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PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100380725096

ISBN-139780380725090

eBay Product ID (ePID)20516

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Book TitleChickamauga and Chattanooga : the Battles That Doomed the Confederacy

Number of Pages288 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1995

TopicUnited States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)

IllustratorYes

FeaturesReprint

GenreHistory

AuthorJohn Bowers

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight9.6 Oz

Item Length8.1 in

Item Width5.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal973.7/35

Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisIn the Autumn of 1863, a pair of remarkable military engagements took place on opposite sides of the Georgia-Tennessee border -- two battles marked by ferocity, genius, courage, astonishing ineptitude, and outrageous fortune that changed the course of the War Between the States.John Bowers, the man who brought one of the Confederacys most capable and eccentric commanders to life in Stonewall Jackson, now tells the riveting story of two brutal months in the life of a young nation at war with itself. From the opening volleys at Chickamauga Creek to the final, shocking outcome several miles north at Chattanooga, Bowers brilliantly recreates the fire and fury of the decisive battles of Americas Civil War. More than a dramatic account of stunning master strokes and fatal missed opportunities, it is also the unforgettable story of real people: Grant, Longstreet, Sherman, the fiery gambler Nathan Bedford Forrest, George H. Thomas, the tormented Union officer despised and disowned by his Virginia family, and the tragic, tenacious General Braxton Bragg, who, through incompetence, miscalculation, and blind folly, almost singlehandedly doomed the Confederate cause.At Chickamauga, the South won a battle. At Chattanooga, they lost the war.In the Autumn of 1863, a pair of remarkable military engagements took place on opposite sides of the Georgia-Tennessee border -- two battles marked by ferocity, genius, courage, astonishing ineptitude, and outrageous fortune that changed the course of the War Between the States.John Bowers, the man who brought one of the Confederacys most capable and eccentric commanders to life in Stonewall Jackson, now tells the riveting story of two brutal months in the life of a young nation at war with itself. From the opening volleys at Chickamauga Creek to the final, shocking outcome several miles north at Chattanooga, Bowers brilliantly recreates the fire and fury of the decisive battles of Americas Civil War. More than a dramatic account of stunning master strokes and fatal missed opportunities, it is also the unforgettable story of real people: Grant, Longstreet, Sherman, the fiery gambler Nathan Bedford Forrest, George H. Thomas, the tormented Union officer despised and disowned by his Virginia family, and the tragic, tenacious General Braxton Bragg, who, through incompetence, miscalculation, and blind folly, almost single-handedly doomed the Confederate cause., In the autumn of 1863, a pair of remarkable military engagements took place on opposite sides of the Georgia-Tennessee Border-two Battles marked by ferocity, genius, courage, astonishing ineptitude, and outrageous fortune that changed the course of the War Between the States.