TY - BOOK AU - Daniel,Larry J. TI - Conquered: why the Army of the Tennessee failed T2 - Civil War America SN - 9781469649528 AV - E470.5 .D3547 2019eb U1 - 973.7/468 23 PY - 2019///] CY - Chapel Hill PB - University of North Carolina Press KW - Confederate States of America KW - Army of Tennessee KW - History KW - fast KW - HISTORY KW - United States KW - Civil War Period (1850-1877) KW - bisacsh KW - Military campaigns KW - Regimental histories KW - Civil War, 1861-1865 KW - Campaigns KW - États-Unis KW - Histoire KW - 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) KW - Histoire des unités KW - Campagnes et batailles KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Flawed foundations: the Provisional Army of Tennessee -- Losing the bowl: savior of the west? -- High tide: Bragg takes command -- The officer corps: the Bragg influence -- The army staff -- The Stones River Campaign: neck and neck race for Murfreesboro -- Confrontation: intrigue -- The decline of the cavalry: the war child -- The manpower problem -- The brotherhood -- The sway of religion -- The middle Tennessee debacle: the federals begin probing -- Missed opportunities: all were misled -- Great battle of the west: Chickamauga, the battle begins -- The medical corps -- Logistics -- The road off the mountain: Wheeler's Raid -- The Johnston imprint: finding a replacement -- Cleburne, blacks, and the politics of race -- Home sweet home -- Struggle for Atlanta: Dalton to Resaca -- A pathway to victory: the fog of war -- Conquered: North Georgia campaign N2 - Operating in the vast and varied trans-Appalachian west, the Army of Tennessee was crucially important to the military fate of the Confederacy. But under the principal leadership of generals such as Braxton Bragg, Joseph E. Johnston, and John Bell Hood, it won few major battles, and many regard its inability to halt steady Union advances into the Confederate heartland as a matter of failed leadership. Here, esteemed military historian Larry J. Daniel offers a far richer interpretation. Surpassing previous work that has focused on questions of command structure and the force's fate on the fields of battle, Daniel provides the clearest view to date of the army's inner workings, from top-level command and unit cohesion to the varied experiences of common soldiers and their connections to the home front. Drawing from his mastery of the relevant sources, Daniel's book is a thought-provoking reassessment of an army's fate, with important implications for Civil War history and military history writ large UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=2041429 ER -