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Kennesaw Mountain : Sherman, Johnston, and the Atlanta Campaign / Earl J. Hess

Author
Hess, Earl J.
Published
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2013.
Physical Description
xvi, 322 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

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Contents
The road to Kennesaw -- Kolb's Farm -- Sherman decides to strike -- The Fifteenth Corps attack -- The Fourth Corps attack -- The Fourteenth Corps attack -- The residue of a long day -- Along the Kennesaw line -- Flanking -- Conclusion -- Orders of Battle -- Appendix: Kennesaw after the war.
Summary
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.
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9781469602110 (cloth : alk. paper)
1469602113 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781469602127 (ebook)
1469602121 (ebook)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-318) and index.
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