Let Us Die Like Men
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Let Us Die Like Men
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Author : William Lee White
language : en
Publisher: Emerging Civil War
Release Date : 2019
Let Us Die Like Men written by William Lee White and has been published by Emerging Civil War this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
John Bell Hood had done his job too well. In the fall of 1864, the commander of the Confederate Army of Tennessee had harassed Federal forces in north Georgia so badly that the Union commander, William T. Sherman, decided to abandon his position. During his subsequent "March to the Sea," Sherman's men lived off the land and made Georgia howl. Rather than confront the larger Federal force directly, Hood chose instead to strike northward into Tennessee. There, he hoped to cripple the Federal supply infrastructure and the Federal forces that still remained there--the Army of the Cumberland under George Thomas. Hood hoped to defeat Thomas's army in detail and force Sherman to come northward to the rescue. On November 30, in a small country town called Franklin, Hood caught part of Thomas's army outside of its stronghold of Nashville. But what began as a promising opportunity for the outnumbered Confederate army soon turned grim. "I do not like the looks of this fight," one of Hood's subordinates said; "the enemy has an excellent position and is well fortified." Hood was determined to root the Federals out. "Well," said a Confederate officer, "if we are to die, let us die like men." And thousands of them did. As wave after murderous wave crashed against the Federal fortifications, the Army of Tennessee shattered itself. It eventually found victory--but at a cost so bloody and so chilling, the name "Franklin" would ever after be synonymous with disaster. Historian William Lee White, whose devotion to the Army of Tennessee has taken him from the dense forests of northwest Georgia to the gates of Atlanta and back into Tennessee, now pens the penultimate chapter in the army's storied history in Let Us Die Like Men: The Battle of Franklin, November 30, 1864.
Let Us Die Like Men
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Author : William Lee White
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2017-02-15
Let Us Die Like Men written by William Lee White and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-02-15 with History categories.
The Army of Tennessee’s grueling and costly victory against a fortified Union encampment is expertly recounted in this engaging Civil War history. In the fall of 1864, as William T. Sherman led Federal forces on his March to the Sea, Confederate General John Bell Hood chose to strike northward into Tennessee. There, he hoped to cripple the Federal supply infrastructure and strike the Army of the Cumberland under George Thomas. By defeating Thomas’s army in detail, Hood hoped to force Sherman to come northward to the rescue. On November 30, in a small country town called Franklin, Hood caught part of Thomas’s army outside of its stronghold of Nashville. But what began as a promising opportunity soon turned grim. When subordinates voiced their concerns, Hood’s response was unflinching. “If we are to die,” said the Confederate officer, “let us die like men.” As wave after murderous wave crashed against the Federal fortifications, Hood’s Army of Tennessee shattered itself. It eventually found victory—but at a cost so bloody and so chilling, the name “Franklin” would ever after be synonymous with disaster. Historian William Lee White, whose devotion to the Army of Tennessee has taken him from the dense forests of northwest Georgia to the gates of Atlanta and back into Tennessee, now pens the penultimate chapter in the army’s storied history in Let Us Die Like Men.
Decision At Tom S Brook
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Author : William J. Miller
language : en
Publisher: Savas Beatie
Release Date : 2016-05-19
Decision At Tom S Brook written by William J. Miller and has been published by Savas Beatie this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-19 with History categories.
The Battle of Tom’s Brook, recalled one Confederate soldier, was “the greatest disaster that ever befell our cavalry during the whole war.” The fight took place during the last autumn of the Civil War, when the Union General Phil Sheridan vowed to turn the crop-rich Shenandoah Valley into “a desert.” Farms and homes were burned, livestock slaughtered, and Southern families suffered. The story of the Tom’s Brook cavalry affair centers on two young men who had risen to prominence as soldiers: George A. Custer and Thomas L. Rosser. They had been fast friends since their teenage days at West Point, but the war sent them down separate paths—Custer to the Union army and Rosser to the Confederacy. Each was a born warrior who took obvious joy in the exhilaration of battle. Each possessed almost all of the traits of the ideal cavalryman—courage, intelligence, physical strength, inner-fire. Only their judgment was questionable. Their separate paths converged in the Shenandoah Valley in the summer of 1864, when Custer was ordered to destroy, and Rosser was ordered to stop him. For three days, Rosser’s gray troopers pursued and attacked the Federals. On the fourth day, October 9, the tables turned in the open fields above Tom’s Brook, where each ambitious friend sought his own advancement at the expense of the other. One capitalized upon every advantage fate threw before him, while the other, sure of his abilities in battle and eager to fight, attempted to impose his will on unfavorable circumstances and tempted fate by inviting catastrophe. This long-overlooked cavalry action had a lasting effect on mounted operations and influenced the balance of the campaign in the Valley. Based upon extensive research in primary documents and gracefully written, award-winning author William J. Miller’s Decision at Tom’s Brook presents significant new material on Thomas Rosser, and argues that his character was his destiny. Rosser’s decision-making that day changed his life and the lives of hundreds of other men. Miller’s new study is Civil War history and high personal drama at its finest.
Voices Of The Border
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Author : George Washington Patten
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1867
Voices Of The Border written by George Washington Patten and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1867 with Songs, English categories.
The Complete Works Of Lord Byron
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Author : George Gordon Byron Baron Byron
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1835
The Complete Works Of Lord Byron written by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1835 with categories.
The Complete Works Of Lord Byron From The Last London Edition To Which Is Prefixed The Life Of The Author By John Galt Etc
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Author : George Gordon Byron Baron Byron
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1835
The Complete Works Of Lord Byron From The Last London Edition To Which Is Prefixed The Life Of The Author By John Galt Etc written by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1835 with categories.
The Complete Works
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Author : George Gordon Byron Byron
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1846
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The Complete Works Of Lord Byron
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Author : George Gordon Byron Byron (Baron)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1835
The Complete Works Of Lord Byron written by George Gordon Byron Byron (Baron) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1835 with categories.
The Complete Works Of Lord Byron From The Last London Edition Now First Collected An Arranged And Illustrated With Notes By Sir Walter Scott Rev H Milman Etc Etc To Which Is Prefixed The Life Of The Author By John Galt
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Author : George Gordon Byron Baron Byron
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1835
The Complete Works Of Lord Byron From The Last London Edition Now First Collected An Arranged And Illustrated With Notes By Sir Walter Scott Rev H Milman Etc Etc To Which Is Prefixed The Life Of The Author By John Galt written by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1835 with categories.
The Poetical Works Of Lord Byron
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Author : George Gordon Byron Baron Byron
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1850
The Poetical Works Of Lord Byron written by George Gordon Byron Baron Byron and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1850 with English poetry categories.