Banners to the Breeze: The Kentucky Campaign, Corinth, and Stones RiverBanners to the Breeze analyzes three major Civil War campaigns that were conducted following a series of devastating Confederate defeats at the hands of Ulysses S. Grant in the spring of 1862. After the recapture of Tennessee, Confederate armies under Braxton Bragg and Edmund Kirby Smith conducted a brilliant advance into the deeply divided state of Kentucky. Meanwhile, other Confederate forces under Sterling Price and Earl Van Dorn attempted to recapture the town of Corinth, Mississippi. As the year drew to a close, Bragg’s army was involved in a tactical draw at the battle of Stones River. Earl J. Hess mixes dramatic narrative and new analysis as he brings these campaigns together in a coherent whole. Previously unpublished historic photographs of the battlefields are included. |
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... field Grain field Orchard Corn field 4. Perryville , Bragg attacks McCook Cincinnati OHIO INDIANA Covington Greenup Kentucky R. Louisville Shelbyville Frankfort Perryville 95.
... field Grain field Orchard Corn field 4. Perryville , Bragg attacks McCook Cincinnati OHIO INDIANA Covington Greenup Kentucky R. Louisville Shelbyville Frankfort Perryville 95.
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... field in front . A swamp helped to protect his right flank , and the guns of Battery Williams and Battery Rob- inett could help protect his left . Davies's field artillery also had its first chance of the day to deploy on advantageous ...
... field in front . A swamp helped to protect his right flank , and the guns of Battery Williams and Battery Rob- inett could help protect his left . Davies's field artillery also had its first chance of the day to deploy on advantageous ...
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... field that bordered the western side of the Nashville Pike . The new line taking shape along the pike would be the last one , and it would not be moved . Rains's men pushed on in pursuit of the Federals and suddenly stumbled into the ...
... field that bordered the western side of the Nashville Pike . The new line taking shape along the pike would be the last one , and it would not be moved . Rains's men pushed on in pursuit of the Federals and suddenly stumbled into the ...
Contents
Bold Strike into the Bluegrass | 30 |
Bragg Buell and Kentucky | 56 |
Give Him Battle | 77 |
Copyright | |
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Banners to the Breeze: The Kentucky Campaign, Corinth, and Stones River Earl J. Hess Limited preview - 2000 |
Banners to the Breeze: The Kentucky Campaign, Corinth, and Stones River Earl J. Hess No preview available - 2010 |
Common terms and phrases
advance Army of Tennessee artillery attack Barboursville Bardstown Battery Robinett battle Battle of Iuka battlefield began Bluegrass Bragg Bragg's army Breckinridge Brig brigade Bryantsville Buell Buell's army campaign cavalry Chaplin River Chattanooga Cleburne Cleburne's command Corinth corps Creek crossed Cumberland Gap Cumberland Plateau Davies's Davis defensive deployed division Dorn Dorn's east Edmund Kirby Smith enemy Federal fighting fire force front Grant ground guns Halleck Hardee Harrodsburg Hébert Hill hundred yards infantry Iuka John Johnson Kentucky Lincoln Louisville McCook McCown's miles Mississippi Morgan mountains move Munfordville Murfreesboro Nashville Pike nearly night northward numbers October Ohio ordered Perryville Polk position Price pushed railroad rear Rebels regiments retreat Richmond ridge right flank right wing Road Rosecrans Rosecrans's sent September September 18 skirmishers Smith soldiers Southern Stones River strategic supplies Tennessee terrain thousand took town troops Union Unionists valley victory wagons Wilder woods wounded