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245 10 a| Fighting for Atlantah| [electronic resource] :b| tactics, terrain, and trenches in the Civil War /c| Earl J. Hess.;

260 a| Chapel Hill :b| The University of North Carolina Press,c| [2018];

300 a| xvi, 391 pages :b| illustrations, maps ;c| 25 cm.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-383) and index.;

505 0 a| Tactics, terrain, and trenches -- Dalton and Resaca -- Cassville -- New Hope Church, Pickett's Mill, and Dallas -- The Mountain Line, the Gilgal Church Line, and the Mud Creek Line -- The Kennesaw Line -- June 27 -- Flanking the Kennesaw Line -- Crossing the Chattahoochee -- Peach Tree Creek, July 22, and Ezra Church -- Utoy Creek and extending south -- Siege -- Jonesboro -- Lovejoy's Station, Palmetto Station, and the federal defenses of Atlanta -- Fortifying during the Atlanta campaign.;

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520 a| "As William T. Sherman's Union troops began their campaign for Atlanta in the spring of 1864, they encountered Confederate forces employing field fortifications located to take advantage of rugged terrain. While the Confederates consistently acted on the defensive, digging eighteen lines of earthworks from May to September, the Federals used fieldworks both defensively and offensively. With 160,000 troops engaged on both sides and hundreds of miles of trenches dug, fortifications became a defining factor in the Atlanta campaign battles. These engagements took place on topography ranging from Appalachian foothills to the clay fields of Georgia's Piedmont. Leading military historian Earl J. Hess examines how commanders adapted their operations to the physical environment, how the environment in turn affected their movements, and how Civil War armies altered the terrain through the science of field fortification"--c| Provided by publisher.;

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Fighting for Atlanta tactics, terrain, and trenches in the Civil War / Earl J. Hess.

Author/creator	Hess, Earl J.
Format	Electronic
Publication Info	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2018]
Description	xvi, 391 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content	Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects	Atlanta Campaign, 1864. Fortification--Georgia. --Atlanta. Atlanta (Ga.)--Defenses. United States--History. --Civil War, 1861-1865. --Campaigns.

Contents	Tactics, terrain, and trenches -- Dalton and Resaca -- Cassville -- New Hope Church, Pickett's Mill, and Dallas -- The Mountain Line, the Gilgal Church Line, and the Mud Creek Line -- The Kennesaw Line -- June 27 -- Flanking the Kennesaw Line -- Crossing the Chattahoochee -- Peach Tree Creek, July 22, and Ezra Church -- Utoy Creek and extending south -- Siege -- Jonesboro -- Lovejoy's Station, Palmetto Station, and the federal defenses of Atlanta -- Fortifying during the Atlanta campaign.
Abstract	"As William T. Sherman's Union troops began their campaign for Atlanta in the spring of 1864, they encountered Confederate forces employing field fortifications located to take advantage of rugged terrain. While the Confederates consistently acted on the defensive, digging eighteen lines of earthworks from May to September, the Federals used fieldworks both defensively and offensively. With 160,000 troops engaged on both sides and hundreds of miles of trenches dug, fortifications became a defining factor in the Atlanta campaign battles. These engagements took place on topography ranging from Appalachian foothills to the clay fields of Georgia's Piedmont. Leading military historian Earl J. Hess examines how commanders adapted their operations to the physical environment, how the environment in turn affected their movements, and how Civil War armies altered the terrain through the science of field fortification"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-383) and index.
Access restriction	Available only to authorized users.
Technical details	Mode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/form	Electronic books.
LCCN	2018010413
ISBN	9781469643427 (cloth : alk. paper)

Fighting for Atlanta tactics, terrain, and trenches in the Civil War / Earl J. Hess.

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