Author:
Hess, Earl J. author.
ImprintLawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2023]
Descriptionxvii, 411 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Note:Atlanta is in sight -- From Roswell to Bald Hill, July 17-20 -- Battle of Bald Hill, July 21 -- Morning, July 22 -- Dodge stops Bate and Walker -- McPherson's last ride -- Desperate struggle south of Bald Hill -- Breaking the Fifteenth Corps Line -- Federal resurgence -- Struggle for Bald Hill -- Decatur and th rest of July 22 -- Aftermath -- Moving out, July 23-28 -- Battlefield, commemoration, and memory -- Conclusion -- Orders of battle.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-398) and index.
Note:"The Battle of Atlanta, also known as the Battle of July 22 [1864] (the only engagement of the Civil War widely referred to by the date of its occurrence), was the largest and most prominent engagement of the four-month-long Atlanta Campaign for control of Atlanta. The Battle of Atlanta was the second engagement of the campaign, fought just east of the city. Confederate commander John Bell Hood's forces flanked William T. Sherman's line and crushed the end of it, they could go no further. Yet the Confederates came closer to achieving a major tactical victory on July 22 than on any other day of the Atlanta campaign. One scholar commented that Hess is "taking fresh and interesting approaches and looking at aspects of the battle, the personalities that fought it, the terrain and other factors that shaped its course and outcome, and analyzing and assessing events and people in ways that make a truly unique contribution to scholarship."-- Provided by publisher.
