Tullahoma: The Forgotten Campaign that changed the Civil War, June 23 - July 4, 1863 - David A. Powell, Eric J. Wittenberg
Eric J. Wittenberg, David A. Powell
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The definitive account of Union Maj. Gen. William S. Rosecrans operational masterpiecethe almost bloodless conquest . . . of Middle Tennessee. Sam Davis Elliott, author of Soldier of Tennessee, July 1863 was a momentous month in the Civil War. News of Gettysburg and Vicksburg electrified the North and devastated the South. Sandwiched geographically between those victories and lost in the heady tumult of events was news that William S. Rosecranss Army of the Cumberland had driven Braxton Braggs Army of Tennessee entirely out of Middle Tennessee. The brilliant campaign nearly cleared the state of Rebels and changed the calculus of the Civil War in the Western Theater. Despite its decisive significance, few readers even today know of these events. The publication of Tullahoma by award-winning authors David A. Powell and Eric J. Wittenberg, forever rectifies that oversight., Powell and Wittenberg mined hundreds of archival and firsthand accounts to craft a splendid study of this overlooked
