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The Union cavalry and the Chickamauga Campaign
- Title
- The Union cavalry and the Chickamauga Campaign / Dennis W. Belcher ; foreword by Eric J. Wittenberg.
- Author
- Belcher, Dennis W., 1950-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Wittenberg, Eric J., 1961-
- Description
- 315 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm
- Summary
- "During the Chickamauga Campaign, General David Stanley's two Union cavalry divisions battled Nathan Bedford Forrest's and Joseph Wheeler's cavalry corps in some of the most difficult terrain for mounted operations. The Federal troopers, commanded by George Crook and Edward McCook, guarded flanks of the advance on Chattanooga, secured the crossing of Tennessee River, then pushed into enemy territory"--
- Subjects
- Georgia
- United States
- Military operations, Cavalry
- 1861-1865
- Chickamauga, Battle of, Ga., 1863
- United States > Army of the Cumberland > Cavalry Corps
- Georgia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Cavalry operations
- History
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Cavalry operations
- Chickamauga, Battle of (Georgia : 1863)
- HISTORY / United States / State & Local / General
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-308) and index.
- Contents
- Foreword / by Eric J. Wittenberg -- Prelude. The Cavalry of the Army of the Cumberland (July 1863) -- The Campaign So Far -- The Confederate Cavalry; Worthy Adversaries -- The Advance on Chattanooga. The Two Armies Prepare for the Campaign (July 5/August 15) -- The Advance to the Tennessee River (August 16/September 1) -- Bragg at Bay (September 1/8) -- Bragg Gains the Initiative (September 9/17) -- Battle of Chickamauga. The Battle Begins: Reed's Bridge (September 18) -- September 19/20 and the Battle at Glass Mill -- Retreat to Chattanooga (September 21); Watkins at Cooper's Gap -- Wheeler's Tennessee Raid (September 30/October 9) -- The Aftermath -- Conclusion -- Appendix I: Organization of the Army of the Cumberland; September 19/20 -- Appendix II: Organization of the Army of Tennessee; September 19/20
- Call Number
- JFF 18-1694
- ISBN
- 9781476670829
- 147667082X
- LCCN
- 2018034343
- OCLC
- 1020462206
- Author
- Belcher, Dennis W., 1950- author.
- Title
- The Union cavalry and the Chickamauga Campaign / Dennis W. Belcher ; foreword by Eric J. Wittenberg.
- Publisher
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 300-308) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1861-1865
- Added Author
- Wittenberg, Eric J., 1961- writer of foreword.
- Research Call Number
- JFF 18-1694