Banners to the breeze : the Kentucky Campaign, Corinth, and Stones River / Earl J. Hess.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hess, Earl J.

Series:

Great campaigns of the Civil War

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Kentucky--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

Kentucky.

Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

Tennessee.

Corinth, Battle of, Corinth, Miss., 1862.

Stones River, Battle of, Murfreesboro, Tenn., 1862-1863.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiv, 252 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, plans ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2000]

Summary:

""" Banners to the Breeze" analyzes three major Civil War campaigns that were conducted following a series of devastating Confederate defeats at the hands of Ulysses S. Grant in the spring of 1862. After the recapture of Tennessee, Confederate armies under Braxton Bragg and Edmund Kirby Smith conducted a brilliant advance into the deeply divided state of Kentucky. Meanwhile, other Confederate forces under Sterling Price and Earl Van Dorn attempted to recapture the town of Corinth, Mississippi. As the year drew to a close, Bragg' s army was involved in a tactical draw at the battle of Stones River. Earl J. Hess mixes dramatic narrative and new analysis as he brings these campaigns together in a coherent whole. Previously unpublished historic photographs of the battlefields are included.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [235]-242) and index.

ISBN:

0803223803

OCLC:

41315517