Five Tragic Hours (eBook)

The Battle of Franklin

James Lee McDonough (Autor)

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2013 | 1
232 Seiten
University of Tennessee Press (Verlag)
978-1-62190-037-5 (ISBN)

Infos

On a November afternoon in 1864, the weary Gen. John Bell Hood surveyed the army waiting to attack the Federals at Franklin, Tennessee. He gave the signal almost at dusk, and the Confederates rushed forward to utter devastation. This book describes the events and causes of the five-hour battle in gripping detail, particularly focusing on the reasons for such slaughter at a time when the outcome of the war had already been decided.The genesis of the senseless tragedy, according to McDonough and Connelly, lay in the appointment of Hood to command the Army of Tennessee. It was his decision to throw a total force of some 20,000 men into an ill-advised frontal assault against the Union troops. The Confederates made their approach, without substantial artillery support, on a level of some two miles. Why did Hood select such a catastrophic strategy? The authors analyze his reasoning in full. Their vivid and moving narrative, with statements from eyewitnesses to the battle, make compelling reading for all Civil War buffs and historians.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 30.7.2013
• Co-Autor: Thomas L. Connelly
• 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: 1864 battle • American Civil War • Army of Tennessee • battle analysis • battlefield dynamics • Causes of War • Civil War • civil war battles • Confederacy • confederate army • confederate leadership • devastating outcomes • eyewitness accounts • Federals • Franklin, Tennessee • Frontal assault • Gen. John Bell Hood • historical narrative • Historical Scholarship • John Bell Hood • military history • Military Strategy • narrative storytelling. • tactical decisions • Tennessee • tragedy of war • Union • Union troops
• ISBN-10: 1-62190-037-1 / 1621900371
• ISBN-13: 978-1-62190-037-5 / 9781621900375