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Record Nr.

UNINA9910462249403321

Titolo

The Chattanooga Campaign [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Steven E. Woodworth and Charles D. Grear

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carbondale, : Southern Illinois University Press, c2012

ISBN

1-283-58882-X

9786613901279

0-8093-3120-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Collana

Civil War campaigns in the heartland

Altri autori (Persone)

WoodworthSteven E

GrearCharles D. <1976->

Disciplina

973.7/359

Soggetti

Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863

Electronic books.

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

A perfect storm of ineffectiveness: the First Corps and the loss of Lookout Mountain / Alex Mendoza -- "Lookout Mountain frowned down upon us": the Union army and the struggle for Lookout Valley / Stewart Bennett -- "The very ground seemed alive": Sherman's assault on the north end of Missionary Ridge / Steven E. Woodworth -- Baptizing the hills and valleys: Cleburne's defense of Tunnel Hill / John R. Lundberg -- What happened on Orchard Knob? Ordering the attack on Missionary Ridge / Brooks D. Simpson -- This grand and imposing array of brave men: the capture of Rossville Gap and the defeat of the Confederate left / Sam Davis Elliott -- Saving the Army of Tennessee: the Confederate rearguard at Ringgold Gap / Justin S. Solonick -- From the Chickamauga with "Old Rosy" to Missionary Ridge with Grant: the fall 1863 struggle for Chattanooga and the press / Ethan S. Rafuse -- "What I am doing I do not consider desertion": trans-Mississippian reactions to Chickamauga and Chattanooga / Charles D. Grear -- A Chattanooga plan: the gateway city's critical role in Civil War battlefield preservation / Timothy B. Smith.