The Army of Tennessee in Retreat: From Defeat at Nashville through "the Sternest Trials of the War"

by O.C. Hood

Overview

Following the Battle of Nashville, Confederate General John Bell Hood's Army of Tennessee was in full retreat, from the battle lines south of Nashville to the Tennessee River at the Alabama state line. Ferocious engagements broke out along the way as Hood's small rearguard, harried by Federal Cavalry brigades, fought a 10-day running battle over 100 miles of impoverished countryside during one of the worst winters on record.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781476672922
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	12/21/2018
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.70(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

O.C. Hood lives in Franklin, North Carolina.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction
1. Friday, December 16, 1864: Hood’s Devasted Confederate Army in Full Retreat
2. Saturday, December 17, 1864: Battles and Skirmishes in Williamson County, Tennessee, Including Confrontations Along the Franklin–Columbia Pike and Four Battles in One Day
3. Sunday, December 18, 1864: The Arrival of Nathan Bedford Forrest
4. Monday, December 19, 1864: Columbia, Tennessee
5. Tuesday, December 20, 1864: Hood Quits Tennessee, Heading South
6. Wednesday, December 21, 1864: Alignment of Three Federal Infantry Corps Attempted—Washington vs. Thomas
7. Thursday, December 22, 1864: Racing through Columbia
8. Friday, December 23, 1864: Alabama within Sight
9. Saturday, December 24, 1864: Richland Creek
10. Sunday, December 25, 1864: Anthony’s Hill (King’s Hill, or Devil’s Gap, Tennessee)
11. Monday, December 26, 1864: Sugar Creek
12. Tuesday, December 27, 1864: Tuscumbia
13. Wednesday, December 28, 1864: The Final Chapter—Hood Crosses the Deep River
Appendix I: Casualties from the 1864 Tennessee Campaign Retreat, December 17–26, 1864
Appendix II: Order of Battle: Confederate Rear Guard and Federal Advance
Appendix III: Battle Flags Captured on the Retreat
Appendix IV: Biographical Sketches
Appendix V: Medal of Honor Recipients
Appendix VI: Voices from the Past
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Impressively informative...essential”—Midwest Book Review; “One of the most sustained discussions of this chapter of the war...often providing a novelist’s dramatic and poetic flourishes...[Hood] can be a gifted storyteller...riveting and compelling”—The Civil War Monitor.

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