Historic Photos of Chickamauga Chattanooga
The campaign from Murfreesboro, Tennessee, to Chickamauga, Georgia, followed by the siege of Chattanooga, is one of the most dramatic stories of the entire Civil War. Union Major General William S. Rosecrans led a brilliant advance into Georgia, taking Chattanooga with the loss of only six men. Near Chickamauga Creek, Confederate General Braxton Bragg routed Rosecrans' army, then laid siege to it from the heights around Chattanooga.
Major General Ulysses S. Grant, recently given command of virtually all Federal armies in the Western Theater, arrived to break the siege. A climatic Union charge routed Bragg's demoralized army.
Historic Photos of Chickamauga Chattanooga tells this story and much more, for it includes the important struggle to preserve America's Civil War battlefields, which began with Chickamauga. Striking black-and-white images of aging veterans, reuniting to preserve their history, join photos of the rugged terrain over which they fought in 1863. This is a compelling American story told in photographs, with text by a noted historian.
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Book details
- Imprint
- Turner Publishing Company
- Formats
- Hardcover
- Subjects
- History › United States › State & Local › South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
Photography › Subjects & Themes - Topics
- Civil War · Tennessee history · historical photography · military history · Union and Confederate armies · Civil War battles
- ISBN-13
- 9781596524125
About the author
JAMES A. HOOBLER is the retired Senior Curator of Art and Architecture at the Tennessee State Museum and the author of numerous books on Tennessee and Civil War history. His books include A Guide to Historic Nashville, Tennessee, Nashville: From the Collection of Carl and Otto Giers, and Cities Under the Gun: Images of Occupied Nashville and Chattanooga.
Hoobler holds a B.A. from the University of Georgia and an M.A. from Vanderbilt University. He served as Executive Director of the Tennessee Historical Society from 1977 to 1988 and as Chair of the Curators Committee of the American Alliance of Museums.
James lives in Nashville, Tennessee.