Work for Giants : the Campaign and Battle of Tupelo/Harrisburg, Mississippi, June-July 1864.

Work for Giants : the Campaign and Battle of Tupelo/Harrisburg, Mississippi, June-July 1864.

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During the summer of 1864 a Union column, commanded by Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson Smith, set out from Tennessee with a goal that had proven impossible in all prior attempts--to find and defeat the cavalry under the command of Confederate major general Nathan Bedford Forrest. Forrest's cavalry was...

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Main Author: Parson, Thomas E.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Ashland : Kent State University Press, 2014
Series:Civil War soldiers and strategies.
Subjects:
Tupelo, Battle of, Tupelo, Miss., 1864.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Copyright
  • Dedication
  • Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • One: The Gorillas
  • Two: A Pair of Raids
  • Three: A Third Raid
  • Four: Stretched to the Limit
  • Five: A Gathering Army
  • Six: Watching and Waiting
  • Seven: Marching South
  • Eight: Pontotoc
  • Nine: Pinson's Hill
  • Ten: The Road to Tupelo
  • Eleven: Bertram's Shop and the Camargo Crossroads
  • Twelve: Harrisburg
  • Thirteen: Opening Moves
  • Fourteen: “A Medley of Blundersâ€?
  • Fifteen: “Endurance Had Reached a Limitâ€?
  • Sixteen: “Who Will Care for Mother Now?â€?Seventeen: The Federal Withdrawal
  • Eighteen: Old Town Creek
  • Nineteen: Return to Memphis
  • Twenty: Victory or Defeat?
  • Twenty-One: A Second Battle
  • Appendix: Order of Battle
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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