Ebook {Epub PDF} Mountains Touched with Fire: Chattanooga Besieged 1863 by Wiley Sword

 · Suddenly, as an aghast Grant and Thomas watched, the beleaguered federal troops began a headlong, climactic, seemingly suicidal charge up the face of a six-hundred-foot-high mountain ridge overlooking the city, under ferocious fire from the Confederate infantry that held the bltadwin.run description: REV. Historian Wiley Sword offers a richly detailed account that captures the vivid personalities behind the battle for Chattanooga. Grant, Thomas, Bragg, William Tecumseh Sherman, Phil Sheridan, William Rosecrans, Pat Cleburne, Jefferson Davis, Abraham Lincoln - all come alive in a narrative that combines furious battle action with behind-the-scenes political maneuvering and astute analysis. An Award-Winning Historian Dramatically Re-Creates a Turning Point of the Civil WarIt was one of the most startling events of the civil war, the "hour of destiny" for the Union. Faced with the prospect of catastrophic defeat, the North's greatest generals--Ulysses Grant, William Tecumseh Sherman, George Thomas, and Phil Sheridan--were commanding a battle for the besieged city of Chattanooga 5/5(1).

Wiley Sword has a richly deserved reputation as a Civil War historian and a writer. Although the title indicates the book is about the battle of Chattanooga, the book is half gone before you start the fighting that occurred in Nov. Sword starts with the Tullahoma Campaign, touches on the events preceding Chickamauga, and with the fires still glowing 12 miles south of Chattanooga, Sword. Pris: ,-. heftet, Sendes innen virkedager. Kjøp boken Mountains Touched with Fire: Chattanooga Besieged, av Wiley Sword (ISBN ) hos bltadwin.ru Fri frakt fra {0} kr. Vi har mer enn 10 millioner bøker, finn din neste leseopplevelse i dag! Alltid lave priser, fri frakt over ,- | Adlibris. Buy Mountains Touched with Fire: Chattanooga Besieged, by Wiley Sword online at Alibris. We have new and used copies available, in 2 editions - starting at $ Shop now.

Faced with defeat, the North's greatest generals were commanding a battle for the besieged city of Chattanooga, Tennessee. As the beleaguered Federal troops began a headlong, climactic, seemingly suicidal charge up the face of a foot-high mountain ridge overlooking the city, they came under ferocious fire from the Confederate infantry that held the ridge. By Wiley Sword. Much like his previous work, Shiloh: Bloody April, Wiley Sword generates in Mountains Touched With Firea well researched, though overly detailed, account of a Civil War battle. This work examines the Chattanooga Campaign which occurred in Sword draws from personal letters, diaries, and journals of the men involved in the campaign; Sword treats the sources from the rank and file with as much attention and respect as those from the upper command. Dozens of previously unpublished photographs, maps, and excepts from private journals, and letters enhance this vivid account. Written with novelistic flair and a historian's authority, Mountains Touched with Fire captures every side of this crucial Civil War battle whose aftermath sealed the fate of the South.