Storming the heights : a guide to the Battle of Chattanooga / Matt Spruill.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spruill, Matt, author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863.

Historic sites--Tennessee--Chattanooga Region--Guidebooks.

Historic sites.

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (Ga. and Tenn.)--Tours.

Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (Ga. and Tenn.).

Chattanooga Region (Tenn.)--Tours.

Chattanooga Region (Tenn.).

Tennessee--Chattanooga.

Tennessee--Chattanooga Region.

United States--Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park.

Genre:

travel guidebooks.

Guidebooks.

Tours.

Physical Description:

xviii, 456 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Edition:

Revised second edition.

Other Title:

Guide to the Battle of Chattanooga

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2024]

Summary:

"In this newly revised second edition of his classic guidebook, Matt Spruill revisits his standard-setting tours of the Chattanooga National Military Park, providing updates and new directions after twenty years of park improvements. He recounts the story of the November 1863 battle of Chattanooga using official reports and observations by commanding officers in their own words. Numerous 'tour stops' take the reader through the battles for Chattanooga, Wauhatchie, Lookout Mountain, Orchard Knob, Missionary Ridge, and Ringgold Gap. With easy-to-follow instructions, extensive and updated tactical maps, eyewitness accounts, and editorial analyses, the reader is transported to the center of the action"-- Provided by publisher.

"Following the defeat of Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans's Army of the Cumberland at the Battle of Chickamauga, Gen. Braxton Bragg and the Army of Tennessee followed the retreating Federal army to Chattanooga and partially surrounded Rosecrans and his men by occupying Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga Valley, and Missionary Ridge. The Battle of Chattanooga would prove the final defeat of the Confederacy in East Tennessee and open the door to Sherman's Atlanta Campaign. In this newly revised second edition of his classic guidebook, Matt Spruill revisits his standard-setting tours of the Chattanooga National Military Park, providing updates and new directions after twenty years of park improvements. He recounts the story of the November 1863 battle of Chattanooga using official reports and observations by commanding officers in their own words. The book is organized in a format still used by the military on staff rides, allowing the reader to understand how the battle was fought and why leaders made the decisions they did. Unlike other books on the battle of Chattanooga, this work guides the reader through the battlefield, allowing both visitor and armchair traveler alike to see the battle through the eyes of its participants. Numerous tour 'stops' take the reader through the battles for Chattanooga, Wauhatchie, Lookout Mountain, Orchard Knob, Missionary Ridge, and Ringgold Gap. With easy-to-follow instructions, extensive and updated tactical maps, eyewitness accounts, and editorial analyses, the reader is transported to the center of the action. With this second edition, Storming the Heights will continue to be the go-to guide for Civil War enthusiasts interested in touring this sacred ground"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prelude

Securing Brown's Ferry

The fight at Wauhatchie

The Battle for Lookout Mountain

A reconnaissance in force

The Battle for Missionary Ridge : senior commander's overview

The Battle for Missionary Ridge : the north flank

The Battle for Missionary Ridge : the center

The Battle for Missionary Ridge : the south flank

The Battle for Missionary Ridge : Rossville Gap

Delaying action at Ringgold Gap

The aftermath

To lose a battle

Appendix I. Excursion to Lookout Valley

Appendix II. The Union supply line

Appendix III. Chattanooga National Cemetery

Appendix IV. Union order of battle

Appendix V. Confederate order of battle.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

9781621908081

1621908089

OCLC:

1396190801