North and South : one nation, two peoples
Where people lived : life in city, town, and country
Education : from schoolhouses to universities
Slang and idiom : how people and events shaped language
Religion : what people believed
Fun and games : how people entertained themselves
Wages and currency : coins, greenbacks, and postal currency
Clothing and dry goods : what items cost and the impact of shortages
Food and diet : how people ate at home and on the war front
Technology : inventions that changed life and warfare
The War on the home front : the draft and civil unrest
Brothers at war : Billy Yank, Johnny Reb
Arms, equipment, and uniforms : supplying the servicemen
Appendix A. Civil War photography / by Maureen A. Taylor
Appendix B. Civil War timeline
Appendix E. Songs and poetry.