The Battle of Nashville: Recollections of Confederate and Union Soldiers de Seabrook, Lochlainn - 2018-09-20

THE BATTLE OF NASHVILLE RECOLLECTIONS OF CONFEDERATE & UNION SOLDIERS 150 page hardcover, beautifully designed By Lochlainn SeabrookThe consequences of the Battle of Nashville, which took place December 15-16, 1864, are still being debated, but one thing is certain: the Union victory there marked a major turning point in the War of 1861. After losing three battles in a row, including Spring Hill (November 29) and Franklin (November 30), Confederate General John Bell Hood and his troops were forced to flee southward, leaving the all-important region of Middle Tennessee largely under Union control. Confederate power in the Western Theater had been vanquished, for as Yankees loudly and proudly proclaimed, they had "crushed the backbone of the rebellion," a victory that helped lead to Lee's surrender at Appomattox just a few months later.There are serious problems with this simplistic view, however. The Union win at Nashville was not "a remarkable display of Northern military skill," nor was the… Leer más

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Hardback. New.