Foreword: The road less traveledAcknowledgmentsCHAPTER 1: A 'lobster claw' and three little demonsCHAPTER 2: Meet Mrs. B, Civil War Mission ControlCHAPTER 3: Charleston, South Carolina: Storming a Rebel fort with an EnglishmanCHAPTER 4: Columbia, Tennessee: 'Murder' and marriage in the Mule Capital of the WorldCHAPTER 5: Sharpsburg, Maryland: Tales from my Civil War poppaCHAPTER 6: Memphis, Tennessee and Marion: Arkansas: Lives lost and a passion found on the mighty MississippiCHAPTER 7: Hinds County, Mississippi: Exploring Champion Hill with my 'psychotic connection'CHAPTER 8: Vicksburg, Mississippi: 'Whoa, he's a Black guy'CHAPTER 9: Resaca, Georgia: Characters, coonskin caps, and cognac 'cee-gars'CHAPTER 10: Perryville, Kentucky: 'What a pisser'CHAPTER 11: Thompson's Station, Tennessee: Alice's 15 seconds of fameCHAPTER 12: Ashwood, Tennessee: The 'lost' mansion site of 'The Fighting Bishop'CHAPTER 13: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: My very own 'Philly Special'CHAPTER 14: Shepherdstown, West Virginia: In the footsteps of a Civil War badassCHAPTER 15: Franklin, Tennessee: 'Hypno-history' at a U.S. Army fortCHAPTER 16: Middle Tennessee: Spies, gaps, and gravesCHAPTER 17: Roberts Switch, Tennessee: Exploring graveyards with a moonshiner's sonCHAPTER 18: Andersonville, Georgia: Voices from America's saddest placeCHAPTER 19: Deatonville, Virginia: 'The House With Nobody In It'CHAPTER 20: Farmville, Virginia: A vow to be buried on his battlefieldCHAPTER 21: Virginia's Shenandoah Valley: The Mother RoadCHAPTER 22: Sharpsburg to Frederick, Maryland: Abraham Lincoln and The Oreo Cookie LadyCHAPTER 23: Middletown, Virginia: Rambling with 'The Chief' at Cedar CreekCHAPTER 24: Nashville, Tennessee: On the trail of a Medal of Honor recipient with an ex-roadie in an all-girl bandCHAPTER 25: Murfreesboro, Tennessee: Carnage in a construction zoneCHAPTER 26: Middletown, Maryland: A love story in a house with a presidential suiteCHAPTER 27: Henrico, Virginia: Guardian of a Medal of Honor recipient's legacyCHAPTER 28: Richmond, Virginia: Talking Turkey Hill at Cold HarborCHAPTER 29: Sharpsburg, Maryland: Mayhem and monarchs in the 40-Acre CornfieldCHAPTER 30: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: My first ghost walk and investigationCHAPTER 31: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania: A collection that got out of handCHAPTER 32: Trevilians, Virginia: Where Custer lost his underwear and love lettersCHAPTER 33: Henrico, Virginia: 'It's always an honor to be on that ground'CHAPTER 34: Marshall, North Carolina: Four hours in 'Bloody Madison'CHAPTER 35: Sharpsburg, Maryland: 'The Shadow King'CHAPTER 36: Lessons learnedAcknowledgementsBibliographyIndex.