Decisions of the Atlanta Campaign (eBook)

The Twenty-One Critical Decisions That Defined the Operation

Lawrence K. Peterson (Autor)

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2024 | 1, Maps by Tim Kissel
240 Seiten
University of Tennessee Press (Verlag)
978-1-62190-474-8 (ISBN)

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At the close of the battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga, Georgia was ripe for invasion by Union forces. As Gen. Joseph E. Johnston continued to retreat farther south, consistently outflanked by Gen. William T. Sherman's divisions, Confederate president Jefferson Davis grew increasingly restless and replaced Johnston with Gen. John Bell Hood, hoping the more aggressive Hood would stem Sherman's advance. On September 2, 1864, Hood's armies were besieged at Atlanta and eventually defeated, clearing the way for Sherman's devastating March to the Sea. Decisions of the Atlanta Campaign introduces readers to critical decisions made by Confederate and Union commanders throughout that tide-turning summer of 1864. Rather than offering a history of the Atlanta Campaign, Larry Peterson hones in on a sequence of critical decisions confronting commanders on both sides of the clash to provide a blueprint of the campaign at its tactical core. Identifying and exploring the critical decisions in this way allows students of the campaign to progress from a rudimentary sense of the what of warfare, to a mature grasp of why. Complete with maps and a guided tour, Decisions of the Atlanta Campaign is an indispensable primer, and readers looking for a digestible introduction to the Battle of Chattanooga can tour this sacred groundor read about it at their leisurewith key insights into the campaign and a deeper understanding of the Civil War itself.Decisions of the Atlanta Campaign is the fifth in a series of books that will explore the critical decisions of major campaigns and battles of the Civil War.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.1.2024
• Reihe/Serie: Command Decisions in America’s Civil War
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 150 x 150 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► 20. Jahrhundert bis 1945
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
• Schlagworte: Atlanta Campaign overview • Atlanta siege • battle decisions • Battle of Atlanta • Battle of Chattanooga • campaign blueprint • Chickamauga and Chattanooga battles • Civil War battle tours • Civil War campaign • Civil War history primer • Civil War strategy • Confederate and Union commanders • Confederate retreat • critical military decisions • Decisions of the Atlanta Campaign • Gen. John Bell Hood • Gen. Joseph E. Johnston • Gen. William T. Sherman • Georgia invasion • historical digest • historical warfare analysis • Jefferson Davis • Larry Peterson • Maps • military decisions • Military tactics • sacred ground • Sherman’s March to the Sea • tactical decisions • Union forces • warfare decision-making
• ISBN-10: 1-62190-474-1 / 1621904741
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62190-474-8 / 9781621904748