Into Tennessee & failure : John Bell Hood

Author/Creator:

Davis, Stephen, 1948- author

Publication/Creation:

Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, 2020

Format:

Book

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Additional/Related Title Information

Full Title:

Into Tennessee & failure : John Bell Hood / Stephen Davis

Variant Titles:

Into Tennessee and failure

Subjects/Genre

Subjects:

Hood, John Bell,1831-1879--Military leadership
Confederate States of America.Army of Tennessee
Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
Georgia--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
Alabama--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories

Description/Summary

Table of Contents:

Hood and the Tennessee Campaign, September 1864-January 1865 -- September 1864 -- October 1864 -- November 1864 -- December 1864 -- Final Months of the War -- Epilogue: Hood after the War.

Bibliography:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary:

"Into Tennessee and Failure is the second exploration of Stephen Davis's study of John Bell Hood's generalship in 1864. From Texas Brigadier to the Fall of Atlanta traces Hood's rise from lieutenant of cavalry in Virginia to commanding general of the Army of Tennessee. In his first test as Confederate general, July-September 1864, Hood failed to prevent Sherman's capture of Atlanta. Here he picks up the story in September-October 1864, tracing Hood and his army into North Georgia and Alabama. Entering Tennessee in late November, Hood's forces failed to trap Union Maj. Gen. John Schofield's infantry at Spring Hill. On November 30, Hood ordered his soldiers to attack Schofield's fortified lines at Franklin. A tragic and bloody repulse followed. Schofield escaped to Nashville, joining Maj. Gen. George Thomas' forces. With few options left, Hood approached Nashville and had his troops dig in. Though his army was half the size of Thomas' 50,000, Hood hoped to win a defensive victory when Thomas attacked him. Instead, in the battle of Nashville, December 15-16, the Army of Tennessee was routed from the field. By the time it ended its retreat in North Mississippi, Confederate authorities were ready to relieve Hood from command. Seeing it coming, the general offered his resignation in January 1865. Davis's theme in the first book was the ambition that drove Hood to seek higher and higher rank. Here, while recognizing Hood's loyalty to the Confederate cause, he discerns Hood's unflattering traits: questioning the courage of his men, bickering with other generals, and concealing from his superiors the extent of his disaster in Tennessee."--

Language:

English

Physical Type/Description:

340 pages : maps ; 24 cm

Additional Identifiers

Catalog ID (MMSID):

9937242472802486

ISBN:

9780881467673
0881467677

OCLC Number:

1157772795

Barcode:

010003082477