Black River Bridge--Crossing The Big Black--Investment Of Vicksburg--Assaulting The Works.
- Siege Of Vicksburg.
- Johnston's Movements--Fortifications At Haines' Bluff-- Explosion Of The Mine--Explosion Of The Second Mine--Preparing For The Assault--The Flag Of Truce--Meeting With Pemberton-- Negotiations For Surrender--Accepting The Terms-- Surrender Of Vicksburg.
- Retrospect Of The Campaign--Sherman's Movements--Proposed Movement Upon Mobile--A Painful Accident--Ordered To Report At Cairo.
- First Meeting With Secretary Stanton--General Rosecrans--Commanding Military Division Of Mississippi-- Andrew Johnson's Address--Arrival At Chattanooga.
- Assuming The Command At Chattanooga--Opening A Line Of Supplies--Battle Of Wauhatchie--On The Picket Line.
- Condition Of The Army--Rebuilding The Railroad--General Burnside's Situation--Orders For Battle--Plans For The Attack--Hooker's Position--Sherman's Movements.
- Preparations For Battle--Thomas Carries The First Line Of The Enemy--Sherman Carries Missionary Ridge--Battle Of Lookout Mountain--General Hooker's Fight.
- Battle Of Chattanooga--A Gallant Charge--Complete Rout Of The Enemy--Pursuit Of The Confederates--General Bragg--Remarks On Chattanooga.
- The Relief Of Knoxville--Headquarters Moved To Nashville --Visiting Knoxville-Cipher Cipher Dispatches--Withholding Orders.
- Operations In Mississippi--Longstreet In East Tennessee --Commissioned Lieutenant-General--Commanding The Armies Of The United States--First Interview With President Lincoln.
- The Military Situation--Plans For The Campaign--Sheridan Assigned To Command Of The Cavalry--Flank Movements--Forrest At Fort Pillow--General Banks's Expedition--Colonel Mosby--An Incident Of The Wilderness Campaign.
- Commencement Of The Grand Campaign--General Butler's Position--Sheridan's First Raid.
- Sherman's Campaign In Georgia--Siege Of Atlanta--Death Of General Mcpherson--Attempt To Capture Andersonville--Capture Of Atlanta.
- Grand Movement Of The Army Of The Potomac--Crossing The Rapidan--Entering The Wilderness--Battle Of The Wilderness.
- After The Battle--Telegraph And Signal Service--Movement By The Left Flank.
- Battle Of Spottsylvania--Hancock's Position--Assault Of Warren's And Wright's Corps--Upton Promoted On The Field--Good News From Butler And Sheridan.
- Hancock's Assault-Losses Of The Confederates--Promotions Recommended--Discomfiture Of The Enemy--Ewell's Attack-Reducing The Artillery.
- Movement By The Left Flank--Battle Of North Anna--An Incident Of The March--Moving On Richmond--South Of The Pamunkey--Position Of The National Army.
- Advance On Cold Harbor--An Anecdote Of The War--Battle Of Cold Harbor--Correspondence With Lee--Retrospective.
- Left Flank Movement Across The Chickahominy And James--General Lee--Visit To Butler--The Movement On Petersburg--The Investment Of Petersburg.
- Raid On The Virginia Central Railroad--Raid On The Weldon Railroad--Early 'S Movement Upon Washington--Mining The Works Before Petersburg--Explosion Of The Mine Before Petersburg--Campaign In The Shenandoah Valley--Capture Of The Weldon Railroad.
- Sheridan's Advance--Visit To Sheridan--Sheridan's Victory In The Shenandoah--Sheridan's Ride To Winchester--Close Of The Campaign For The Winter.
- The Campaign In Georgia--Sherman's March To The Sea--War Anecdotes--The March On Savannah--Investment Of Savannah--Capture Of Savannah.
- The Battle Of Franklin--The Battle Of Nashville.
- Expedition Against Fort Fisher--Attack On The Fort--Failure Of The Expedition--Second Expedition Against The Fort--Capture Of Fort Fisher.
- Sherman's March North--Sheridan Ordered To Lynchburg--Canby Ordered To Move Against Mobile--Movements Of Schofield And Thomas--Capture Of Columbia, South Carolina--Sherman In The Carolinas.
- Arrival Of The Peace Commissioners--Lincoln And The Peace Commissioners--An Anecdote Of Lincoln--The Winter Before Petersburg--Sheridan Destroys The Railroad--Gordon Carries The Picket Line--Parke Recaptures The Line--The Line Of Battle Of White Oak Road.
- Interview With Sheridan--Grand Movement Of The Army Of The Potomac--Sheridan's Advance On Five Forks--Battle Of Five Forks--Parke And Wright Storm The Enemy's Line--Battles Before Petersburg.
- The Capture Of Petersburg--Meeting President Lincoln In Petersburg--The Capture Of Richmond--Pursuing The Enemy-- Visit To Sheridan And Meade.
- Battle Of Sailor's Creek--Engagement At Farmville --Correspondence With General Lee--Sheridan Intercepts The Enemy.
- Negotiations At Appomattox--Interview With Lee At Mclean's House--The Terms Of Surrender--Lee's Surrender--Interview With Lee After The Surrender.
- Morale Of The Two Armies--Relative Conditions Of The North And South--President Lincoln Visits Richmond--Arrival At Washington--President Lincoln's Assassination--President Johnson's Policy.
- Sherman And Johnston--Johnston's Surrender To Sherman--Capture Of Mobile--Wilson's Expedition--Capture Of Jefferson Davis--General Thomas's Qualities--Estimate Of General Canby.
- The End Of The War--The March To Washington--One Of Lincoln's Anecdotes--Grand Review At Washington--Characteristics Of Lincoln And Stanton--Estimate Of The Different Corps Commanders.
- Conclusion.
- Appendix.
- Footnotes