Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-211) and index.
Contents
"Ripe for the harvest": the border before the war, 1860-1861 -- "Civil War was fully inaugurated": the border war, 1861 -- "The depth of misfortune and misery": regular and irregular war, 1862 -- "The arch fiend could desire nothing more": the devolution of war, 1863 -- "Deplorable condition of the country": civilization extirpated, 1864-1865.