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...
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...
Steven E. Woodworth Charles D. Grear Stewart L. Bennett
When the Confederates emerged as victors in the Chickamauga Campaign, the Union Army of the Cumberland lay under siege in Chattanooga, with Braxton Bragg s Army of Tennessee on nearby high ground at Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. A win at Chattanooga was essential for the Confederates, both to capitalize on the victory at Chickamauga and to keep control of the gateway to the lower South. Should the Federal troops wrest control of that linchpin, they would cement their control of eastern Tennessee and gain access to the Deep South. In the fall 1863 Chattanooga Campaign, the new head...
When the Confederates emerged as victors in the Chickamauga Campaign, the Union Army of the Cumberland lay under siege in Chattanooga, with Braxton...
The Battle of Shiloh was one of the most important battles of the Civil War, and it offers a particularly rich opportunity to study the ways in which different leaders reacted to unexpected challenges. "Shiloh: Confederate High Tide in the Heartland" provides a fascinating and fast-paced narrative history of the key campaign and battle in the Civil War's decisive western theater the heartland of the Confederacy west of the Appalachians.
The book emphasizes the significance of contingency in evaluating the decisions of the Union and Confederate commanders, as well as the tenacity...
The Battle of Shiloh was one of the most important battles of the Civil War, and it offers a particularly rich opportunity to study the ways in whi...
A sweeping history of the 1840s, Manifest Destinies captures the enormous sense of possibility that inspired America s growth and shows how the acquisition of western territories forced the nation to come to grips with the deep fault line that would bring war in the near future. Steven E. Woodworth gives us a portrait of America at its most vibrant and expansive. It was a decade in which the nation significantly enlarged its boundaries, taking Texas, New Mexico, California, and the Pacific Northwest; William Henry Harrison ran the first modern populist campaign, focusing on...
A sweeping history of the 1840s, Manifest Destinies captures the enormous sense of possibility that inspired America s growth and shows how the...
Steven E. Woodworth Charles D. Grear Michael B. Ballard
Ulysses S. Grant s ingenious campaign to capture the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River was one of the most decisive events of the Civil War and one of the most storied military expeditions in American history. The ultimate victory at Vicksburg effectively cut the Confederacy in two, gave control of the river to Union forces, and delivered a devastating blow from which the South never fully recovered. Editors Steven E. Woodworth and Charles D. Grear have assembled essays by prominent and emerging scholars, who contribute astute analysis of this famous campaign s most crucial...
Ulysses S. Grant s ingenious campaign to capture the last Confederate stronghold on the Mississippi River was one of the most decisive events of the C...
Steven E. Woodworth Charles D. Grear Stewart L. Bennett
Few American Civil War operations matched the controversy, intensity, and bloodshed of Confederate general John Bell Hood s ill-fated 1864 campaign against Union forces in Tennessee. In the first-ever anthology on the subject, The Tennessee Campaign of 1864, edited by Steven E. Woodworth and Charles D. Grear, fourteen prominent historians and emerging scholars examine the three-month operation, covering the battles of Allatoona, Spring Hill, and Franklin, as well as the decimation of Hood s army at Nashville. Contributors explore the campaign s battlefield action, including how...
Few American Civil War operations matched the controversy, intensity, and bloodshed of Confederate general John Bell Hood s ill-fated 1864 campaign ag...
