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The author presents the situation "as federal armies under William T. Sherman contended with Joseph E. Johnston and his successor, John Bell Hood, and moved steadily through Georgia to occupy the rail and commercial center of Atlanta."--Jacket.
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Atlanta Campaign, 1864. --- United States --- History --- Campaigns.
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Fought on July 28, 1864, the Battle of Ezra Church was a dramatic engagement during the Civil War's Atlanta Campaign. This compelling study is the first book-length account of the fighting at Ezra Church. Richly narrated and drawn from an array of unpublished manuscripts and firsthand accounts, Hess's work sheds new light on the complexities and significance of this important engagement, both on and off the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.
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Atlanta Campaign, 1864. --- Sherman's March to the Sea. --- Georgia --- United States --- History --- Campaigns.
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"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"--
Fortification --- Atlanta Campaign, 1864. --- United States --- Atlanta (Ga.) --- History --- Campaigns. --- Defenses.
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Atlanta Campaign, 1864. --- Sherman's March to the Sea. --- Georgia --- United States --- History --- Campaigns. --- History --- Campaigns.
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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, and Sherman initially tried to outflank the Confederates. His men endured heavy rains, artillery duels, sniping, and a fierce battle at Kolb's Farm before Sherman decided to directly attack Johnston's position on June 27. Kennesaw Mountain tells the story of an important phase of the Atlanta campaign. Historian Earl J. Hess e
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These pictures provide us with the most detailed visual source we have on the actual settings and terrain of Sherman's campaign, in many cases recording the bridges and battlements and the extent of the destruction as seen soon after the fighting.
American Civil War --- Atlanta Campaign, 1864 --- Chattanooga, Battle of, 1863 --- Chattanooga, Battle of, Chattanooga, Tenn., 1863 --- Sherman's March through the Carolinas --- Sherman's March to the Sea --- Army operations by United States --- Army, 1863-1865 --- Armies commanded by Sherman, William Tecumseh --- Battlefields. --- Pictorial works. --- Chattanooga (Tenn.), Battle of, 1863 --- Atlanta Campaign
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