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Title: Shrouds of Glory : From Atlanta to Nashville: The Last Great Campaign of the Civil War by Winston Groom ISBN: 0-671-56250-9 Publisher: Pocket Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent history about later civil war battles.
Comment: I would have rated this book much higher had it not been for two reasons: 1. It took almost half the book for it to get really engrossing and 2. At times I had the feeling, especially in the first half, that the author favored the South and so was biased in some of his reporting. However, once the story got to the Battle of Franklin the narrative had a quick flow to it and was so compelling I could not put it down. Some of the gruesome depiction of war dead is so vivid that even a week later it sticks in my mind. I also question some of Mr. Groom's beliefs about what happened. At one point he makes a statement that leads you to believe that 1. the war was a big mistake and 2. the North was the aggressor. The statement is that "the war, by far the most destructive to human life of all America's wars, produced 600,000 casualties while freeing 3 million slaves." If Mr. Groom thinks the sole reason for the war was to free the slaves and not to preserve the union he is sadly mistaken. I think intellectually he knows better, but that old bias seems to constantly get the better of him. Still I would call this one of the great books about the war, in spite of the criticisms, because when all is said and done, it is still a great read. It ranks up there with books like "The Killer Angels."
Rating: 4
Summary: Hood's last hurrah - Gen. George Thomas's vindication
Comment: Shrouds of Glory does an efficent job of laying out John Bell Hood's last hurrah at a little known, but crucial battle of the Civil War. What may not be so well known is that the Battle of Nashville in December of 1864 was also the vindication of the Union General George "Pap" Thomas, (who by the way was originally from Virginia).
Linclon & Grant had their doubts about Thomas's waiting game at Nashville. The orders to relieve him of command were on the the way when Thomas unleashed the Union attack and the resulting disaster to the Confederate Army of Tennesee vindicated his patience. Sherman said the Battle of Nashville was the only battle of the Civil War where a whole army ceased to exist after the fight.
If Hood was desperate to make a break through, and he was, as Groom has laid out. Thomas was just as determined to close the door once and for all. I appreciated how this book laid out the events leading up to that battle.
Just as a side note, one of the Union regiments at Nashville was the Ohio 182nd Infantry. In that regiment was my great-grandfather, Sgt. George Debolt Newcomer.
Rating: 5
Summary: History Comes To Life
Comment: As a high school history teacher and Civil War Buff, I am always looking for ways to bring the deeds and accomplishments of history to life for an audience with open hostility for the topic. This book accomplishes this next-to-impossible task. Groom writes with the prose of a novelist (no surprise), the research of a scholar (surprise)and a genuine love for and interest in the subject matter. One of the most fascinating non-fiction books I have even read, complete with excellent maps and interesting photographs.
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Title: Five Tragic Hours: The Battle of Franklin by James Lee McDonough, Thomas L. Connelly ISBN: 0870493973 Publisher: Univ of Tennessee Pr Pub. Date: November, 1983 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Gettysburg's Bloody Wheatfield by Jay Jorgensen ISBN: 1572492538 Publisher: White Mane Publishing Co. Pub. Date: June, 2002 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: Army of the Heartland: The Army of Tennessee, 1861-1862 by Thomas Lawerence Connelly, Thomas Lawrence Connelly ISBN: 080712737X Publisher: Louisiana State University Press Pub. Date: September, 2001 List Price(USD): $17.95 |
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Title: Gettysburg by Stephen W. Sears ISBN: 0395867614 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 24 June, 2003 List Price(USD): $30.00 |
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Title: Lincoln's Generals by Gabor S. Boritt, John Y. Simon, Stephen W. Sears ISBN: 0195101103 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: October, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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