"No Such Army Since the Days of Julius Caesar"

Author: Mark A. Smith
Publisher: Grub Street Publishers
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2017-02-15
Genre: History
ISBN: 1611212871

“Smith and Sokolsky have firmly established themselves within the highest echelon of 1865 Carolinas Campaign historians.” —Civil War Books and Authors Gen. William T. Sherman’s 1865 Carolinas Campaign receives scant attention from most Civil War historians. Career military officers Mark A. Smith and Wade Sokolosky rectify this oversight with “No Such Army Since the Days of Julius Caesar,” a careful and impartial examination of Sherman’s army and its many accomplishments. The authors focus on the overlooked run-up to the seminal Battle of Bentonville. They begin on March 11, 1865, with the capture of Fayetteville and the demolition of the arsenal there, before chronicling the two-day Battle of Averasboro in more detail than any other study. At Averasboro, Lt. Gen. William J. Hardee’s Confederates conducted a well planned and brilliantly executed defense-in-depth that held Sherman’s juggernaut in check for two days. With his objective accomplished, Hardee disengaged and marched to concentrate his corps with Gen. Joseph E. Johnston for what would become Bentonville. This completely revised and updated edition of “No Such Army Since the Days of Julius Caesar” is based upon extensive archival and firsthand research. It includes new original maps, orders of battle, abundant illustrations, and a detailed driving and walking tour for dedicated battlefield enthusiasts. Readers with an interest in the Carolinas, Generals Sherman and Johnston, or the Civil War in general will enjoy this book. “Smith and Sokolosky are military historians with a particular interest in what happened in the Carolina States. What they bring to the table regarding Sherman and Johnston is remarkable, a revelation.” —Books Monthly

The March to the Sea and Beyond

The March to the Sea and Beyond
Author: Joseph T. Glatthaar
Publisher: LSU Press
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1995-11-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780807120286

In November, 1864, Major General William Tecumseh Sherman led an army of veteran Union troops through the heart of the Confederacy, leaving behind a path of destruction in an area that had known little of the hardships of war, devastating the morale of soldiers and civilians alike, and hastening the end of the war. In this intensively researched and carefully detailed study, chosen by Civil War Magazine as one of the best one hundred books ever written about the Civil War, Joseph T. Glatthaar examines the Savannah and Carolinas Campaigns from the perspective of the common soldiers in Sherman's army, seeking, above all, to understand why they did what they did. Glatthaar graphically describes the duties and deprivations of the march, the boredom and frustration of camp life, and the utter confusion and pure chance of battle. Quoting heavily from the letters and diaries of Sherman's men, he reveals the fears, motivations, and aspirations of the Union soldiers and explores their attitudes toward their comrades, toward blacks and southern whites, and toward the war, its destruction, and the forthcoming reconstruction.

This Hallowed Ground

This Hallowed Ground
Author: Bruce Catton
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
Total Pages: 452
Release: 1998
Genre: Education
ISBN: 9781853266966

This history of the American Civil War chronicles the entire war to preserve the Union - from the Northern point of view, but in terms of the men from both sides who lived and died in glory on the fields.

A People Set Apart

A People Set Apart
Author: Lorle Porter
Publisher: Equine Graphics Publishing Group
Total Pages: 980
Release: 1998
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781887932752

Sherman's March

Sherman's March
Author: Burke Davis
Publisher: Vintage
Total Pages: 354
Release: 1988-05-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 0394757637

Sherman's March is the vivid narrative of General William T. Sherman's devastating sweep through Georgia and the Carolinas in the closing days of the Civil War. Weaving together hundreds of eyewitness stories, Burke Davis graphically brings to life the dramatic experiences of the 65,000 Federal troops who plundered their way through the South and those of the anguished -- and often defiant -- Confederate women and men who sought to protect themselves and their family treasures, usually in vain. Dominating these events is the general himself -- "Uncle Billy" to his troops, the devil incarnate to the Southerners he encountered. "What gives this narrative its unusual richness is the author's collation of hundreds of eyewitness accounts...The actions are described in the words, often picturesque and often eloquent, of those who were there, either as participants -- Union soldiers, Confederate soldiers -- in the fighting and destruction or as victims of Sherman's frank vow to 'make Georgia howl.' Mr. Davis intercuts these scenes with closeups of the chief actors in this nightmarish drama, and he also manages to give us a coherent historical account of the whole episode. A powerful illustration of the proposition put forth in Sherman's most famous remark." -- The New Yorker

Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln
Author: Carl Sandburg
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company
Total Pages: 476
Release: 2007
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781402742880

Presents the life of the Civil War president, detailing his childhood, his education, career as a lawyer and legislator, his marriage, political campaigns, presidential years, and assassination.

This Astounding Close

This Astounding Close
Author: Mark L. Bradley
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 427
Release: 2006-12-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 0807877069

Even after Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox, the Civil War continued to be fought, and surrenders negotiated, on different fronts. The most notable of these occurred at Bennett Place, near Durham, North Carolina, when Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered the Army of Tennessee to Union General William T. Sherman. In this first full-length examination of the end of the war in North Carolina, Mark Bradley traces the campaign leading up to Bennett Place. Alternating between Union and Confederate points of view and drawing on his readings of primary sources, including numerous eyewitness accounts and the final muster rolls of the Army of Tennessee, Bradley depicts the action as it was experienced by the troops and the civilians in their path. He offers new information about the morale of the Army of Tennessee during its final confrontation with Sherman's much larger Union army. And he advances a fresh interpretation of Sherman's and Johnston's roles in the final negotiations for the surrender.

The Soul of Battle

The Soul of Battle
Author: Victor Davis Hanson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 504
Release: 1999
Genre: Military history
ISBN: 0684845024

From the author of the international bestseller "The Western Way of War" comes a fresh, exciting look at three armies whose intense spirit of mission, coupled with the genius of their leaders, led them to triumph. Maps.

Military Reminiscences of the Civil War of Union Army General

Military Reminiscences of the Civil War of Union Army General
Author: Jacob D. Cox
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 995
Release: 2022-11-13
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

"Military Reminiscences of the Civil War" in 2 volumes is a personal account written by the Union Army general Jacob D. Cox. The author's aim in this book was to reproduce his own experience in the American Civil War in such a way as to help the reader understand just how the duties and the problems of that great conflict presented themselves successively to a man who had an active part in it from the beginning to the end. This edition includes: Volume 1: The Outbreak of the War Camp Dennison Mcclellan in West Virginia The Kanawha Valley Gauley Bridge Carnifex Ferry – To Sewell Mountain and Back Cotton Mountain Winter- Quarters Volunteers and Regulars The Mountain Department – Spring Campaign Pope in Command – Transfer to Washington Retreat within the Lines – Reorganization – Halleck and His Subordinates South Mountain Antietam: Preliminary Movements Antietam: the Fight on the Right Antietam: the Fight on the Left Mcclellan and Politics – His Removal and Its Cause Personal Relations of Mcclellan, Burnside, and Porter Return to West Virginia... Volume 2: Grant in Command – Rosecrans Relieved Siege of Knoxville – End of Burnside's Campaign Affairs in District of Ohio – Plot to Liberate Prisoners at Johnson's Island A Winter Ride on the Cumberland Mountains Winter Bivouacs in East Tennessee Grant's Visit – The Dandridge Affair Winter Quarters in East Tennessee – Preparations for a New Campaign Schofield in East Tennessee – Duties as Chief of Staff – Final Operations in the Valley Grant, Halleck, and Sherman – Johnston and Mr. Davis Atlanta Campaign: Dalton and Resaca Atlanta Campaign: Advance to the Etowah Atlanta Campaign: New Hope Church and the Kennesaw Lines Atlanta Campaign: Marietta Lines – Crossing the Chattahoochee Hood's Defence of Atlanta – Results of Its Capture The Rest at Atlanta – Staff Organization and Changes...

Military Reminiscences of the Civil War

Military Reminiscences of the Civil War
Author: Jacob Dolson Cox
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2018-09-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 3734026164

Reproduction of the original: Military Reminiscences of the Civil War by Jacob Dolson Cox