The Campaign For Atlanta & Sherman's March to the Sea, Volume 1

Theodore P. Savas · David A. Woodbury

stb 2013 · Savas Publishing

À propos de cet e-book

The first of two volumes. The Atlanta Campaign (May – September 1864) consisted of wide-ranging maneuvers and a series of battles North Georgia during the Civil War with the intent to capture the important city of Atlanta. Union Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman launched his three-army invasion from Chattanooga, Tennessee, in early May 1864, opposed by Confederate Gen. Joseph E. Johnston’s Army of Tennessee. The Confederates fell back toward Atlanta in a series of withdrawals after Sherman’s successive flanking maneuvers. Johnston was replaced by the more aggressive Gen. John Bell Hood in mid-July, who turned to a series of attacks to throw back and defeat Sherman on Atlanta’s doorstep. The Army of Tennessee was besieged in the city that August and the city fell on September 2. Original well-researched and written essays by leading scholars in the field on a wide variety of fascinating topics. Contains original maps, photos, and illustrations.

À propos de l'auteur

Theodore P. Savas, a graduate of The University of Iowa College of Law in 1986 (With Distinction), practiced law in Silicon Valley for twelve years and co-founded Savas Woodbury Publishers (subsequently Savas Publishing) in 1990. He is the author or editor of fourteen books (published in five languages) including A Guide to the Battles of the American Revolution (with J. David Dameron, Spellmount and SBLLC, 2006), Hunt and Kill: U-505 and the U-Boat War in the Atlantic (Spellmount, SBLLC, 2004), Silent Hunters: German U-boat Commanders of World War II (Campbell, 1997; Naval Institute Press, 2003) and Nazi Millionaires: The Allied Search for Hidden SS Gold (Casemate, 2002), as well as a score of articles in a variety of journals and magazines. David Woodbury was a department head for The Sharper Image Corporation for many years, served as co-founder and co-editor of the quarterly journal Civil War Regiments, and is the author of several articles on various Civil War topics. He currently works with a major textbook publisher in the Bay Area of California, where he lives with his wife and sons.