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The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville Sword, Wiley
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- ISBN
- 9780700606504
- Book Title
- Confederacy's Last Hurrah : Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Item Length
- 9.2 in
- Publication Year
- 1993
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Features
- Reprint
- Genre
- History
- Topic
- United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
- Item Weight
- 12.3 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.1 in
- Number of Pages
- 528 Pages
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Publisher
University Press of Kansas
ISBN-10
0700606505
ISBN-13
9780700606504
eBay Product ID (ePID)
165242
Product Key Features
Book Title
Confederacy's Last Hurrah : Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville
Number of Pages
528 Pages
Language
English
Topic
United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Publication Year
1993
Illustrator
Yes
Features
Reprint
Genre
History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
12.3 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.1 in
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Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
93-029410
Reviews
"Sword compellingly recreates the heroism, missed chances, political backbiting, and flawed rebel leadership underlying the outcome at these killing grounds. . . . Narrated with brisk attention to the nuances of strategyand with measured solemnity over the waste of life in war."Kirkus Reviews, "Sword compellingly recreates the heroism, missed chances, political backbiting, and flawed rebel leadership underlying the outcome at these killing grounds. . . . Narrated with brisk attention to the nuances of strategy--and with measured solemnity over the waste of life in war."-- Kirkus Reviews, "A blockbuster. . . . Narrative history at its best."-- Edwin C. Bearss , chief historian, National Park Service "Civil War history superbly reported by a master storyteller. Thoroughly researched, rich in drama and detail, rendered in vivid colors with flesh-and-blood characters--just as it occurred."-- Rod Gragg , author of Confederate Goliath: The Battle of Fort Fisher "By far the best book written on Hood's Tennessee campaign. Sword's description of the Confederate tragedy at Franklin is superb; it could serve as a model for painting combat in words."-- Albert Castel , author of Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 "A masterful combination of historical fact and human interest . . . both brilliantly informative and deeply moving."-- Richard Wheeler , author of Sherman's March "This is the fullest, most judicious narrative produced to date on the mortal wounding of the Confederacy's second principal army. The book also ranks among the best narratives of Union activities in that climactic campaign for control of Tennessee."-- James Robertson in the Richmond News Leader "The best book ever written on the campaign. There is no way anyone can write a better one."-- Thomas Y. Cartwright , Curator, The Carter House, Franklin, Tennessee, "A blockbuster. . . . Narrative history at its best."Edwin C. Bearss , chief historian, National Park Service "Civil War history superbly reported by a master storyteller. Thoroughly researched, rich in drama and detail, rendered in vivid colors with flesh-and-blood charactersjust as it occurred."Rod Gragg , author of Confederate Goliath: The Battle of Fort Fisher "By far the best book written on Hood's Tennessee campaign. Sword's description of the Confederate tragedy at Franklin is superb; it could serve as a model for painting combat in words."Albert Castel , author of Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 "A masterful combination of historical fact and human interest . . . both brilliantly informative and deeply moving."Richard Wheeler , author of Shermans March "This is the fullest, most judicious narrative produced to date on the mortal wounding of the Confederacy's second principal army. The book also ranks among the best narratives of Union activities in that climactic campaign for control of Tennessee."James Robertson in the Richmond News Leader "The best book ever written on the campaign. There is no way anyone can write a better one."Thomas Y. Cartwright , Curator, The Carter House, Franklin, Tennessee, "A blockbuster. . . . Narrative history at its best."- Edwin C. Bearss , chief historian, National Park Service "Civil War history superbly reported by a master storyteller. Thoroughly researched, rich in drama and detail, rendered in vivid colors with flesh-and-blood characters--just as it occurred."- Rod Gragg , author of Confederate Goliath: The Battle of Fort Fisher "By far the best book written on Hood's Tennessee campaign. Sword's description of the Confederate tragedy at Franklin is superb; it could serve as a model for painting combat in words."- Albert Castel , author of Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864 "A masterful combination of historical fact and human interest . . . both brilliantly informative and deeply moving."- Richard Wheeler , author of Sherman's March "This is the fullest, most judicious narrative produced to date on the mortal wounding of the Confederacy's second principal army. The book also ranks among the best narratives of Union activities in that climactic campaign for control of Tennessee."- James Robertson in the Richmond News Leader "The best book ever written on the campaign. There is no way anyone can write a better one."- Thomas Y. Cartwright , Curator, The Carter House, Franklin, Tennessee
Table Of Content
Acknowledgments Preface 1. A Sharp Wind is Blowing 2. A Cupid on Crutches 3. Dark Moon Rising 4. The President's Watchdog 5. Too Much Lion, Not Enough Fox 6. Affairs of the Heart 7. Courage versus Common Sense 8. Words of Wisdom 9. Who Will Dance to Hood's Music? 10. Old Slow Trot 11. In the Best Spirits and Full of Hope 12. Playing Both Ends Against the Middle 13. The Spring Hill Races 14. Listening for the Sound of Guns 15. A Hand Stronger than Armies 16. Do You Think the Lord Will Be with Us Today? 17. One Whose Temper is Less Fortunately Governed 18. Tell Them to Fight--Fight like Hell! 19. The Pandemonium of Hell Turned Loose 20. Glorified Suicide at the Cotton Gin 21. Where Is the Glory? 22. There is No Hell Left in Them--Don't You Hear Them Praying? 23. The Thunder Drum of War 24. Forcing the Enemy To Take the Initiative 25. Gabriel Will Be Blowing His Last Horn 26. The Sunny South Has Caught a Terrible Cold 27. Let There Be No Further Delay 28. Matters of Some Embarrassment 29. Now, Boys, Is Our Time! 30. I Shall Go No Farther 31. Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory 32. Where the Grapes of Wrath Are Stored 33. Crying Like His Heart Would Break 34. A Retreat from the Lion's Mouth 35. The Cards Were Damn Badly Shuffled 36. The Darkest of All Decembers 37. Epilogue: The Twilight's Last Gleaming Order of Battle, Confederate Army of Tennessee Order of Battle, Federal Army Reference Notes Bibliography Index
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An account of the Confederate Army of Tennessee's final disastrous assault at Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville. Following the fall of Atlanta, this campaign led to the worst defeat of any army during the war., Following the fall of Atlanta, rebel commander John Bell Hood rallied his demoralized troops and marched them off the Tennessee, desperately hoping to draw Sherman after him and forestall the Confederacy's defeat. But Sherman refused to be lured and began his infamous "March to the Sea," while Hood charged headlong into catastrophe. In this compelling dramatic account of a final and fatal invasion by the Confederate Army of Tennessee, Wile Sword illuminates the missed opportunities, senseless bloody assaults, poor command decisions, and stubborn pride that resulted in 23,500 Confederate losses--including 7,00 casualties in one battle--and the pulverization of the South's second largest army. Sword follows Hood and his army as they let an early advantage and possible victory slip away at Spring Hill, then engage in a reckless and ill-fated frontal attack on Franklin, often called the "Gettysburg of the West." Despite that disaster, Hood refuses to yield and presses on the Nashville and a two-day bloodbath that unhinges what is left of his battered troops--the worst defeat suffered by any army during the war. Telling the story from both the Confederate and the Union perspectives, Sword pursues personalities as well as battles and troop strategy. He portrays Hood as a gutsy yet irresponsible leader--"a fool with a license to kill his own men"--whose valiant but rapidly dwindling troops were no match for the methodical General George G. Thomas and his better prepared--and entrenched--Union army. Hood, however, was not entirely to blame for Confederate failures, says Sword, who shows how decision making and actions--both good and bad, logical and chaotic--by key players on both sides helped determine the battles' outcomes.
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