Overview
A highly illustrated account of the Chatanooga campaign that opened the road to Atlanta, and marked Grant's first experience as a theater commander. Following the disastrous defeat at Chickamauga, Union forces were in disarray and the tactically vital Chattanooga was under siege and on the brink of falling. Secretary of War William Stanton ordered Ulysses Grant to send the Army of Tennessee to reinforce Chattanooga. Grant had already reacted. The situation was dire. It required outstanding leadership to rescue the situation. President Abraham Lincoln decided Grant was the man for the occasion. In early October, Grant was promoted to command of the Military District of Mississippi and told to clean up the mess created by Chickamauga. With those orders a new campaign began: the Chattanooga Campaign. This book tracks how over the next three months Grant would orchestrate the movements of three Union Armies – The Army of the Cumberland, The Army of the Tennessee, and two Corps from the Army of the Potomac. He would lead them into a series of battles that saw them break the siege of Chattanooga before in three battles in three days the Union forces broke the Confederate army entrenched in the heights overlooking Chattanooga.
Full Product Details
Author: Mark Lardas ,
Adam Hook (Illustrator)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint: Osprey Publishing
Volume: 295
Dimensions:
Width: 17.80cm
, Height: 0.80cm
, Length: 24.40cm
Weight: 0.340kg
ISBN: 9781472812919
ISBN 10: 1472812913
Pages: 96
Publication Date: 16 June 2016
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Language: English
Reviews
This is a succinct but sufficiently detailed look at a crucial campaign in the Western theater. - <i>Civil War News</i>
"""This is a succinct but sufficiently detailed look at a crucial campaign in the Western theater."" - Civil War News"
This is a succinct but sufficiently detailed look at a crucial campaign in the Western theater. - Civil War News
Author Information
Mark Lardas holds a degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering, but spent his early career at the Johnson Space Center doing Space Shuttle structural analysis, and space navigation. An amateur historian and a long-time ship modeler, Mark Lardas is currently working in League City, Texas. He has written extensively about modeling as well as naval, maritime, and military history. Adam Hook studied graphic design, and began his work as an illustrator in 1983. He specializes in detailed historical reconstructions, and has illustrated Osprey titles on subjects as diverse as the Aztecs, the Ancient Greeks, Roman battle tactics, several 19th-century American subjects, the modern Chinese Army, and a number of books in the Fortress series. His work features in exhibitions and publications throughout the world.
