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xv, 383 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm |
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The U.S. Army War College guides to Civil War battles |
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U.S. Army War College guides to Civil War battles.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Sherman and Grant prepare for active operations -- General Sherman's opening moves -- Mill Creek Gap and Rocky Face -- Confederate defenses east of Rocky Face -- The fight at Dug Gap -- Resaca overview -- Camp Creek -- Action north of Resaca -- Adairsville -- Cassville -- Kingston -- The Confederate move from the Etowah River -- New Hope Church and the Dallas Line -- Pickett's Mill -- Lost Mountain -- Kennesaw Mountain overview -- Pigeon Hill -- The defense of Cheatham Hill -- Thomas's attack -- Kolb's Farm -- Appendix. "The greatest possible importance": Logistics in the Atlanta Campaign / Jay Luvaas -- Order of Battle. |
| Summary |
Following William T. Sherman's capture of Chattanooga, the Union Army initiated a series of battles and operations that took it from the Tennessee border to the outskirts of Atlanta, with bloody confrontations at places such as Resaca and New Hope Church. Grant had ordered Sherman to penetrate the enemy's interior and inflict "all the damage you can against their War resources," and from the first major engagement at Rocky Face Ridge to the bitter standoff at Kennesaw Mountain, Sherman proceeded to do just that. This latest in the Army War College Guides to Civil War Battles offers a concise and easy-to-use introduction to Sherman's route, focusing on this first and most critical phase of the Atlanta campaign. It leads visitors to all of the pertinent sites: Dug Gap, Adairsville, Pickett's Mill, etc. The authors show respect for both sides of the fighting, but especially convey Sherman's special genius in mastering the logistical challenges that confronted him, moving reinforcements and supplies, and directing diverse offensive actions over immense--and immensely hostile--territory. |
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Atlanta Campaign, 1864.
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Kennesaw Mountain, Battle of, Ga., 1864.
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Battlefields -- Georgia -- Guidebooks.
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Historic sites -- Georgia -- Guidebooks.
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Historic sites. (OCoLC)fst00957846
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Georgia. (OCoLC)fst01204622
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Battle of Kennesaw Mountain (Georgia : 1864) (OCoLC)fst01404560 |
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Atlanta Campaign (1864) (OCoLC)fst00820174 |
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1864
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travel guidebooks. (CStmoGRI)aatgf300026311
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Guidebooks. (OCoLC)fst01423871
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Guidebooks.
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Military history.
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| Added Author |
Luvaas, Jay. editor.
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Nelson, Harold W., editor.
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| ISBN |
9780700615704 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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0700615709 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9780700615698 (alkaline paper) |
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0700615695 (alkaline paper) |
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