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Author |
: Earl J. Hess |
Publisher |
: UNC Press Books |
Total Pages |
: 342 |
Release |
: 2013 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781469602110 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1469602113 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Kennesaw Mountain by : Earl J. Hess
While fighting his way toward Atlanta, William T. Sherman encountered his biggest roadblock at Kennesaw Mountain, where Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee held a heavily fortified position. The opposing armies confronted each other from June 19 to July 3, 1864. Hess explains how this battle, with its combination of maneuver and combat, severely tried the patience and endurance of the common soldier and why Johnston's strategy might have been the Confederates' best chance to halt the Federal drive toward Atlanta.
Author |
: United States. National Park Service |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 20 |
Release |
: 1942 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015070224889 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (89 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Atlanta Campaign and Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Georgia by : United States. National Park Service
Author |
: Daniel J. Vermilya |
Publisher |
: Civil War |
Total Pages |
: 0 |
Release |
: 2014 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1626193886 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781626193888 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (86 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain by : Daniel J. Vermilya
Revisit one of the most important and bloodiest days of the Civil War, the Confederate battle at Kennesaw Mountain in Georgia, in this exciting view of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain in the summer of 1864. In the summer of 1864, Georgia was the scene of one of the most important campaigns of the Civil War. William Tecumseh Sherman's push southward toward Atlanta threatened the heart of the Confederacy, and Joseph E. Johnston and the Army of Tennessee were the Confederacy's best hope to defend it. In June, Johnston managed to grind Sherman's advance to a halt northwest of Atlanta at Kennesaw Mountain. After weeks of maneuvering, on June 27, Sherman launched a bold attack on Johnston's lines. The Confederate victory was one of the bloodiest days of the entire campaign. And while Sherman's assaults had a frightful cost, Union forces learned important lessons at Kennesaw Mountain that enabled the fall of Atlanta several months later.
Author |
: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 6 |
Release |
: 2014 |
ISBN-10 |
: MINN:31951D03803329W |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (9W Downloads) |
Synopsis Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park Boundary Adjustment Act of 2014 by : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Natural Resources
Author |
: Daniel J Vermilya |
Publisher |
: Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 225 |
Release |
: 2019-07-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781625849182 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1625849184 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (82 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Battle of Kennesaw Mountain by : Daniel J Vermilya
This Civil War history presents a lively and detailed study of one of the bloodiest and most important battles fought in Georgia. In the summer of 1864, Georgia was the scene of one of the most important campaigns of the Civil War. William Tecumseh Sherman’s push southward toward Atlanta threatened the heart of the Confederacy, and Joseph E. Johnston and the Army of Tennessee were the Confederacy's best hope to defend it. In June, Johnston managed to grind Sherman’s advance to a halt northwest of Atlanta at Kennesaw Mountain. After weeks of maneuvering, on June 27, Sherman launched a bold attack on Johnston's lines. The Confederate victory was one of the bloodiest days of the entire campaign. And while Sherman’s assaults had a frightful cost, Union forces learned important lessons at Kennesaw Mountain that enabled the fall of Atlanta several months later.
Author |
: Lawrence K. Peterson |
Publisher |
: Univ. of Tennessee Press |
Total Pages |
: 201 |
Release |
: 2023 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781621908111 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1621908119 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (11 Downloads) |
Synopsis Decisions at Kennesaw Mountain by : Lawrence K. Peterson
"As General William Tecumseh Sherman set his sights on Atlanta in the summer of 1864, he fought several small battles-Resaca, Pickett's Mill, and skirmishes around Marietta-against an ever-retreating General Joseph E. Johnston who had replaced the beleaguered General Braxton Bragg as leader of the Confederate Army of Tennessee. After heavy rains slowed Sherman's advance, Johnston shored his army up along the Brushy Mountain line. With Johnston's army well entrenched and Sherman unable to flank him because of the mountains and impassable roads, Sherman noted in his reports to Washington, 'Kennesaw is the key to the whole country.' Intended for the Command Decisions in America's Civil War series, this book explores eleven critical decisions that affected the outcome of the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain and why the battle unfolded as it did"--
Author |
: Jay Luvaas |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 404 |
Release |
: 2008 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015076115610 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Guide to the Atlanta Campaign by : Jay Luvaas
Combines official histories and on-the-scene reports, orders, and letters from commanding Union officers with specially-drawn maps depicting the terrain within which they fought in May 1864. Includes easy-to-understand routes for tourists to follow.
Author |
: Richard M. Mac Murry |
Publisher |
: Forgotten Books |
Total Pages |
: 90 |
Release |
: 2017-11-22 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0331683830 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780331683837 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Road Past Kennesaw by : Richard M. Mac Murry
Excerpt from The Road Past Kennesaw: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 The Atlanta Campaign had an importance reaching beyond the immediate military and political consequences. It was conducted in a manner that helped establish a new mode of warfare. From beginning to end, it was a railroad campaign, in that a major transportation center was the prize for which the contestants vied, and both sides used rail lines to marshal, shift, and sustain their forces. Yanks and Rebs made some use of repeating rifles, and Confederate references to shooting down moving bushes indicate resort to camouflage by Sherman's soldiers. The Union commander maintained a command post under signal tree at Kennesaw Mountain and directed the movement of his forces through a net of telegraph lines running out to subordinate head quarters. Men oi both armies who early in the war had looked askance at the employment of pick and shovel, now, as a matter of course, promptly scooped out protective ditches at each change of position. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author |
: James T. Holmes |
Publisher |
: McFarland |
Total Pages |
: 166 |
Release |
: 2018-10-11 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781476634210 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1476634211 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Synopsis Movements and Positions in the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain by : James T. Holmes
Published here for the first time, the Civil War combat memoir of Lieutenant Colonel James Taylor Holmes of the 52nd Ohio Volunteers presents a richly detailed firsthand account of the action on Cheatham's Hill during the June 1864 Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. Written in 1915, Holmes' insightful narrative, with original hand-drawn diagrams, differs on key points from the accepted scholarship on troop movements and positions at Kennesaw, and contests the legitimacy of a battlefield monument. An extensive introduction and annotations by historian Mark A. Smith provide a brief yet comprehensive overview of the battle and places Holmes' document in historical context.
Author |
: Earl J. Hess |
Publisher |
: UNC Press Books |
Total Pages |
: 344 |
Release |
: 2017-08-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781469634203 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1469634201 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Battle of Peach Tree Creek by : Earl J. Hess
On July 20, 1864, the Civil War struggle for Atlanta reached a pivotal moment. As William T. Sherman's Union forces came ever nearer the city, the defending Confederate Army of Tennessee replaced its commanding general, removing Joseph E. Johnston and elevating John Bell Hood. This decision stunned and demoralized Confederate troops just when Hood was compelled to take the offensive against the approaching Federals. Attacking northward from Atlanta's defenses, Hood's men struck George H. Thomas's Army of the Cumberland just after it crossed Peach Tree Creek on July 20. Initially taken by surprise, the Federals fought back with spirit and nullified all the advantages the Confederates first enjoyed. As a result, the Federals achieved a remarkable defensive victory. Offering new and definitive interpretations of the battle's place within the Atlanta campaign, Earl J. Hess describes how several Confederate regiments and brigades made a pretense of advancing but then stopped partway to the objective and took cover for the rest of the afternoon on July 20. Hess shows that morale played an unusually important role in determining the outcome at Peach Tree Creek--a soured mood among the Confederates and overwhelming confidence among the Federals spelled disaster for one side and victory for the other.