1. After the Peninsula, to Antietam From War to Revolution

2. The Fallout from the Peninsula Campaign Lincoln’s Dilemmas McClellan’s “Harrison’s Landing” Letter McClellan’s “Demotion” Pope Takes Command Popularity with the Radicals Cedar Mountain, August 9, 1862 Jackson’s March to Manassas

3. The Confederate Offensive, Summer-Fall, 1862 The (Attempted) Confederate Invasion of Tennessee Iuka, September 19 Corinth, October 3 Initiative Passes to Grant The Confederate Invasion of Kentucky Braxton Bragg, Edmund Kirby Smith (CSA) Don Carlos Buell (USA) Perryville, October 8, 1862 The Confederates Retreat Rosecrans Replaces Buell

4. Second Bull Run Preliminary Skirmishes Another Battle at Manassas: August 29- 30 What Happened? Fitz-John Porter McClellan’s Questionable Inaction McClellan Re-Takes Command

5. Antietam: The Turning Point Lee’s Gamble: The Confederate Invasion of Maryland The Rationale The Most Incredible Example of Luck and Contingency You’ll See Special Orders No. 191 McClellan’s “Slows” The Battle of Antietam Emancipation: The Turning Point

6. The Union Debates War Aims Lincoln’s Actions as Precedent? The Republicans in Congress The Democratic Opposition The “Slavery Issue” Crittenden/Johnson Resolution, July 22, 1861 First Confiscation Act, August 6, 1861 Building the “Second American Revolution” Further Erosion of Slavery Second Confiscation Act, July 17, 1862 Slaves and Self-Emancipation What Does Lincoln Believe?