Atlanta and the war
By: Webb Garrison.
Publisher: Rutledge Hill Press
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Nashville, Tenn
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9781558533394
Subjects: Confederate States of America. Army of Tennessee.; Atlanta Campaign, 1864.; Atlanta (Ga.) -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-274) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part 1 : Three armies head for Dalton.; title: Indian country seemed just the place for an inland port; title: Hit hard on both fronts at once!; title: Far too strong for a frontal assault; title: Ready to destroy Joe Johnston; title: Orderly withdrawal in lieu of all-out combat; title: Part 2 : Slugging it out, mile by mile.; title: Over the Oostenaula; title: Three or four miles a day; title: The rubicon of Georgia; title: Into the hell hole; title: The enemy must be in a bad condition; title: Judgment day at Kenesaw; title: Part 3 : A fresh target and a new foe.; title: Joe Johnston can withdraw; Atlanta cannot; title: John B. Hood takes command; title: Peach Tree Creek; title: The Battle of Atlanta; title: Part 4 : Too strong to attack, too large to invest.; title: Atlanta's defenses were something to see; title: Iron rain poured during a red day in August; title: Firing never ceased, day or night; title: Atlanta is ours, and fairly won!; title: Part 5 : New Gibraltar of the West.; title: You must all leave; title: An empty town, barely occupied; title: Saltwater!; title: Atlanta tipped the scales for a despondent Lincoln; title: Up from the ashes