The Chickamauga Campaign December 1862 - November 1863; The Great Military Campaigns of History

Abbazia, Patrick

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Langue : anglais

Edité par Gallery Books [An imprint of W. H. Smith Publishers, Inc.], New York, 1988

0831712570 / 9780831712570

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The format is approximately 8.75 inches by 11.25 inches. 184 pages. Illustrations (some in color) . Maps. Guide for the Interested Reader. This is one of The Great Military Campaigns of History series. The DJ is worn, soiled, chipped, has sticker residue on the front, and a large tear at the back. Patrick Abbazia was a professor of military history at the Graduate Center, City University of New York and is the author of several books and many articles and reviews. The Chickamauga campaign of the American Civil War was a series of battles fought in northwestern Georgia from August 21 to September 20, 1863, between the Union Army of the Cumberland and Confederate Army of Tennessee. The campaign started successfully for Union commander William S. Rosecrans, with the Union army occupying the vital city of Chattanooga and forcing the Confederates to retreat into northern Georgia. But a Confederate attack at the Battle of Chickamauga forced Rosecrans to retreat back into Chattanooga and allowed the Confederates to lay siege to the Union forces. At the time of Chickamauga, the Army of Tennessee was suffering from a shortage of food and of wagons to transport supplies; it also lacked pontoon bridges to cross the Tennessee River. The Confederates occupied Missionary Ridge and spread a picket line along the south bank of the river towards Alabama. Fire from Confederate sharpshooters prevented supply wagons from reaching Chattanooga. Key battles were Murfreesboro, Tullahoma, Chattanooga, Chickamauga, and Missionary Ridge. The union general-in-chief Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck and President Abraham Lincoln were insistent that Rosecrans move quickly to take Chattanooga. Seizing the city would open the door for the Union to advance toward Atlanta and the heartland of the South. Chattanooga was a vital rail hub with lines going north toward Nashville and Knoxville and south toward Atlanta. Chattanooga was also an important manufacturing center for the production of iron and coke, located on the navigable Tennessee River. Situated between Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Raccoon Mountain, and Stringer's Ridge, Chattanooga occupied an important, defensible position.…

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Titre
The Chickamauga Campaign December 1862 - November 1863; The Great Military Campaigns of History
Auteur
Abbazia, Patrick
Éditeur
Gallery Books [An imprint of W. H. Smith Publishers, Inc.], New York
Année de publication
1988
État de l'article
Very good
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Poor
Reliure
Hardcover
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0831712570
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780831712570
Édition
Reprint edition.
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