The Battle of Ezra Church and the Struggle for Atlanta
Title | The Battle of Ezra Church and the Struggle for Atlanta PDF eBook |
Author | Earl J. Hess |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 289 |
Release | 2015-05-18 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1469622424 |
Fought on July 28, 1864, the Battle of Ezra Church was a dramatic engagement during the Civil War's Atlanta campaign. Confederate forces under John Bell Hood desperately fought to stop William T. Sherman's advancing armies as they tried to cut the last Confederate supply line into the city. Confederates under General Stephen D. Lee nearly overwhelmed the Union right flank, but Federals under General Oliver O. Howard decisively repelled every attack. After five hours of struggle, 5,000 Confederates lay dead and wounded, while only 632 Federals were lost. The result was another major step in Sherman's long effort to take Atlanta. Hess's compelling study is the first book-length account of the fighting at Ezra Church. Detailing Lee's tactical missteps and Howard's vigilant leadership, he challenges many common misconceptions about the battle. Richly narrated and drawn from an array of unpublished manuscripts and firsthand accounts, Hess's work sheds new light on the complexities and significance of this important engagement, both on and off the battlefield.
The Battle of Peach Tree Creek
Title | The Battle of Peach Tree Creek PDF eBook |
Author | Earl J. Hess |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 344 |
Release | 2017-08-09 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1469634201 |
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.
War Like the Thunderbolt
Title | War Like the Thunderbolt PDF eBook |
Author | Russell S. Bonds |
Publisher | Westholme Publishing |
Pages | 552 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | History |
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Draws on diaries, unpublished letters, and other archival sources to trace the events of the Civil War campaign that sealed the fate of the Confederacy and was instrumental in securing Abraham Lincoln's reelection.
Decision in the West
Title | Decision in the West PDF eBook |
Author | Albert Castel |
Publisher | |
Pages | 764 |
Release | 1992 |
Genre | History |
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Following a skirmish on June 28, 1864, a truce is called so the North can remove their dead and wounded. For two hours, Yankees and Rebels mingle, with some of the latter even assisting the former in their grisly work. Newspapers are exchanged. Northern coffee is swapped for Southern tobacco. Yanks crowd around two Rebel generals, soliciting and obtaining autographs.
Kennesaw Mountain
Title | Kennesaw Mountain PDF eBook |
Author | Earl J. Hess |
Publisher | UNC Press Books |
Pages | 342 |
Release | 2013 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1469602113 |
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.
The Battle of Atlanta and Other Campaigns, Addresses, Etc. (Illustrated Edition)
Title | The Battle of Atlanta and Other Campaigns, Addresses, Etc. (Illustrated Edition) PDF eBook |
Author | Grenville M. Dodge |
Publisher | |
Pages | 156 |
Release | 2010-04 |
Genre | Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | 1406867578 |
First publsihed 1911. Dodge was a Union army officer on the frontier and during the Civil War, a U.S. Congressman, businessman, and railroad executive who helped construct the Transcontinental Railroad.
The Battle of Atlanta and the Georgia Campaign
Title | The Battle of Atlanta and the Georgia Campaign PDF eBook |
Author | William Key |
Publisher | Peachtree Junior |
Pages | 120 |
Release | 1981 |
Genre | History |
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