"Amateurs talk about tactics, but professionals study logistics."
While Sam Grant was in a death stuggle with Bobby Lee in Virginia in 1864, so was Uncle Billy Sherman locking horns with Joe Johnston in the pine thickets of North Georgia.
Maybe you know something about Grant and Lee and their Overland Campaign, otherwise known as "the 40-days." The mention of the battles of the Wilderness, Spotsylvania, and Cold Harbor might ring a bell. Would the same be true hearing about the battles of Resaca? Kennesaw Mountain? Peachtree Creek? These were all part of the Atlanta Campaign.
Odds are you are not nearly as familiar with the Atlanta Campaign as the more famous battles that occurred in the Eastern Theater. Of course there are several excellent books on the Atlanta Campaign. Yes there are, but you don't have the time to to sit down and read a 300-page book on the subject do you? At least not right now. Understandable, few people do have the time. But with this e-book you don't have to spend hours. Spend an hour or so reading through the narrative. It is concise but comprehensive.
Find a personality, location, battle, or other event that you are really curious about and odds are you'll find an external web site linked within the e-book. Click the link. Cast your net wide or dig in deep on the external sites. Spend as much or as little time as you want with the book and on its linked sites.This approach will let you tailor your exploration of the Atlanta Campaign to your own particular situation.
For instance, have you ever wondered:
- Why was Atlanta important?
- How fact-based is Gone With The Wind with respect to the real military history of the Atlanta Campaign?
- Who was the Confederate military leader that Sherman most feared during his Campaign for Atlanta? (hint: it wasn't Joe Johnston or John Bell Hood)
Find the answer to these and many other questions about Sherman's drive on Atlanta in this "short-read," but comprehensive e-book: "...To Knock Jos. Johnston": Sherman, Atlanta, and the Sinews of War. It includes:
- Introduction: Setting the background
- Author Insights
- Chapter 1: The Spring 1864 Offensives
- Chapter 2: Logistics in the West
- Chapter 3: Protecting His Lifeline
- Chapter 4: Drive on Atlanta
- Chapter 5: Sherman versus Johnston
- Chapter 6: Sherman Deals with Forrest
- Chapter 7: Sherman versus Hood
- Chapter 8: Atlanta Falls
Plus extensive use of authoritative external web site links to important personalities, locations, battles, and other events. Full campaign Order of Battle down to regiment/battalion/battery level for both Union and Confederate forces (new in this version). Bibliography and annotated footnotes included.
Want to finally learn about the Atlanta Campaign and its impact on our Civil War? Just click the "Buy now" button.
