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Author : David R. Logsdon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (129 download)
Download or read book Eyewitnesses at the Battle of Stones River written by David R. Logsdon and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Larry J. Daniel
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807145165
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Battle of Stones River written by Larry J. Daniel and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2012-11-05 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three days of savage and bloody fighting between Confederate and Union troops at Stones River in Middle Tennessee ended with nearly 25,000 casualties but no clear victor. The staggering number of killed or wounded equaled the losses suffered in the well-known Battle of Shiloh. Using previously neglected sources, Larry J. Daniel rescues this important campaign from obscurity. The Battle of Stones River, fought between December 31, 1862, and January 2, 1863, was a tactical draw but proved to be a strategic northern victory. According to Daniel, Union defeats in late 1862—both at Chickasaw Bayou in Mississippi and at Fredericksburg, Virginia—transformed the clash in Tennessee into a much-needed morale booster for the North. Daniel's study of the battle's two antagonists, William S. Rosecrans for the Union Army of the Cumberland and Braxton Bragg for the Confederate Army of Tennessee, presents contrasts in leadership and a series of missteps. Union soldiers liked Rosecrans's personable nature, whereas Bragg acquired a reputation as antisocial and suspicious. Rosecrans had won his previous battle at Corinth, and Bragg had failed at the recent Kentucky Campaign. But despite Rosecrans's apparent advantage, both commanders made serious mistakes. With only a few hundred yards separating the lines, Rosecrans allowed Confederates to surprise and route his right ring. Eventually, Union pressure forced Bragg to launch a division-size attack, a disastrous move. Neither side could claim victory on the battlefield. In the aftermath of the bloody conflict, Union commanders and northern newspapers portrayed the stalemate as a victory, bolstering confidence in the Lincoln administration and dimming the prospects for the "peace wing" of the northern Democratic Party. In the South, the deadlock led to continued bickering in the Confederate western high command and scorn for Braxton Bragg.
Author : Peter Cozzens
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252062292
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (622 download)
Download or read book No Better Place to Die written by Peter Cozzens and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 1991-07 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A mere handful of battlefields have come to epitomize the anguish and pain of America's Civil War: Gettysburg, Shiloh, Chancellorsville, Chickamauga. Yet another name belongs on that infamous list: Stones River, the setting for Peter Cozzens's No Better Place to Die. It was here that both the Union and Confederate armies lost over one-quarter of their forces in battle casualties. The Confederacy's defeat at Stones River unleashed a wave of dissension that crippled the army's high command and ultimately closed Tennessee to the South for two years. The loss deterred the British and French from coming to the aid of the South in the Civil War, with tragic effects for the Southern cause. In the 126 years since the guns fell silent at Stones River, few books have examined the bloody clash and its impact on the war's subsequent outcome. No Better Place to Die recounts the events and strategies that brought the two armies to the banks of this central Tennessee river on December 31, 1862. Cozzens re-creates the battle itself, following the movements and performance of individual regiments. A series of maps clarifies the combat activity. Cozzens frequently lets the men who fought the battle speak for themselves, through letters, diaries, memoirs, and battlefield communications. Here we learn about such critical moments as General Philip Sheridan's gallant defense along the Wilkinson Pike, one of the war's most tenacious stands against overwhelming odds, and the bravery in battle exemplified by Brekenridge's attack on the Union left, a doomed assault with the poignancy of Pickett's charge. Over twenty thousand Union and Confederate soldiers were killed, wounded, or captured in the bloody New Year's battle of Stone's River. The impact of their struggle extended far beyond the thousands of shattered human lives, ultimately imperiling the fortunes of the Confederacy. No Better Place to Die pays tribute to the heroes, the scoundrels, the mistakes, the bravery, and the grief at Stone's River.
Author : H M Kendall
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781022736085
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (36 download)
Download or read book The Battle of Stone River.. written by H M Kendall and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step back in time to the American Civil War with this thrilling account of one of its most significant battles. With detailed maps and first-hand accounts from soldiers, this book provides a vivid retelling of the events of the Battle of Stone River. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : United States. National Park Service. Denver Service Center
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Stones River National Battlefield, Tennessee written by United States. National Park Service. Denver Service Center and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kirk Jenkins
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 0813128668
Total Pages : 475 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (131 download)
Download or read book The Battle Rages Higher written by Kirk Jenkins and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2010-09-12 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " The Battle Rages Higher tells, for the first time, the story of the Fifteenth Kentucky Infantry, a hard-fighting Union regiment raised largely from Louisville and the Knob Creek valley where Abraham Lincoln lived as a child. Although recruited in a slave state where Lincoln received only 0.9 percent of the 1860 presidential vote, the men of the Fifteenth Kentucky fought and died for the Union for over three years, participating in all the battles of the Atlanta campaign, as well as the battles of Perryville, Stones River and Chickamauga. Using primary research, including soldiers’ letters and diaries, hundreds of contemporary newspaper reports, official army records, and postwar memoirs, Kirk C. Jenkins vividly brings the Fifteenth Kentucky Infantry to life. The book also includes an extensive biographical roster summarizing the service record of each soldier in the thousand-member unit. Kirk C. Jenkins, a descendant of the Fifteenth Kentucky's Captain Smith Bayne, is a partner in a Chicago law firm. Click here for Kirk Jenkins' website and more information about the 15th Kentucky Infantry.
Author : Peter Cozzens
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Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (137 download)
Download or read book The Battle of Stones River written by Peter Cozzens and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Peter Cozzens
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811749533
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)
Download or read book Eyewitnesses to the Indian Wars: 1865-1890 written by Peter Cozzens and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2004-12-21 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: • Articles by William T. Sherman, James A. Garfield, John Pope, Nelson A. Miles, Elizabeth Custer, and others • Topics include army life on the frontier, Indian scouts, women's experiences, and commanders and their campaigns This is the final installment of a series that seeks to tell the saga of the military struggle for the American West, using the words of the soldiers, noncombatants, and Native Americans who shaped it. To paint as broad and colorful a picture as possible, riveting firsthand materials have been carefully selected from contemporaneous newspapers, magazines, and unpublished manuscripts. A fitting conclusion to the series, this volume offers a more general perspective on the frontier army and its relationship with the Native American residents of the West.
Author : Peter Cozzens
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811700191
Total Pages : 780 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Eyewitnesses to the Indian wars : 1865 - 1890. 3. Conquering the Southern Plains written by Peter Cozzens and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 780 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Larry J. Daniel
Publisher : LSU Press
ISBN 13 : 0807148180
Total Pages : 509 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Days of Glory written by Larry J. Daniel and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2006-09 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making extensive use of thousands of letters and diaries, renowned historian Daniel creates an epic portrayal of the Army of the Cumberland, a potent fighting force that changed the course of the Civil War.
Author : Garold Cole
Publisher : Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN 13 : 9781570033278
Total Pages : 292 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (332 download)
Download or read book Civil War Eyewitnesses written by Garold Cole and published by Univ of South Carolina Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A bibliographical guide to recently published Civil War diaries, journals, letters, and memoirs.
Author : Milo S. Hascall
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
ISBN 13 : 1465552995
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (655 download)
Download or read book Personal Recollections and Experiences Concerning the Battle of Stone River written by Milo S. Hascall and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Lawrence K. Peterson
Publisher : Univ. of Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 162190024X
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (219 download)
Download or read book Confederate Combat Commander written by Lawrence K. Peterson and published by Univ. of Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2013-11-01 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known as one of the most aggressive Confederate officers in the Western Theater, Brigadier General Alfred Jefferson Vaughan Jr. is legendary for having had eight horses shot out from under him in battle—more than any other infantry commander, Union or Confederate. Yet despite the exceptional bravery demonstrated by his dubious feat, Vaughan remains a largely overlooked Civil War leader. In Confederate Combat Commander, Lawrence K. Peterson explores the life of this unheralded yet important rebel officer before, during, and after his military service. A graduate of Virginia Military Institute, Vaughan initially commanded the Thirteenth Tennessee Infantry Regiment, and later Vaughan’s Brigade. He served in the hard-fought battles of the western area of operations in such key confrontations as Shiloh, Perryville, Stones River, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, and the Atlanta Campaign. Tracing Vaughan’s progress through the war and describing his promotion to general after his commanding officer was mortally wounded, Peterson describes the rise and development of an exemplary military career, and a devoted fighting leader. Although Vaughan was beloved by his troops and roundly praised at the time—in fact, negative criticism of his orders, battlefield decisions, or personality cannot be found in official records, newspaper articles, or the diaries of his men—Vaughan nevertheless served in the much-maligned Army of Tennessee. This book thus assesses what responsibility—if any—Vaughan bore for Confederate failures in the West. While biographies of top-ranking Civil War generals are common, the stories of lower-level senior officers such as Vaughan are seldom told. This volume provides rare insight into the regimental and brigade-level activities of Civil War commanders and their units, drawing on a rich array of privately held family histories, including two written by the general himself. Lawrence K. Peterson, a retired airline pilot, worked as a National Park Service ranger and USAF officer. He is the great-great grandson of Brigadier General Alfred Jefferson Vaughan Jr.
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Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book Field Artillery written by and published by . This book was released on 1991-02 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A professional bulletin for redlegs.
Author : Peter Cozzens
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 9780811700801
Total Pages : 950 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Eyewitnesses to the Indian Wars, 1865-1890: The wars for the Pacific Northwest written by Peter Cozzens and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2001 with total page 950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Garold Cole
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Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Civil War Eyewitnesses written by Garold Cole and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Major Michael R. King
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782893962
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (828 download)
Download or read book Brigadier General St. John R. Liddell’s Division At Chickamauga: written by Major Michael R. King and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes Civil War Map and Illustrations Pack - 224 battle plans, campaign maps and detailed analyses of actions spanning the entire period of hostilities. This thesis is a historical analysis of Brigadier General St. John R. Liddell and his division during the Battle of Chickamauga. Liddell’s Division was an ad hoc unit, formed just prior to the battle. During the battle, the unit was involved in five different engagements over a period of three days. These engagements resulted in varying degrees of success and failure. In today’s context the performance of the division can be seen as mostly a failure, but from the American Civil War perspective the division’s performance in many ways was a success... The thesis begins with a general summation of the battle and an introductory discussion of the structure, leadership, tactics, weapons, and training of the Confederate armies during the American Civil War. The thesis then continues with an examination of General Liddell’s life and background before and during the early part of the war. Next, the thesis discusses, as a prelude to Chickamauga, Liddell and his brigades’ experiences at the Battle of Stones River and during the Tullahoma Campaign. The thesis continues with a description of the background and combat experiences of the brigade commanders and the units that comprised Liddell’s Division. Thereafter, the thesis analyzes the performance of General Liddell and his division at the Battle of Chickamauga and draws conclusions as to the proximate causes of the performance: causes that are related to the terrain, the organization of the division, the lack of enemy information, and the tactical focus of Liddell and his commanders.
