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Book Synopsis Battle above the Clouds by : David Powell
Download or read book Battle above the Clouds written by David Powell and published by Savas Beatie. This book was released on 2017-07-19 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 1863, the Union Army of the Cumberland was besieged in Chattanooga, all but surrounded by familiar opponents: The Confederate Army of Tennessee. The Federals were surviving by the narrowest of margins, thanks only to a trickle of supplies painstakingly hauled over the sketchiest of mountain roads. Soon even those quarter-rations would not suffice. Disaster was in the offing. Yet those Confederates, once jubilant at having routed the Federals at Chickamauga and driven them back into the apparent trap of Chattanoogas trenches, found their own circumstances increasingly difficult to bear. In the immediate aftermath of their victory, the South rejoiced; the Confederacys own disasters of the previous summerVicksburg and Gettysburgwere seemingly reversed. Then came stalemate in front of those same trenches. The Confederates held the high ground, Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge, but they could not completely seal off Chattanooga from the north. The Union responded. Reinforcements were on the way. A new man arrived to take command: Ulysses S. Grant. Confederate General Braxton Bragg, unwilling to launch a frontal attack on Chattanoogas defenses, sought victory elsewhere, diverting troops to East Tennessee. Battle above the Clouds by David Powell recounts the first half of the campaign to lift the siege of Chattanooga, including the opening of the cracker line, the unusual night battle of Wauhatchie, and one of the most dramatic battles of the entire war: Lookout Mountain.
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Book Synopsis The Greatest Civil War Battles by : Charles River Charles River Editors
Download or read book The Greatest Civil War Battles written by Charles River Charles River Editors and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-14 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures of the battle's important generals. *Includes accounts of the fighting written by important generals like Grant, Sherman, Bragg, Longstreet, and more. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. In late September 1863, the Confederates began laying siege to the Union Army of the Cumberland around Chattanooga in what would be their last gasp for supremacy in the West. Following the devastating Union defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga on September 20, the army and its shaken commander, General William S. Rosecrans, began digging in around the city and waiting for reinforcements to arrive. Meanwhile, the Confederate Army of Tennessee, under General Braxton Bragg, took the surrounding heights, including Missionary Ridge to the east and Lookout Mountain to the southwest, allowing them control over the vital rail and river supply lines needed by the Union forces in the city. Bragg planned to lay siege to the city and starve the Union forces into surrendering. Having lost faith in Rosecrans after Chickamauga, Washington delegated Ulysses S. Grant with the task of lifting the siege by placing him in command of nearly the entire theater. Grant replaced Rosecrans with George H. Thomas, who had saved the army at Chickamauga, and ordered him to "hold Chattanooga at all hazards." Thomas replied, "We will hold the town till we starve." Meanwhile, President Lincoln detached General Hooker and two divisions from the Army of the Potomac and sent them west to reinforce the garrison at Chattanooga. What followed were some of the most remarkable operations of the entire Civil War. Hooker and his reinforcements helped open up a vital supply line known as the "cracker line," effectively ensuring that enough supplies could reach Knoxville. With that, preparations turned to a pitched battle between the two sides, and in a series of actions in late November, Grant sought to lift the siege and drive back Bragg's Confederate army by attacking their positions on high ground. Although the Chattanooga Campaign is mostly remembered for the Battle of Missionary Ridge, that climactic battle was preceded by the Battle of Lookout Mountain, which witnessed some of the most unique fighting of the war. Also known as the "Battle Above the Clouds," on November 24, 1863, the Union and Confederate soldiers fought each other on mountainous terrain in heavy fog that obscured the battle lines throughout the battle, leading one soldier to call it "undoubtedly the roughest battle field of the war." By mid-afternoon, the heavy clouds had actually made the field dark, and with Confederate and Union commanders literally in the dark, Union soldiers under the command of Fighting Joe Hooker seized the summit of Lookout Mountain on their own initiative and compelled the Confederates to withdraw from what had seemed a daunting and impregnable defensive line. The Union victory at Lookout Mountain would completely alter the dispositions of the two armies and change Grant's battle plan, all of which inadvertently helped produce the Battle of Missionary Ridge the following day. The successes at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge would save the day for Grant, and his victory in the Chattanooga Campaign is considered the last good chance the South had in the West during the Civil War. The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Battle of Lookout Mountain comprehensively covers the campaign and the events that led up to the crucial battle, the fighting itself, and the aftermath of the battle. Accounts of the fighting by important participants are also included, along with maps and pictures of important people, places, and events. You will learn about the Battle of Lookout Mountain like you never have before, in no time at all.
Book Synopsis The Greatest Civil War Battles: the Battle of Lookout Mountain by : Charles River Charles River Editors
Download or read book The Greatest Civil War Battles: the Battle of Lookout Mountain written by Charles River Charles River Editors and published by . This book was released on 2013-09-08 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *Includes pictures of the battle's important generals. *Includes accounts of the fighting written by important generals like Grant, Sherman, Bragg, Longstreet, and more. *Includes a Bibliography for further reading. In late September 1863, the Confederates began laying siege to the Union Army of the Cumberland around Chattanooga in what would be their last gasp for supremacy in the West. Following the devastating Union defeat at the Battle of Chickamauga on September 20, the army and its shaken commander, General William S. Rosecrans, began digging in around the city and waiting for reinforcements to arrive. Meanwhile, the Confederate Army of Tennessee, under General Braxton Bragg, took the surrounding heights, including Missionary Ridge to the east and Lookout Mountain to the southwest, allowing them control over the vital rail and river supply lines needed by the Union forces in the city. Bragg planned to lay siege to the city and starve the Union forces into surrendering. Having lost faith in Rosecrans after Chickamauga, Washington delegated Ulysses S. Grant with the task of lifting the siege by placing him in command of nearly the entire theater. Grant replaced Rosecrans with George H. Thomas, who had saved the army at Chickamauga, and ordered him to "hold Chattanooga at all hazards." Thomas replied, "We will hold the town till we starve." Meanwhile, President Lincoln detached General Hooker and two divisions from the Army of the Potomac and sent them west to reinforce the garrison at Chattanooga. What followed were some of the most remarkable operations of the entire Civil War. Hooker and his reinforcements helped open up a vital supply line known as the "cracker line", effectively ensuring that enough supplies could reach Knoxville. With that, preparations turned to a pitched battle between the two sides, and in a series of actions in late November, Grant sought to lift the siege and drive back Bragg's Confederate army by attacking their positions on high ground. Although the Chattanooga Campaign is mostly remembered for the Battle of Missionary Ridge, that climactic battle was preceded by the Battle of Lookout Mountain, which witnessed some of the most unique fighting of the war. Also known as the "Battle Above the Clouds", on November 24, 1863, the Union and Confederate soldiers fought each other on mountainous terrain in heavy fog that obscured the battle lines throughout the battle, leading one soldier to call it "undoubtedly the roughest battle field of the war." By mid-afternoon, the heavy clouds had actually made the field dark, and with Confederate and Union commanders literally in the dark, Union soldiers under the command of Fighting Joe Hooker seized the summit of Lookout Mountain on their own initiative and compelled the Confederates to withdraw from what had seemed a daunting and impregnable defensive line. The Union victory at Lookout Mountain would completely alter the dispositions of the two armies and change Grant's battle plan, all of which inadvertently helped produce the Battle of Missionary Ridge the following day. The successes at Lookout Mountain and Missionary Ridge would save the day for Grant, and his victory in the Chattanooga Campaign is considered the last good chance the South had in the West during the Civil War. The Greatest Civil War Battles: The Battle of Lookout Mountain comprehensively covers the campaign and the events that led up to the crucial battle, the fighting itself, and the aftermath of the battle. Accounts of the fighting by important participants are also included, along with maps and pictures of important people, places, and events. You will learn about the Battle of Lookout Mountain like you never have before, in no time at all.
Book Synopsis The Confederate Ninth Tennessee Infantry by : James R. Fleming
Download or read book The Confederate Ninth Tennessee Infantry written by James R. Fleming and published by Pelican Publishing. This book was released on 2006-01-31 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume is a worthy contribution to the regimental history genre. . . . useful for anyone interested in the Ninth or any of the campaigns and battles in which the regiment participated." -William H. Mulligan, Jr., The Civil War News "The reader gets a down-to-earth view of the Civil War from ordinary people. . . . recommended to Civil War enthusiasts, especially those interested in primary sources." -www.curledup.com Here is the story of the Confederate Ninth Tennessee Infantry, known as the "Southern Confederates," one of the most well-educated, zealously religious, and unbelievably gallant groups of men to engage in the American Civil War. Using the soldiers' actual letters, memoirs, war records, and obituaries, James R. Fleming documents this immortal "band of brothers," which included five of his own ancestors, as they endure the privations of life on the western front. This valuable historical and genealogical resource also includes discussions of the battles at Columbus, Perryville, and Atlanta, as well as the regiment's Order of Battle and each soldier's service record. The Confederate Ninth Tennessee Infantry contains a wealth of archival information taken from primary sources. The letters and reminiscences of Capt. James I. Hall, an educator who joined the war to watch over his young students, are published here in full for the first time. The author has also included C. B. Simonton's detailed contemporary account of the unit's organization, as well as transcripts of the speeches given at the presentation and acceptance of the company's first flag. Mr. Fleming also features a regimental chronology and a roster containing approximately eleven hundred official war records from the Compiled Service Records.
Book Synopsis Our Country in Poem and Prose by : Eleanor Alice Persons
Download or read book Our Country in Poem and Prose written by Eleanor Alice Persons and published by . This book was released on 1899 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Fast and loose in Dixie, an unprejudiced narrative of personal experience as a prisoner of war by : James Madison Drake
Download or read book Fast and loose in Dixie, an unprejudiced narrative of personal experience as a prisoner of war written by James Madison Drake and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Tennessee Off the Beaten Path®, 9th by : Jackie Sheckler Finch
Download or read book Tennessee Off the Beaten Path®, 9th written by Jackie Sheckler Finch and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tired of the same old tourist traps? Whether you’re a visitor or a local looking for something different, let Tennessee Off the Beaten Path show you the Volunteer State you never knew existed. Enjoy a slice of vinegar pie at the summit of Clinch Mountain; check out the 110-foot-high waterfall in the Ozone Falls Natural Area; or pass the hat—a genuine Stetson—while listening to top-shelf Southern gospel music at the famous Nashville Cowboy Church. Elvis Presley’s Mercedes-Benz is just one of the thirty cars on display at the Smoky Mountain Car Museum in Pigeon Forge. Al Capone’s bullet-proof Cadillac is also here, as is one of James Bond’s 007 cars. So if you’ve “been there, done that” one too many times, get off the main road and venture Off the Beaten Path.
Book Synopsis Harper's New Monthly Magazine by : Henry Mills Alden
Download or read book Harper's New Monthly Magazine written by Henry Mills Alden and published by . This book was released on 1868 with total page 890 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Important American periodical dating back to 1850.
Book Synopsis The Impulse of Victory by : David Alan Powell
Download or read book The Impulse of Victory written by David Alan Powell and published by SIU Press. This book was released on 2020-11-04 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Grant secured a Tennessee victory and a promotion Union soldiers in the Army of the Cumberland, who were trapped and facing starvation or surrender in the fall of 1863, saw the arrival of Major General Ulysses S. Grant in Tennessee as an impetus to reverse the tides of war. David A. Powell’s sophisticated strategic and operational analysis of Grant’s command decisions and actions shows how his determined leadership relieved the siege and shattered the enemy, resulting in the creation of a new strategic base of Union operations and Grant’s elevation to commander of all the Federal armies the following year. Powell’s detailed exploration of the Union Army of the Cumberland’s six-week-long campaign for Chattanooga is complemented by his careful attention to the personal issues Grant faced at the time and his relationships with his superiors and subordinates. Though unfamiliar with the tactical situation, the army, and its officers, Grant delivered another resounding victory. His success, explains Powell, was due to his tactical flexibility, communication with his superiors, perseverance despite setbacks, and dogged determination to win the campaign. Through attention to postwar accounts, Powell reconciles the differences between what happened and the participants’ memories of the events. He focuses throughout on Grant’s controversial decisions, showing how they were made and their impact on the campaign. As Powell shows, Grant’s choices demonstrate how he managed to be a thoughtful, deliberate commander despite the fog of war.
Book Synopsis All Hell Can’t Stop Them by : David Powell
Download or read book All Hell Can’t Stop Them written by David Powell and published by . This book was released on 2018-06-19 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To many of the Federal soldiers watching the Stars and Stripes unfurl atop Lookout Mountain on the morning of November 25, 1863, it seemed that the battle to relieve Chattanooga was complete. The Union Army of the Cumberland was no longer trapped in the city, subsisting on short rations and awaiting rescue; instead, they were again on the attack. Ulysses S. Grant did not share their certainty. For Grant, the job he had been sent to accomplish was only half-finished. Braxton Bragg’s Confederate Army of Tennessee still held Missionary Ridge, with other Rebels under James Longstreet threatening more Federals in Knoxville, Tennessee. Grant’s greatest fear was that the Rebels would slip away before he could deliver the final blows necessary to crush Bragg completely. That blow landed on the afternoon of November 25. Each of Grant’s assembled forces—troops led by Union Generals William T. Sherman, George H. Thomas, and Joseph Hooker—all moved to the attack. Stubbornly, Bragg refused to retreat, and instead accepted battle. That decision would cost him dearly. But everything did not go Grant’s way. Despite what Grant’s many admirers would later insist was his most successful, most carefully planned battle, Grant’s strategy failed him—as did his most trusted commander, Sherman. Victory instead charged straight up the seemingly impregnable slopes of Missionary Ridge’s western face, as the men of the much-maligned Army of the Cumberland swarmed up and over Bragg’s defenses in an irresistible blue tide. Caught flat-footed by this impetuous charge, Grant could only watch nervously as the men started up . . . All Hell Can’t Stop Them: The Battles for Chattanooga—Missionary Ridge and Ringgold, November 24-27, 1863—sequel to Battle Above the Clouds—details the dramatic final actions of the battles for Chattanooga: Missionary Ridge and the final Confederate rearguard action at Ringgold, where Patrick Cleburne held Grant’s Federals at bay and saved the Army of Tennessee from further disaster.
Book Synopsis Reminiscences of the Civil War by : John Brown Gordon
Download or read book Reminiscences of the Civil War written by John Brown Gordon and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For many years I have been urged to place on record my reminiscences of the war between the States. In undertaking the task now, it is not my purpose to attempt a comprehensive description of that great struggle, nor an elaborate analysis of the momentous interests and issues involved. The time may not have arrived for a full and fair history of that most interesting period in the Republic's life. The man capable of writing it with entire justice to both sides is perhaps yet unborn. He may appear, however, at a future day, fully equipped for the great work. If endowed with the requisite breadth and clearness of view, with inflexible mental integrity and absolute freedom from all bias, he will produce the most instructive and thrilling record in the world's deathless annals, and cannot fail to make a contribution of measureless value to the American people and to the cause of free government throughout the world ... I have also recorded in this volume a large number of those characteristic and thrilling incidents which illustrate a unique and hitherto unwritten phase of the war, the story of which should not be lost, because it is luminous with the noblest lessons. Many of these incidents came under my own observation"--Introduction.
Book Synopsis Historic City, Chattanooga; Containing Views and Descriptive Matter of Historic Points of Interest, Scenery, Pictures of Old and New Buildings, Leading Men, Etc., All Artistically and Pleasingly Intermingled by : Mrs. Susie McCarver Webster
Download or read book Historic City, Chattanooga; Containing Views and Descriptive Matter of Historic Points of Interest, Scenery, Pictures of Old and New Buildings, Leading Men, Etc., All Artistically and Pleasingly Intermingled written by Mrs. Susie McCarver Webster and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis The Margaret Mitchell Encyclopedia by : Anita Price Davis
Download or read book The Margaret Mitchell Encyclopedia written by Anita Price Davis and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2014-01-10 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Atlanta writer Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949) wrote Gone with the Wind (1936), one of the best-selling novels of all time. The Pulitzer Prize-winning novel was the basis of the 1939 film, the first movie to win more than five Academy Awards. Margaret Mitchell did not publish another novel after Gone with the Wind. Supporting the troops during World War II, assisting African-American students financially, serving in the American Red Cross, selling stamps and bonds, and helping others--usually anonymously--consumed her. This book reveals little-known facts about this altruistic woman. The Margaret Mitchell Encyclopedia documents Mitchell's work, her life, her impact on Atlanta, the city's memorials to her, her residences, details of her death, information about her family, the establishment of the Margaret Mitchell House against great odds, and her relationships with the Daughters of the Confederacy and the Junior League.
Book Synopsis Rifle Shots and Bugle Notes by : Joseph A. Joel
Download or read book Rifle Shots and Bugle Notes written by Joseph A. Joel and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Story of a Great Conflict: a History of the War of Secession by : Rossiter Johnson
Download or read book The Story of a Great Conflict: a History of the War of Secession written by Rossiter Johnson and published by New York, Bryan, Taylor & Company. This book was released on 1894 with total page 758 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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