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Five Tragic Hours Battle Of Franklin (Paperback, 1st ed)
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Five Tragic Hours Battle Of Franklin (Paperback, 1st ed)
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List price R629
Loot Price R537
Discovery Miles 5 370
You Save R92 (15%)
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On a November afternoon in 1864, the weary Gen. John Bell Hood
surveyed the army waiting to attack the Federals at Franklin,
Tennessee. He gave the signal almost at dusk, and the Confederates
rushed forward to utter devastation. This book describes the events
and causes of the five-hour battle in gripping detail, particularly
focusing on the reasons for such slaughter at a time when the
outcome of the war had already been decided.
The genesis of the senseless tragedy, according to McDonough and
Connelly, lay in the appointment of Hood to command the Army of
Tennessee. It was his decision to throw a total force of some
20,000 men into an ill-advised frontal assault against the Union
troops. The Confederates made their approach, without substantial
artillery support, on a level of some two miles. Why did Hood
select such a catastrophic strategy? The authors analyze his
reasoning in full. Their vivid and moving narrative, with
statements from eyewitnesses to the battle, make compelling reading
for all Civil War buffs and historians.
James Lee McDonough is Justin Potter Professor of History at
David-Lipscomb College and is the author of Shiloh and Stones
River.
Thomas L. Connelly, professor of history at the university of South
Carolina, is the author of Army of the Heartland, The Marble Man,
and Autumn of Glory, a two-volume history of the Army of
Tennessee.
General
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