1864: Lincoln at the gates of history

Chapter 1. The Beleaguered Giant

Chapter 2. Steering into a Stormy Year

Chapter 3. Lincoln Juggles in the "Shop"; Grant Comes East

Chapter 4. On the Verge of the Great Collision

Chapter 5. Troubled Military and Political Campaigns

Chapter 6. Trimming the Political Tree

Chapter 7. "I Begin to See It"-The Elusive "It"

Chapter 8. A Pretty Place from Which to Drop into a Dark, Dramatic Summer

Chapter 9. Trying to Pick Up the Military and Political Pieces

Chapter 10. August: The Darkest Month

Chapter 11. Six Words from Sherman

Chapter 12. Sheridan Goes In; Lincoln Gets Out the Vote

Chapter 13. The Final Mile to the Polls: Rocks, Smooth Places, Puzzles

Chapter 14. The Forty-eight-Hour Election Day

Chapter 15. An Epic Year Begins Its Dramatic Close

Chapter 16. Lincoln's Last Christmas

Chapter 17. Goodbye, Mr. Lincoln

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index