Introduction: The Vast World They Wanted -- 1. What Would an Independent South Mean for the World in 1861? -- 2. How War Changed the Future Nation: April 1861 to February 1862 -- 3. Self-Sufficiency at Home and Self-Assertion Abroad: Confederate Ambitions for the Remainder of 1862 -- 4. Renewal through Adversity: Confederates Reboot Their Ambitions in 1863 -- 5. A Conservative Future: January to the Fall of 1864 -- 6. The Sacrifice Cannot Be in Vain: The Future in a Transformed World, November 1864 to May 1865 -- Epilogue: What are You Going to do?.