Format:
1 Online-Ressource (344 pages)
ISBN:
9780807143483
Series Statement:
Conflicting worlds
Content:
John R. Lundberg's compelling new military history chronicles the evolution of Granbury's Texas Brigade, perhaps the most distinguished combat unit in the Confederate Army of Tennessee. Named for its commanding officer, Brigadier General Hiram B. Granbury, the brigade fought tenaciously in the western theater even after Confederate defeat seemed certain. Granbury's Texas Brigade explores the motivations behind the unit's decision to continue to fight, even as it faced demoralizing defeats and Confederate collapse. Using a vast array of letters, diaries, and regimental documents, Lundberg offer
Note:
COVER; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction; 1 Off to War; 2 Fort Donelson; 3 Sojourn in Arkansas; 4 Arkansas Post; 5 Fighting for Vicksburg; 6 Prison; 7 A New Start; 8 Chickamauga; 9 Chattanooga; 10 Camp Life; 11 From Dalton to Pickett's Mill; 12 Stuck in the Thickets of North Georgia; 13 Hood Takes Command; 14 The Fall of Atlanta; 15 The Interlude; 16 Flanking Sherman; 17 Spring Hill and Franklin; 18 Nashville; 19 The End of the War; Afterword: Reminiscences, Reunions, and the Lost Cause; APPENDIXES; 1 The Demographics of Granbury's Brigade; 2 The Regiments of Granbury's Brigade
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3 The Battle Casualties of Granbury's BrigadeNOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Photographs;
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780807143476
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Granbury's Texas Brigade : Diehard Western Confederates
Language:
English
Keywords:
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