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Born to battle : Grant and Forrest : Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga : the campaigns that doomed the Confederacy / Jack Hurst.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hurst, Jack.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862.
- Vicksburg (Miss.)--History--Siege, 1863.
- Vicksburg (Miss.).
- Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863.
- Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885.
- Grant, Ulysses S.
- Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877.
- Forrest, Nathan Bedford.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- United States.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxv, 486 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Basic Books, [2012]
- Summary:
- From the author of the acclaimed "Men of Fire," the next stage of the battle between Union general Ulysses S. Grant and Confederate hero Nathan Bedford Forrest. These opposing giants clash through the brutal 20 months that decided the Civil War.
- Contents:
- I Glancing Back
- Chapter 1 Late Winter-Early Spring 1862-Grant 3
- Chapter 2 Late Winter-Early Spring 1862-Forrest 13
- II Shiloh: "The Devil's Own Day"
- Chapter 3 April 6, Forenoon-Forrest 23
- Chapter 4 April 6, Forenoon-Grant 31
- Chapter 5 April 6, Afternoon-Forrest 41
- Chapter 6 April 6, Afternoon-Grant 49
- Chapter 7 April 6, Night-Forrest 5 7
- Chapter 8 April 6, Night-Grant 63
- Chapter 9 April 7-Forrest 67
- Chapter 10 April 7-Grant 71
- Chapter 11 April 8-Forrest 77
- Chapter 12 April 8-Grant 83
- III Mississippi and Kentucky: Tidal Ebbs and Flows
- Chapter 13 Mid-April-Late June 1862-Grant from Corinth to Memphis 89
- Chapter 14 June-July 13, 1862-Forrest at Murfreesboro 99
- Chapter 15 July-Early October 1862-Grant in North Mississippi 121
- Chapter 16 July-November 1862-Forrest in the Central South 139
- IV Vicksburg: Impregnability Defied
- Chapter 17 October-December 1862-Grant at Corinth 163
- Chapter 18 December 1862-Forrest in West Tennessee 179
- Chapter 19 December 1862-February 1, 1863-Grant in Memphis 209
- Chapter 20 January 3-February 3, 1863-Forrest at Dover 227
- Chapter 21 February-April 1863-Grant in Louisiana 241
- Chapter 22 March 4-May 3-Forrest in Middle Tennessee and North Alabama 259
- Chapter 23 May 1-18, 1863-Grant from Port Gibson to Big Black River 281
- Chapter 24 May-June 1863-Forrest in Middle Tennessee 303
- Chapter 25 May 19-July 3, 1863-Grant at Vicksburg 313
- V Chattanooga
- Chapter 26 August-September 1863-Forrest at Chickamauga 335
- Chapter 27 September-October 1863-Grant Heads to Chattanooga 363
- Chapter 28 November 1863-February 1864-Forrest on the Mississippi 375
- Chapter 29 November 1863-February 1864-Grant at, and after, Chattanooga 383.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 461-466) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780465020188
- 0465020186
- 9780465029266
- 0465029264
- OCLC:
- 744287687
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