An introduction to Lincoln's war -- "We believe in the war of extermination": Keeping Missouri in the Union -- Burnt District: Order No. 11 -- "Treason must be made odious": Oppression in Tennessee -- Fredericksburg pillaged -- The sack of Athens -- New Orleans under Butler -- Law and order and Sherman -- Tyranny in Tucker County -- Milroy rules Winchester -- The shelling of Charleston -- Banks raids Louisiana -- The Lieber code -- Women and children in prison -- The shelling of Atlanta -- The forced evacuation of Atlanta -- Hunter in the Shenandoah -- Sheridan's devastation -- The burning of Atlanta -- March to the sea -- Sherman in South Carolina -- The burning of Columbia -- Sherman in North Carolina -- Abuse of African-Americans.