Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that Changed the Course of the Civil War, June 23July 4, 1863 [Paperback]

An outstanding addition to the literature of the war. -The NYMAS ReviewThis brilliant campaign nearly cleared the state of Rebels and changed the calculus of the Civil War in the Western Theater; however, few people today even know about it. The complex and fascinating campaign included deceit, hard marching, fighting, and incredible luckboth good and bad. Powell and Wittenberg mined hundreds of archival and firsthand accounts to craft a splendid study of this overlooked campaign that set the stage for the battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga, the removal of Rosecrans and Bragg from the chessboard of war, the elevation of U. S. Grant to command all Union armies, and the early stages of William T. Shermans Atlanta Campaign. Powell and Wittenberg provide sufficient detail to satisfy the most avid Civil War buff while engaging casual readers. A model of superbly crafted and meticulously documented research... David Powell and Eric Wittenberg have produced an outstanding study of the decidedly under appreciated 1863 Tullahoma Campaign in Middle Tennessee. Their balanced and nuanced evaluations of the leadership of Generals William S. Rosecrans and Braxton Bragg will force readers to reassesswithout totally abandoningthe less-than-stellar reputations usually attached to these two prominent commanders. The authorss thorough examination of some of the wars most daunting logistical challenges and efforts to adapt workable solutions to them is both noteworthy and most welcome.The Tullahoma Campaign is frequently obscured by the almost simultaneous and much higher profile Union victories at Gettysburg and Vicksburg. With their respective expertise in Civil War cavalry and the Western Theater, historians Eric Wittenberg and David Powell have written the definitive account of Union Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans operational masterpiecethe almost bloodless conquest of hundreds of square miles of Middle Tennessee in the crucial third summer of the Civil War.The Tlƒ2