In its examination of a state too often neglected by Civil War historians, this book presents Texas as a decidedly Southern, yet in many ways unusual, state seriously committed to and deeply affected by the Confederate war effort in a multitude of ways.
In its examination of a state too often neglected by Civil War historians, this book presents Texas as a decidedly Southern, yet in many ways unusual,...
Some 100,000 soldiers fought in the April 1862 battle of Shiloh, and nearly 20,000 men were killed or wounded; more Americans died on that Tennessee battlefield than had died in all the nation s previous wars combined. In the first book in his new series, Steven E. Woodworth has brought together a group of superb historians to reassess this significant battle" "and" "provide in-depth analyses of key aspects of the campaign and its aftermath. The eight talented contributors dissect the campaign s fundamental events, many of which have not received adequate attention before now. John R....
Some 100,000 soldiers fought in the April 1862 battle of Shiloh, and nearly 20,000 men were killed or wounded; more Americans died on that Tennessee b...
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...
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...
