The maps of Chickamauga : an atlas of the Chickamauga Campaign, including the Tullahoma Operations, June 22 - September 23, 1863 / David A. Powell; David A. Friedrichs (Cartography).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Powell, David A.

Contributor:

Friedrichs, David A.

Series:

Sava Beatie military atlas series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863--Maps.

Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863.

Chickamauga Battlefield (Ga.)--Maps.

Chickamauga Battlefield (Ga.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Savas Beatie, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Third in a new series of campaign studies that take a different approach toward military history, The Maps of Chickamauga explores this largely misunderstood battle through the use of 120 full-color maps, graphically illustrating the complex tangle of combat's ebb and flow that makes the titanic bloodshed of Chickamauga one of the most confusing actions of the American Civil War. Track individual regiments through their engagements at fifteen to twenty-minute intervals or explore each army in motion as brigades and divisions maneuver and deploy to face the enemy. The Maps of Chickamauga allows

Contents:

Introduction; Acknowledgments; Prelude: The Strategic Situation in 1863; The Army Commanders; William S. Rosecrans; Braxton Bragg; Operations in Middle Tennessee: (June 22 - July 1, 1863); Map Set 1: The Tullahoma Campaign; The Chickamauga Campaign: Opening Moves: (August 29 - September 18, 1863); Map Set 2: Rosecrans Crosses the Tennessee; Map Set 3: Braxton Bragg Strikes Back at Rosecrans; The Battle of Chickamauga: (September 19 - 20, 1863); Map Set 4: Battle Begins in Winfrey Field: (Morning, September 19); Map Set 5: The Fight for Brock Field and Lafayette Road: (Midday, September 19)

Map Set 6: Back and Forth in Viniard Field: (Afternoon, September 19)Map Set 7: Fleeting Rebel Success in Brotherton and Poe Fields: (Late Afternoon, September 19); Map Set 8: Cleburne Attacks in Winfrey Field: (Night, September 19); Map Set 9: Confederates Dither; Rosecrans Rearranges his Lines; Map Set 10: Turning Thomas' Flank and the Battle for Kelly Field: (Late Morning, September 20); Map Set 11: Longstreet Shatters the Union Right: (Midday, September 20); Map Set 12: Sheridan Tries to Hold at Lytle Hill: (Midday, September 20)

Map Set 13: Exploiting the Breakthrough: Clearing Dyer Field: (Midday, September 20)Map Set 14: The Federals Lose Horseshoe Ridge: (Afternoon, September 20); Map Set 15: Thomas Retreats from Kelly Field: (Late Afternoon, September 20); Map Set 16: From Rossville to Chattanooga: (September 21 - 23); The Chickamauga Campaign (Epilogue); Appendix 1: Tullahoma Order of Battle; Appendix 2: Chickamauga Order of Battle; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

"The maps of Chickamauga is the anxiously awaited third volume in the acclaimed Savas Beatie Military Atlas Series."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781611211719

1611211719

9781611210491

1611210496

OCLC:

797916142