. . . Played Hell in Tennessee
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PREFACE
In writing this book, it was my intention to
compress the movement of troops so that the reader would not become lost in the
maze of smaller units. This by no means
minimizes the important role that they played in the campaigns mentioned
hereafter. So often the reader becomes
lost and confused when dealing with individual units below division or brigade
level. I have tried to present this
segment of the Civil War in its simplest terms using only corps level units
with one or two exceptions where it was necessary to use division or brigade
level units.
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In 1864, the Confederate States of America was in a
precarious situation. It had been split
down the middle when the Union forces gained control of the Mississippi River.
To add to the problems of the Confederate
government, the individual states, especially those that were threatened with
invasion by the northern forces, were determined to maintain a rather large
home militia to be used only in the event their states were invaded.
The Army of Tennessee had operated under a defensive
strategy for some time since the Battle of Perryville, falling back to the next
most strategic position, hoping to draw the Union forces into an unfavorable
situation. However, the Army of
Tennessee found itself falling back rapidly upon Atlanta an important rail hub
and vital to the supply of the South.
The Confederate administration wanted military
victories. Politicking in and out of
the army, John B. Hood became the commander of the Army of Tennessee,
supposedly with a “better plan” to save the breadbasket of the South and drive
the enemy back to the Ohio River.
About the Author
The author graduated from Louisville Male High
School and the University of Louisville.
He graduated with a B. A. degree in history. He taught history and civics in the public school system and
served two years as president of the Kentucky Council for the Social Studies.
The author published his first book, “Imperium”, in
1986. He has read and studied
extensively on the subject of the struggle for southern independence.
He is currently retired from active employment.