1864
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Atlanta Campaign
Attack of June 27
Author_Earl J. Hess
Big Kennesaw Mountain
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George D. Wagner
Giles A. Smith
J.A.J. Lightburn
Jefferson C. Davis
John G. Mitchell
John Newton
Joseph E. Johnston
Kennesaw Mountain
Kolb's Farm
Little Kennesaw Mountain
Morgan L. Smith
Nathan Kimball
Oliver Otis Howard
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William T. Sherman
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- ISBN 9781469629889
- Weight: 507g
- Dimensions: 154 x 233mm
- Publication Date: 01 Aug 2016
- Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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While fighting his way toward Atlanta, William T. Sherman encountered his biggest roadblock at Kennesaw Mountain, where Joseph E. Johnston's Army of Tennessee held a heavily fortified position. The opposing armies confronted each other from June 19 to July 3, 1864, and Sherman initially tried to outflank the Confederates. His men endured heavy rains, artillery duels, sniping, and a fierce battle at Kolb's Farm before Sherman decided to directly attack Johnston's position on June 27. Kennesaw Mountain tells the story of an important phase of the Atlanta campaign. Historian Earl J. Hess explains how this battle, with its combination of maneuver and combat, severely tried the patience and endurance of the common soldier and why Johnston's strategy might have been the Confederates' best chance to halt the Federal drive toward Atlanta. He gives special attention to the engagement at Kolb's Farm on June 22 and Sherman's assault on June 27. A final section explores the Confederate earthworks preserved within the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.
Earl J. Hess is Stewart W. McClelland Chair in history at Lincoln Memorial University, USA and has written many books, including The Civil War in the West: Victory and Defeat from the Appalachians to the Mississippi.
