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<p>originally Published As <i>embrace An Angry Wind</i><p> Following The Fall Of Atlanta, Rebel Commander John Bell Hood Rallied His Demoralized Troops And Marched Them Off The Tennessee, Desperately Hoping To Draw Sherman After Him And Forestall The Confederacy's Defeat. But Sherman Refused To Be Lured And Began His Infamous March To The Sea, While Hood Charged Headlong Into Catastrophe. <p> In This Compelling Dramatic Account Of A Final And Fatal Invasion By The Confederate Army Of Tennessee, Wile Sword Illuminates The Missed Opportunities, Senseless Bloody Assaults, Poor Command Decisions, And Stubborn Pride That Resulted In 23,500 Confederate Losses—including 7,00 Casualties In One Battle— And The Pulverization Of The South's Second Largest Army. <p> Sword Follows Hood And His Army As They Let An Early Advantage And Possible Victory Slip Away At Spring Hill, Then Engage In A Reckless And Ill-fated Frontal Attack On Franklin, Often Called The Gettysburg Of The West. Despite That Disaster, Hood Refuses To Yield And Presses On The Nashville And A Two-day Bloodbath That Unhinges What Is Left Of His Battered Troops—the Worst Defeat Suffered By Any Army During The War.
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- Author
- Sword, Wiley
- Publisher
- Lawrence, KS: University Press of Kansas
- Published
- 1993
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780700606504
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Fiction, History, Humanities
- Rating
- 4.36 / 5 (106 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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