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The Chickamauga Campaign (Civil War Campaigns in the Heartland)
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Description for The Chickamauga Campaign (Civil War Campaigns in the Heartland)
Hardcover. From mid-August to mid-September 1863, Union major general William S Rosecrans' Army of the Cumberland maneuvered from Tennessee to north Georgia in a bid to rout Confederate general Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee and blaze the way for further Union advances. This title covers every angle of the campaign, from its prelude to its denouement. Editor(s): Woodworth, Steven E. Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSN; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
From mid-August to mid-September 1863, Union major general William S. Rosecrans’s Army of the Cumberland maneuvered from Tennessee to north Georgia in a bid to rout Confederate general Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee and blaze the way for further Union advances. Meanwhile, Confederate reinforcements bolstered the numbers of the Army of Tennessee, and by the time the two armies met at the Battle of Chickamauga, in northern Georgia, the Confederates had gained numerical superiority. Although the Confederacy won its only major victory west of the Appalachians, it failed to achieve the truly decisive results many high-ranking Confederates expected. In The ... Read more
From mid-August to mid-September 1863, Union major general William S. Rosecrans’s Army of the Cumberland maneuvered from Tennessee to north Georgia in a bid to rout Confederate general Braxton Bragg’s Army of Tennessee and blaze the way for further Union advances. Meanwhile, Confederate reinforcements bolstered the numbers of the Army of Tennessee, and by the time the two armies met at the Battle of Chickamauga, in northern Georgia, the Confederates had gained numerical superiority. Although the Confederacy won its only major victory west of the Appalachians, it failed to achieve the truly decisive results many high-ranking Confederates expected. In The ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Carbondale, United States
ISBN
9780809329809
SKU
V9780809329809
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Ref
99-15
About
Winner of the Grady McWhiney Award of the Dallas Civil War Round Table for lifetime contribution to the study of Civil War History, Steven E. Woodworth is a professor of history at Texas Christian University. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of twenty-seven books, including The Shiloh Campaign, Nothing but Victory: The Army of the Tennessee, 1861–1865, Jefferson Davis ... Read more
Reviews for The Chickamauga Campaign (Civil War Campaigns in the Heartland)
"Intriguing and excellent analyses of the strategy, tactics, and leadership of both armies from the prelude leading up to the campaign to key engagements and the evolution of the battlefield into a national military park. Required reading for an understanding of the complexities of the Chickamauga campaign." - Michael B. Ballard, author of Vicksburg: The Campaign That Opened the Mississippi ... Read more