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Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale
William Lee White
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Description for Bushwhacking on a Grand Scale
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The battle of Chickamauga brought an early fall to the Georgia countryside in 1863, where men fell like autumn leaves in some of the heaviest fighting of the war. The battlefield consisted of a nearly impenetrable, vine-choked forest around Chickamauga Creek. Unable to see beyond their immediate surroundings, officers found it impossible to exercise effective command, and the engagement deteriorated into what many participants later called “a soldier’s battle.” The stakes were high: control of Chattanooga,“the Gateway City” to the Deep South. The two-day battle of Chickamauga was the only major victory of the war for the ill-starred ... Read more
The battle of Chickamauga brought an early fall to the Georgia countryside in 1863, where men fell like autumn leaves in some of the heaviest fighting of the war. The battlefield consisted of a nearly impenetrable, vine-choked forest around Chickamauga Creek. Unable to see beyond their immediate surroundings, officers found it impossible to exercise effective command, and the engagement deteriorated into what many participants later called “a soldier’s battle.” The stakes were high: control of Chattanooga,“the Gateway City” to the Deep South. The two-day battle of Chickamauga was the only major victory of the war for the ill-starred ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Savas Beatie United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
El Dorado Hills, United States
ISBN
9781611211580
SKU
V9781611211580
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About William Lee White
William Lee White is a National Park Service Ranger at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park who can say that he was born on the battlefield and has spent most of his life working there. Lee has edited and authored several essays, articles, and books on the war in the Western Theater.
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