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Fields of Glory: A History and Tour Guide of the War in the West, the Atlanta Campaign, 1864

by Jim Miles

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In early May 1864 Union armies left their winter encampment near Chattanooga, Tennessee, and began a march to Atlanta. Four months later -- on September 3 -- William T. Sherman wired Abraham Lincoln, "Atlanta is ours, and fairly won!"

The fall of Atlanta was not just one more Union victory. It was pivotal to the outcome of the entire Civil War and also to Lincoln's reelection. With the fall of Atlanta, Confederate morale plummeted. The South's most significant manufacturing center was destroyed, and its primary railroad connections were cut. The destruction of Atlanta was not just a Union victory over one city, but a key to the end of the war.

Fields of Glory traces the story of the campaign from the Tennessee border through the heart of Georgia to Jonesboro. Included is a series of driving tours that enable readers to see firsthand the battlefields and important sites of the campaign.

Also included are more than 85 illustrations, 25 original maps, a lively history of the campaign, fascinating tours of the battlefields, articles on military strategy, biographies of generals, the chronology of key battles and important events, sources for additional travel information, a bibliography, and an index.

"In General Sherman's mind," Jim Miles explains, "before the Civil War could be brought to a victorious conclusion, Atlanta had to be destroyed and the Confederacy denied its products. From that day, Atlanta was a doomed city."

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Book details

Author
Jim Miles
Imprint
Cumberland House Publishing, an imprint of Turner Publishing Company
Published
Pages
272
Formats
Paperback, Hardcover
Series
Civil War Explorer Series
Subjects
History › United States › Civil War Period (1850-1877)
Travel › Museums, Tours, Points of Interest
Topics
American Civil War · Civil War battles · Union Army · Sherman's March · Confederate history · Civil War history · battlefield tours
ISBN-13
9781581822564 (Paperback)9781684422777 (Hardcover)

About the author

JIM MILES is a Georgia-based historian and teacher who has written eleven books on the Civil War and Southern history, including The Storm Tide, Forged in Fire and A River Unvexed.

Five of Miles’s books were featured by the History Book Club, and he has served as a historical adviser to History Channel documentaries. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history and a Master of Education degree from Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus.

When he’s not writing, Miles draws on thirty-one years teaching high school American history. That deep familiarity with American history shapes his work across the Civil War Explorer Series and beyond.

Jim lives in Warner Robins, Georgia.

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Format: Paperback