This Terrible Sound: THE BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGAUniversity of Illinois Press, 1992 - 675 páginas When North and South met among the desolate mountains of northwestern Georgia in 1863, they began one of the bloodiest and most decisive campaigns of the Civil War. The climactic Battle of Chickamauga lasted just two days, yet it was nearly as costly as Gettysburg, with casualties among the highest in the war. In this study of the campaign, the first to appear in over thirty years and the most comprehensive account ever written on Chickamauga, Peter Cozzens presents a vivid narrative about an engagement that was crucial to the outcome of the war in the West. Drawing upon a wealth of previously untapped sources, Cozzens offers startling new interpretations that challenge the conventional wisdom on key moments of the battle, such as Rosecrans's fateful order to General Wood and Thomas's historic defense of Horseshoe Ridge. Chickamauga was a battle of missed opportunities, stupendous tactical blunders, and savage fighting by the men in ranks. Cozzens writes movingly of both the heroism and suffering of the common soldiers and of the strengths and tragic flaws of their commanders. Enhanced by the detailed battle maps and original sketches by the noted artist Keith Rocco, this book will appeal to all Civil War enthusiasts and students of military history. |
Índice
TwoGOLDEN MOMENTS ARE PASSING | 21 |
THREE I HAVE NEVER FELT SO GLAD TO BE A SOLDIER | 35 |
FIVE WE ARE IN A TICKLISH PLACE HERE | 76 |
SEVEN WITHDRAW IF NOT ALREADY TOO LATE | 121 |
EIGHTTHEY ARE COMING LIKE A PACK OF WOLVES | 139 |
TEN GIVE HELP WHERE IT IS NEEDED | 167 |
TWELVE THEY SKEDADDLED IN FINE STYLE | 230 |
SEVENTEEN IF THEY BEGIN IT WE Will END IT | 305 |
TWENTYTHREE THE SIGNS GREW RAPIDLY WORSE | 397 |
TWENTYFOURTHEY CAN KILL US BUT WHIP US NEVER | 406 |
TWENTYSIX THOMAS IS HAVING A HELL OF A FIGHT | 432 |
TWENTYSEVEN A FEW ARE HOLDING OUT UP YONDER | 454 |
TWENTYNINE DONT WASTE ANY CARTRIDGES NOW BOYS | 478 |
THIRTYTHE STORM BROKE LOOSE | 488 |
THIRTYONE GOD HELP ME TO BEAR IT ARIGHT | 510 |
THIRTYTWO DENUNCIATIONS FIERCE AND STRONG | 522 |
NINETEEN TO FIRE AT THOSE BREASTWORKS SEEMED FOOLISH | 338 |
TWENTY GENTLEMEN I HOLD the Fatal ORDER OF THE DAY | 357 |
TWENTYONE ALL WAS A SICKENING CONFUSION | 368 |
TWENTYTWO NO MORE SHOW THAN A BROKENBACKED CAT | 376 |
APPENDIX THE OPPOSING FORCES IN | 537 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 621 |
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This Terrible Sound: THE BATTLE OF CHICKAMAUGA Peter Cozzens No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 1992 |
Términos y frases comunes
advance Alabama Alexander's Bridge Army of Tennessee artillery attack Battalion Battery Battle of Chickamauga Beatty Bragg Brannan breastworks brigade Brotherton Buckner bullet Bushrod Johnson cannons Captain cavalry CCNMP Chattanooga Chickamauga Cleburne command Company Confederate corps Creek Crittenden Cumberland D. H. Hill Davis Derveer diary division Dyer field enemy Fayette road Federal fell fight fire forest front galloped Garfield Georgia Granger guns Harker Hazen headquarters Hill Hindman horse Horseshoe Ridge hundred yards Ibid Illinois Indiana infantry John Johnson Kelly field Kentuckian Kentucky Lieutenant Colonel line of battle Longstreet Lytle Lytle Family McCook miles minie ball minutes move National Tribune Negley Ohio Ohioans orders Palmer Papers Polk Polk's rear Rebel regiment retreat Reynolds rifles right flank rode Rosecrans Rosecrans's Rossville Scribner sent September 1863 Sergeant Sheridan shot skirmishers Snodgrass soldiers Tennesseans Thomas told troops Turchin Viniard volley Walker Wilder William Wood wounded wrote Yankee
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