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    The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville
    The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville
    The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville
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    The Confederacy's Last Hurrah: Spring Hill, Franklin, and Nashville

    Written by Wiley Sword

    Narrated by Tom Parks

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    The rise of Civil War general John Bell Hood, his command of the Confederate Army of Tennessee, and the decisions that led to its downfall.

    Though he barely escaped expulsion from West Point, John Bell Hood quickly rose through the ranks of the Confederate army. With bold leadership in the battles of Gaines' Mill and Antietam, Hood won favor with Confederate president Jefferson Davis. But his fortunes in war took a tragic turn when he assumed command of the Confederate Army of Tennessee.

    After the fall of Atlanta, Hood marched his troops north in an attempt to draw Union army general William T. Sherman from his devastating "March to the Sea." But the ploy proved ruinous for the South. While Sherman was undeterred from his scorched-earth campaign, Hood and his troops charged headlong into catastrophe.

    In this compelling account, Wiley Sword illustrates the poor command decisions and reckless pride that made a disaster of the Army of Tennessee's final campaign. From Spring Hill, where they squandered an early advantage, Hood and his troops launched an ill-fated attack on the neighboring town of Franklin. The disastrous battle came to be known as the "Gettysburg of the West." But worse was to come as Hood pressed on to Nashville, where his battered troops suffered the worst defeat of the entire war.

    Winner of the Fletcher Pratt Award for best work of nonfiction about the Civil War, The Confederacy's Last Hurrah chronicles the destruction of the South's second largest army. "Narrated with brisk attention to the nuances of strategy—and with measured solemnity over the waste of life in war," it is a groundbreaking work of scholarship told with authority and compassion (Kirkus Reviews).

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateSep 3, 2019
    ISBN9781978658073
    Author

    Wiley Sword

    Wiley Sword is the author of eight books including Mountains Touched with Fire: Chattanooga Besieged, 1863 and Embrace an Angry Wind for which he received the 1992 Fletcher Pratt Award. His book President Washington's Indian War was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, Bancroft Prize, Parkman Prize and Western Heritage Prize. He was educated at the University of Michigan.

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    • 5/5
      A fascinating history of the final, bungled major offensive in the western theatre. The author conjures up images of the bravery and bloodbath of a Civil War battlefield. He gets across superbly the horrific cold of the winter weather that the campaign was fought in.

      Great name for an author of a Civil war history. Wiley Sword!
    • 5/5
      Excellent audio on the last hurrah of the confederacy! It breaks everything down to where you can really understand it..
    • 4/5
      Pretty damn good book. (...More words to fill the gap...)
    • 5/5
      An excellent excellent book on a very bloody battle. I live in the area and actually work around the battle of Franklin site. Not a day goes by that I don’t think about the lives lost.
    • 5/5
      Excellent work! One of the best books on the final stages of the Confederate Army of the Tennessee. The author's reseach pulls many works from the Union side by using published works of those who faught in the battles. If you want to know about General Hood and his distroying his army at Franklin and Nashville this is to book for you.
    • 4/5
      If you're a fan of John Bell Hood you would be wise to shy away from this book, as Wiley Sword does not have one positive thing to say about the Confederate general's winter war in the wake of the fall of Atlanta. Apart from analyzing the assorted battles in this campaign, where Sword really shines is in portraying the sheer misery of fighting in winter while short of everything; food, clothing, shelter, and hope. Even hardened military buffs will come away snarling at the waste of it all (Feb. 14, 2004).