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- The Shipwreck of Their Hopes: THE BATTLES FOR CHATTANOOGA
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- 1994
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
summary
Civil War enthusiasts will welcome this concluding volume of Peter Cozzens's highly praised trilogy on the Civil War in the West.
The battle around Chattanooga in the late fall of 1863 were among the most decisive of the Civil War, opening the Deep South to the Union and setting the stage for the Atlanta campaign and the March to the Sea. After Chattanooga, the principal Confederate army in the West fought without spirit or hope of victory. Cozzens's comprehensive account details movements of individual regiments, even as it reveals the larger impact of the campaign on the outcome of the war.
In The Shipwreck of Their Hopes, Cozzens draws on his acclaimed storytelling skills and exhaustive research efforts to fully chronicle one of the South's most humiliating defeats. As in his earlier books, he brings to life the officers and enlisted men who fought the war.
The battle around Chattanooga in the late fall of 1863 were among the most decisive of the Civil War, opening the Deep South to the Union and setting the stage for the Atlanta campaign and the March to the Sea. After Chattanooga, the principal Confederate army in the West fought without spirit or hope of victory. Cozzens's comprehensive account details movements of individual regiments, even as it reveals the larger impact of the campaign on the outcome of the war.
In The Shipwreck of Their Hopes, Cozzens draws on his acclaimed storytelling skills and exhaustive research efforts to fully chronicle one of the South's most humiliating defeats. As in his earlier books, he brings to life the officers and enlisted men who fought the war.
Table of Contents
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- Table of Contents
- pp. vii-viii
- List of Maps
- p. ix
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xi-xii
- 1 Changes of Vast Moment
- pp. 1-7
- 2 Starvation Camp
- pp. 8-22
- 3 Everyone Here Curses Bragg
- pp. 23-38
- 6 Our Lagging Efforts
- pp. 66-77
- 8 A Golden Thread through the Tangled Web
- pp. 101-110
- 9 The Chair of Honor?
- pp. 111-125
- 10 A Very Gallant Thing
- pp. 126-142
- 11 The Advantage Was Greatly on Our Side Now
- pp. 143-158
- 12 The Most Curious Battle of the War
- pp. 159-180
- 13 Go in and Give 'Em Hell
- pp. 181-193
- 14 The Shipwreck of their Hopes
- pp. 194-200
- 15 Time is Everything
- pp. 201-212
- Sixteen / This Was Business
- pp. 213-247
- 17 An Unusual Solemnity Pervades Our Ranks
- pp. 248-260
- 18 We are All Officers Today
- pp. 261-285
- 19 Almost Up, Sir
- pp. 286-292
- 20 Chickamauga, Damn You!
- pp. 293-303
- 21 We've Got 'Em in a Pen
- pp. 304-323
- 22 Save Yourself! The Yankees Are on You!
- pp. 324-335
- 23 We are Fighting the World
- pp. 336-346
- 24 Whipped, Mortified, and Chagrined
- pp. 347-364
- 25 They are Crowding Us
- pp. 365-373
- 26 A Sad Affair
- pp. 374-390
- 27 The Fruits are Bitter
- pp. 391-404
- Bibliography
- pp. 479-502
- About the Author
- p. 522
Additional Information
ISBN
9780252098499
Related ISBN(s)
9780252019227, 9780252065958
MARC Record
OCLC
966836645
Pages
536
Launched on MUSE
2017-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
1994