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When the Confederates emerged as victors in the Chickamauga Campaign, the Union Army of the Cumberland lay under siege in Chattanooga, with Braxton Bragg's Army of Tennessee on nearby high ground at Missionary Ridge and Lookout Mountain. A win at Chattanooga was essential for the Confederates, both to capitalize on the victory at Chickamauga and to keep control of the gateway to the lower South. Should the Federal troops wrest control of that linchpin, they would cement their control of eastern Tennessee and gain access to the Deep South. In the fall 1863 Chattanooga Campaign, the new head of the western Union armies, Ulysses S. Grant, sought to break the Confederate siege. His success created the opportunity for the Union to start a campaign to capture Atlanta the following spring. Woodworth's introduction sets the stage for ten insightful essays that provide new analysis of this crucial campaign. From the Battle of Wauhatchie to the Battle of Chattanooga, the contributors' well-researched and vividly written assessments of both Union and Confederate actions offer a balanced discussion of the complex nature of the campaign and its aftermath. Other essays give fascinating examinations of the reactions to the campaign in northern newspapers and by Confederate soldiers from west of the Mississippi River. Complete with maps and photos, The Chattanooga Campaign contains a wealth of detailed information about the military, social, and political aspects of the campaign and contributes significantly to our understanding of the Civil War's western theater. Univeristy Press Books for Public and Secondary Schools 2013 edition.

Cover -- Jacket Flaps -- Overview Map -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Maps and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Steven E. Woodworth -- 1. The Long Lost Diary of Major General Patrick R. Cleburne / Edited by William Lee White -- 2. "The Storm Broke in All Its Fury": The Struggle for Allatoona Pass / Stewart Bennett -- 3. Errant Moves on the Chess board of War: The Battle of Spring Hill, November 29, 1864 / John R. Lundberg -- 4. The Destruction of the Army of Tennessee's Officer Corps at the Battle of Franklin / Andrew S. Bledsoe -- 5. Killing at Franklin: Anatomy of Slaughter / Jonathan M. Steplyk -- 6. A Failure to Communicate: Grant, Thomas, and the Nashville Campaign / Brooks D. Simpson -- Gallery -- 7. Where Genius Cannot Exist: The Generalship of George H. Thomas / Paul L. Schmelzer -- 8. "No More Auction Block for Me": The Fight for Freedom by the U.S. Colored Troops at the Battle of Nashville / D. L. Turner and Scott L. Stabler -- 9. A. J. Smith's Detachment in the Battle of Nashville / Steven E. Woodworth -- 10. Civilian Participants and Observers during the Franklin-Nashville Campaign / John J. Gaines -- 11. "Our Peoples Are Depressed in Spirit": Texans' Reactions to Hood's Tennessee Campaign / Charles D. Grear -- 12. What Could Have Been: Civil War Battlefield Preservation at Franklin / Timothy B. Smith -- 13. Preserving the Nashville Battlefield: The South's True Lost Cause / Jennifer M. Murray -- Contributors -- Index -- Series Statement -- Other Books in the Series -- Back Cover.