Contents

• Foreword / John Y. Simon
• Organization. United States Geopolitical Units during the Civil War Era. Principal Executives of the United States Government during the Civil War Era. Principal Executives of the Confederate States Government during the Civil War Era. Governors of the States and Territories during the Civil War Era. High Commanders in the Congress of the United States of America. Military Laws and Regulations of the United States Pertaining to High Commanders. High Commanders in the Congress of the Confederate States of America. Excerpts from the Legislative History of the Confederate States of America Pertaining to High Commanders. United States Army History and Wartime Organization. Organization and Principal Officers of the United States Army during the Civil War Era. Confederate States Army. Army of the Confederate States of America, Staff Bureaus, Departments, Special Services, and Offices. United States Navy. Principal Officers of the United States Navy Bureaus, Staff Corps, Offices, Commissions, and the Academy during the Civil War Era. Confederate States Navy. Navy of the Confederate States of America, Bureaus, Offices, Corps, Schools, and Agents. Official Honors Made to Men Who Were Generals or Flag Officers during the Civil War Era. High Commanders in Veterans’ Organizations
• Biographies. High Commanders. "Might-Have-Beens" Directory of High Commanders’ Birthplaces. Directory of High Commanders’ Places of Interment
• Grades and Rank. United States Army General Officers Active during the Civil War Era. Union Militia General Officers. Unites States Navy Flag Grades. Rank in the United States Army and United States Volunteers (Lines Command List). Rank in the United States Navy (Line Command List). Confederate States Army General Officers and Navy Flag Officers Active during the Civil War Era. Confederate States Army Militia General Officers. Rank in the Confederate States Army and Navy (Line Command List)
• Command Structure. United States Army Military Divisions, Departments, and Districts. United States Armies and Army Corps. United States Grand Divisions and Army Corps. United States Navy Squadrons or Flotillas and Their Commanders. Confederate States Principal Geographical Commands. Confederate States Principal Armies and Army Corps. Confederate States Principal Navy Squadrons and Their Commanders
• Chronology of Some Important Civil War Dates
• Alphabetical Index to the Chronology of Some Important Civil War Dates