Compiled Service Records of Confederate General and Staff Officers and Nonregimental Enlisted Men
Author: United States. National Archives and Records Service
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Published: 1962
Total Pages: 8
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Published: 1962
Total Pages: 8
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Published: 1970
Total Pages: 12
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Earl J. Hess
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Published: 2018-10-03
Total Pages: 408
ISBN-13: 146964343X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →As William T. Sherman's Union troops began their campaign for Atlanta in the spring of 1864, they encountered Confederate forces employing field fortifications located to take advantage of rugged terrain. While the Confederates consistently acted on the defensive, digging eighteen lines of earthworks from May to September, the Federals used fieldworks both defensively and offensively. With 160,000 troops engaged on both sides and hundreds of miles of trenches dug, fortifications became a defining factor in the Atlanta campaign battles. These engagements took place on topography ranging from Appalachian foothills to the clay fields of Georgia's piedmont. Leading military historian Earl J. Hess examines how commanders adapted their operations to the physical environment, how the environment in turn affected their movements, and how Civil War armies altered the terrain through the science of field fortification. He also illuminates the impact of fighting and living in ditches for four months on the everyday lives of both Union and Confederate soldiers. The Atlanta campaign represents one of the best examples of a prolonged Union invasion deep into southern territory, and, as Hess reveals, it marked another important transition in the conduct of war from open field battles to fighting from improvised field fortifications.
Author: M. Todd Cathey
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2021-08-25
Total Pages: 188
ISBN-13: 1476685908
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Unprepared for invasion, Tennessee joined the Confederacy in June 1861. The state's long border and three major rivers with northern access made defense difficult. Cutting through critical manufacturing centers, the Cumberland River led directly to the capital city of Nashville. To thwart Federal attack, engineers hastily constructed river batteries as part of the defenses that would come to be known as Fort Donelson, downstream near the town of Dover. Ulysses S. Grant began moving up the rivers in early 1862. In last-minute desperation, two companies of volunteer infantry and a company of light artillerymen were deployed to the hastily constructed batteries. On February 14, they slugged it out with four City-class ironclads and two timber-clads, driving off the gunboats with heavy casualties, while only losing one man. This book details the construction, armament, and battle for the Fort Donelson river batteries.
Author: United States. National Archives and Records Service
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 184
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 118
ISBN-13: 9780911333053
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Published: 1974
Total Pages: 212
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Selected groups of our nation's records that have high research value.
Author: Joseph H. Crute
Publisher: Olde Soldier Books Incorporated
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 458
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Provides a brief history and "certain information such as organization, campaigns, losses, commanders, etc." for each unit listed in "Marcus J. Wright's List of Field Officers, Regiments, and Battalions in the Confederate States Army, 1861-1865."--Intro., p.xi.
Author: National Archives (U.S.)
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Published: 1968
Total Pages: 144
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