Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864

Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864
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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. As they part, a Confederate calls to a Yankee, "I hope to miss you, Yank, if I happen to shoot in your direction". "May I never hit you Johnny if we fight again," comes the reply. The reprieve is short. A couple of months, dozens of battles, and more than 30,000 casualties later, the North takes Atlanta. One of the most dramatic and decisive episodes of the Civil War, the Atlanta campaign was a military operation carried out on a grand scale across a spectacular landscape that pitted some of the war's best (and worst) generals against each other. In "Decision in the West" Albert Castel provides the first detailed history of the campaign published since Jacob D. Cox's version appeared in 1882. Unlike Cox, who was a general in Sherman's army, Castel provides an objective perspective and a comprehensive account based on primary and secondary sources that have become available in the past 110 years. Castel offers a full and balanced treatment of the operations of both the Union and Confederate armies from the perspective of the common soldiers as well as the top generals. He offers new accounts and analyses of many of the major events of the campaign and, in the process, corrects many long-standing myths, misconceptions and mistakes. In particular, he challenges the standard view of Sherman's performance. Written in the present tense to give a sense of immediacy and greater realism, "Decision in the West" demonstrates how the capture of Atlanta by Sherman's army occurred and why it assured Northern victory in the Civil War.
Country USA
Brand University Press of Kansas
Manufacturer Univ Pr of Kansas
Binding Hardcover
EANs 9780700605620
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	University Press of Kansas
Manufacturer	Univ Pr of Kansas
Binding	Hardcover
EANs	9780700605620
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Decision in the West: The Atlanta Campaign of 1864

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