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The Battle of Ezra Church was one of the deadliest engagements in
the Atlanta Campaign of the Civil War and continues to be one of
the least understood. Both official and unofficial reports failed
to illuminate the true bloodshed of the conflict: one of every
three engaged Confederates was killed or wounded, including four
generals. Nor do those reports acknowledge the flaws - let alone
the ultimate failure - of Confederate commander John Bell Hood's
plan to thwart Union general William Tecumseh Sherman's southward
advance. In an account that refutes and improves upon all other
interpretations of the Battle of Ezra Church, noted battle
historian Gary Ecelbarger consults extensive records, reports, and
personal accounts to deliver a nuanced hour-by-hour overview of how
the battle actually unfolded. His narrative fills in significant
facts and facets of the battle that have long gone unexamined,
correcting numerous conclusions that historians have reached about
key officers' intentions and actions before, during, and after this
critical contest. Eleven troop movement maps by leading Civil War
cartographer Hal Jespersen complement Ecelbarger's analysis,
detailing terrain and battle maneuvers to give the reader an
on-the-ground perspective of the conflict. With new revelations
based on solid primary-source documentation, Slaughter at the
Chapel is the most comprehensive treatment of the Battle of Ezra
Church yet written, as powerful in its implications as it is
compelling in its moment-to-moment details.
The Battle of Ezra Church was one of the deadliest engagements in
the Atlanta Campaign of the Civil War and continues to be one of
the least understood. Both official and unofficial reports failed
to illuminate the true bloodshed of the conflict: one of every
three engaged Confederates was killed or wounded, including four
generals. Nor do those reports acknowledge the flaws - let alone
the ultimate failure - of Confederate commander John Bell Hood's
plan to thwart Union general William Tecumseh Sherman's southward
advance. In an account that refutes and improves upon all other
interpretations of the Battle of Ezra Church, noted battle
historian Gary Ecelbarger consults extensive records, reports, and
personal accounts to deliver a nuanced hour-by-hour overview of how
the battle actually unfolded. His narrative fills in significant
facts and facets of the battle that have long gone unexamined,
correcting numerous conclusions that historians have reached about
key officers' intentions and actions before, during, and after this
critical contest. Eleven troop movement maps by leading Civil War
cartographer Hal Jespersen complement Ecelbarger's analysis,
detailing terrain and battle maneuvers to give the reader an
on-the-ground perspective of the conflict. With new revelations
based on solid primary-source documentation, Slaughter at the
Chapel is the most comprehensive treatment of the Battle of Ezra
Church yet written, as powerful in its implications as it is
compelling in its moment-to-moment details.
The battles of Front Royal and Winchester are the stuff of Civil
War legend. Stonewall Jackson swept away an isolated Union division
under the command of Nathaniel Banks and made his presence in the
northern Shenandoah Valley so frightful a prospect that it
triggered an overreaction from President Lincoln, yielding huge
benefits for the Confederacy. Gary Ecelbarger has undertaken a
comprehensive reassessment of those battles to show their influence
on both war strategy and the continuation of the conflict. Three
Days in the Shenandoah answers questions that have perplexed
historians for generations. Bypassing long-overused sources that
have shrouded the Valley Campaign in myth, Ecelbarger draws instead
on newly uncovered primary sources - including soldiers' accounts
and officers' reports - to refute much of the anecdotal lore that
for too long was regarded as fact. He narrates those suspenseful
days of combat from the perspective of battlefield participants and
high commanders to weave a compelling story of strategy and
tactics. And he offers new conclusions regarding Lincoln's military
meddling as commander in chief, grants Jefferson Davis more credit
for the campaign than previous accounts have given him, and
commends Union soldiers for their fighting. Written with the flair
of a seasoned military historian and enlivened with maps and
illustrations, Three Days in the Shenandoah reinterprets this
important episode. Ecelbarger sets a new standard for envisioning
the Shenandoah Campaign that will both fascinate Civil War buffs
and engage historians.
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