The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville (Modern War Studies) (Modern War Studies (Paperback))
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (645 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0700606505 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 528 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-09 |
| Language | : | English |
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. Wiley Sword is the author of Shiloh: Bloody April
Raw, Unvarnished Account of the Entire Tennessee Campaign This is a well-researched account of John Bell Hood’s Tennessee Campaign in late 186Raw, Unvarnished Account of the Entire Tennessee Campaign KJAG This is a well-researched account of John Bell Hood’s Tennessee Campaign in late 1864, the Confederacy’s last major offensive and last real opportunity to reverse the war’s trajectory. The Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville conflicts are all significant in their own right. Spring Hill could be summed up as “snatching defeat from the jaws of victory,” whereby Hood let slip a unique opportunity to spring a set trap and cut off the only Union force able to stop him in Tennessee, and perhaps Kentucky and beyond. Franklin hosted one of largest and most vicious close-quarters battles of the war between 40,000 tr. , the Confederacy’s last major offensive and last real opportunity to reverse the war’s trajectory. The Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville conflicts are all significant in their own right. Spring Hill could be summed up as “snatching defeat from the jaws of victory,” whereby Hood let slip a unique opportunity to spring a set trap and cut off the only Union force able to stop him in Tennessee, and perhaps Kentucky and beyond. Franklin hosted one of largest and most vicious close-quarters battles of the war between Raw, Unvarnished Account of the Entire Tennessee Campaign KJAG This is a well-researched account of John Bell Hood’s Tennessee Campaign in late 1864, the Confederacy’s last major offensive and last real opportunity to reverse the war’s trajectory. The Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville conflicts are all significant in their own right. Spring Hill could be summed up as “snatching defeat from the jaws of victory,” whereby Hood let slip a unique opportunity to spring a set trap and cut off the only Union force able to stop him in Tennessee, and perhaps Kentucky and beyond. Franklin hosted one of largest and most vicious close-quarters battles of the war between 40,000 tr. 0,000 tr. Ipy said ((3.5 stars) Excellent narrative history of Hood's TN campaign, but ultimately displays a vendetta against Sam Hood This was a tough review to write. There is a great deal to love in this book, as well as some to be skeptical of. I will start with the good. This is a well written, engaging, even moving account of the tragic last campaign of the Army of TN. It is narrative history at its best. The full campaign is covered: the aftermath of Atlanta, the hazy genesis of the invasion, the Union response, the missed opportunity at Spring Hill, the tragic abattoir of Franklin, and the final disaster at Nashville. The Franklin fighting alone may be the single best account I have ever read of that battle. Sword is skilled at keeping the reader oriented in the. .5 stars) Excellent narrative history of Hood's TN campaign, but ultimately displays a vendetta against Sam Hood. This was a tough review to write. There is a great deal to love in this book, as well as some to be skeptical of. I will start with the good. This is a well written, engaging, even moving account of the tragic last campaign of the Army of TN. It is narrative history at its best. The full campaign is covered: the aftermath of Atlanta, the hazy genesis of the invasion, the Union response, the missed opportunity at Spring Hill, the tragic abattoir of Franklin, and the final disaster at Nashville. The Franklin fighting alone may be the single best account I have ever read of that battle. Sword is skilled at keeping the reader oriented in the. "Hood was a Confederate general who had bad luck from Gettysburg on" according to Emanuel Kandilakis. Hood was a Confederate general who had bad luck from Gettysburg on. He kept making bad decisions through out the war. Sherman once said at the Battle of Atlanta " I'm so glad that Johnson was removed for Hood." We will take Atlanta.
. About the Author Wiley Sword is the author of Shiloh: Bloody April
But Sherman refused to be lured and began his infamous "March to the Sea," while Hood charged headlong into catastrophe.In this compelling dramatic account of a final and fatal invasion by the Confederate Army of Tennessee, Wile Sword illuminates the missed opportunities, senseless bloody assaults, poor command decisions, and stubborn pride that resulted in 23,500 Confederate losses including 7,00 casualties in one battle and the pulverization of the South's second largest army.Sword follows Hood and his army as they let an early advantage and possible victory slip away at Spring Hill, then engage in a reckless and ill-fated frontal attack on Franklin, often called the "Gettysburg of the West." Despite that disaster, Hood refuses to yield and presses on the Nashville and a two-day bloodbath that unhinges what is left of his battered troops the worst defeat suffered by any army during the war.Telling the story from both the Confederate and the Union perspectives, Sword pursues personalities as well as battles and troop strategy. He portrays Hood as a gutsy yet irresponsible leader "a fool with a license to kill his own men" whose valiant but rapidly dwindling troops were no match for the methodical General George G. Hood, however, was not entirely to blame for Confederate failures,