- CHAPTER I. THE SECESSION MOVEMENT
- CHAPTER II. THE DAVIS GOVERNMENT
- CHAPTER III. THE FALL OF KING COTTON
- CHAPTER IV. THE REACTION AGAINST RICHMOND
- CHAPTER V. THE CRITICAL YEAR
- CHAPTER VI. LIFE IN THE CONFEDERACY
- CHAPTER VII. THE TURNING OF THE TIDE
- CHAPTER VIII. A GAME OF CHANCE
- CHAPTER IX. DESPERATE REMEDIES
- CHAPTER X. DISINTEGRATION
- CHAPTER XI. AN ATTEMPTED REVOLUTION
- CHAPTER XII. THE LAST WORD
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE