Chickamauga 1863: Rebel Breakthrough (Battles and Leaders of the American Civil War)
• Addresses the personalities, strengths, and weaknesses of the campaign's leaders and explains how these qualities shaped the battle's outcome• Examines the acrimonious political infighting in the Rebel high command and the serious repercussions it had on the battlefield and beyond• Explores the maneuvers of Union General William S. Rosecrans's army in the late summer of 1863 and how the events led to General Braxton Bragg's decision to stand and fight along Chickamauga Creek• Combines solid scholarship with a text intended for the general reader• Analyzes how Johnny Reb and Billy Yank fared in the bloodiest battle of the Western Theater