Gateway to the Confederacy New Perspectives on the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Campaigns, 1862-1863

A collection of ten new essays from some of our finest Civil War historians working today, Gateway to the Confederacy offers a reexamination of the campaigns fought to gain possession of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Each essay addresses how Americans have misconstrued the legacy of these struggles and wh...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Jones, Evan C., 1980- (-)
Otros Autores: Sword, Wiley, Bonds, Russell S., Cushman, Stephen, 1956-, Janney, Caroline E., Powell, David A. (David Alan), 1961-, Prokopowicz, Gerald J., Robertson, William Glenn, 1944-, Symonds, Craig L.
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : LSU Press 2014.
Colección:EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Acceso en línea:Conectar con la versión electrónica
Ver en Universidad de Navarra:https://innopac.unav.es/record=b30024262*spi
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • "The funnel of the universe": the Chattanooga country and the Civil War / Russell S. Bonds
  • Last chance for a short war: Don Carlos Buell and the Chattanooga Campaign of 1862 / Gerald J. Prokopowicz
  • A legend in the making: Nathan Bedford Forrest at Chickamauga / David A. Powell
  • Incubator of innovation: the Army of the Cumberland and the spirit of invention in 1863 / David A. Powell
  • A tale of two orders: Chickamauga, September 20, 1863 / William Glenn Robertson
  • War and politics: Jefferson Davis visits the Army of Tennessee / Craig L. Symonds
  • A "Malignant vindictiveness": the two-decade rivalry between Ulysses S. Grant and William S. Rosecrans / Evan C. Jones
  • "Our fireside in ruins": consequences of the 1863 Chattanooga Campaign / Wiley Sword
  • Ambrose Bierce, Chickamauga, and ways to write history / Stephen Cushman
  • No "Sickly sentimental gush": Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park and the limits of reconciliation / Caroline E. Janney.