Gateway to the Confederacy : new perspectives on the Chickamauga and Chattanooga Campaigns, 1862-1863 / edited by Evan C. Jones and Wiley Sword.

Other author Jones, Evan C., 1980- editor.
Other author Sword, Wiley editor.
Format Book
PublicationBaton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2014]
Descriptionx, 323 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents "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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2013037866
ISBN9780807155097
ISBN0807155098 (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks E475.81 .G38 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold