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Beginnings -- Mississippi : land of opportunity -- Military service in Mexico : disease, deprivation and death -- Barksdale secures his political future -- Turbulent times in Washington City -- Epithets, fisticuffs and the downward spiral to secession -- From quartermaster general to a combat command at First Manassas -- Charges of drunkenness, redemption at Edward's Ferry and a court of inquiry -- The seven days battles : Barksdale commands the Mississippi Brigade -- Malvern Hill : Barksdale exhibits the highest qualities of the soldier -- Harper's Ferry and Sharpsburg : brigadier general Barksdale front and center -- Fredericksburg : dead Yankees on the pontoon bridges and in the streets -- Second Fredericksburg (Chancellorsville) : "we must make the fight whether we hold it or are whipped" -- Gettysburg : a grim determination to do or die -- Barksdale's death, burials, state funeral and legacy.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- 1. Natural Histories from Aristotle to Steenstrup -- 2. Modern Teuthology -- 3. Folk Tales and Legends -- 4. Kinetic Squid -- 5. Anxiety -- Timeline -- References -- Select Bibliography -- Websites and Organizations -- Acknowledgements -- Photo Acknowledgements -- Index.

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