Table of Contents
Introduction ix
Chapter 1 Frontiersman to Millionaire 1
Chapter 2 First Blood 21
Chapter 3 I'll Be Damned If I'll Surrender 33
Chapter 4 Shiloh 45
Chapter 5 The Murfreesboro Raid 53
Chapter 6 The West Tennessee Raid 75
Chapter 7 Failure at Fort Donelson 89
Chapter 8 Thompson's Station and Brentwood 95
Chapter 9 The Pursuit Of The Jackass Brigade 103
Chapter 10 River Of Death 121
Chapter 11 Forrest Creates an Army: The Second West Tennessee Raid 137
Chapter 12 Okolona 149
Chapter 13 The Third West Tennessee Raid 163
Chapter 14 Fort Pillow 173
Chapter 15 "The Most Perfect Battle": Brice's Cross Roads 193
Chapter 16 "There Will Never Be Peace": Tupelo and the Memphis Raid 215
Chapter 17 Riding Against Sherman 235
Chapter 18 The Nashville Campaign 259
Chapter 19 The Last Battle 277
Chapter 10 After The War 291
Notes 319
Bibliography 341
About The Author 351
Index 353