The Chickamauga campaign / edited by Steven E. Woodworth.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Woodworth, Steven E.

Series:

Civil War campaigns in the heartland.

Civil War campaigns in the heartland

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863.

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

Tennessee.

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

United States.

Physical Description:

vii, 199 p. : map, plans.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

From mid-August to mid-September 1863, Union major general William S. Rosecrans s Army of the Cumberland maneuvered from Tennessee to north Georgia in a bid to rout Confederate general Braxton Bragg s Army of Tennessee and blaze the way for further Union advances. Meanwhile, Confederate reinforcements bolstered the numbers of the Army of Tennessee, and by the time the two armies met at the Battle of Chickamauga, in northern Georgia, the Confederates had gained numerical superiority. Although the Confederacy won its only major victory west of the Appalachians, it failed to achieve the truly decisive results many high-ranking Confederates expected. In "The Chickamauga Campaign," Steven E. Woodworth assembles eight thought-provoking new essays from an impressive group of authors to offer new insight into the complex reasons for this substantial, yet ultimately barren, Confederate victory. This broad collection covers every angle of the campaign, from its prelude to its denouement, from the points of view of key players of all ranks on both sides. In addition to analyzing the actions taken by Union leaders Thomas L. Crittenden, Alexander McCook, and James S. Negley, and Confederate commanders Braxton Bragg, Patrick Cleburne, Daniel Harvey Hill, Thomas C. Hindman, James Longstreet, and Alexander P. Stewart, the book probes the campaign s impact on morale in the North and South, and concludes with an essay on the campaign s place in Civil War memory. The final essay pays particular attention to Union veteran Henry Van Ness Boynton, the founder and developer of Chickamauga and Chattanooga State Military Park, whose achievements helped shape how the campaign would be remembered. This second volume in the Civil War Campaigns in the Heartland seriesprovides a profound understanding of the campaign s details as well as its significance to Civil War history. Contributors: John R. Lundberg Alexander Mendoza David Powell Ethan S. Rafuse William G. Robertson Timothy B. Smith Lee White Steven E. Woodworth "

Contents:

In the shadow of the rock : Thomas L. Crittenden, Alexander M. McCook, and the 1863 campaigns for Middle and East Tennessee / Ethan S. Rafuse

"In their dreams" : Braxton Bragg, Thomas C. Hindman, and the abortive attack in McLemore's Cove / Steven E. Woodworth

The censure of D.H. Hill : Daniel Harvey Hill and the Chickamauga campaign / Alexander Mendoza

A.P. Stewart at Chickamauga / Lee White

"A minute now is worth an hour tomorrow" : Cleburne's night attack / John R. Lundberg

Bull of the woods? James Longstreet at Chickamauga / William G. Robertson

Negley at Horseshoe Ridge : September 20, 1863 / David Powell

Henry Van Ness Boynton and Chickamauga : the pillars of the modern military park movement / Timothy B. Smith.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-69739-3

9786613674357

0-8093-8556-2

OCLC:

649913237