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Where the South Lost the War
An Analysis of the Fort Henry-Fort
Donelson Campaign, February 1862
Kendall D. Gott
Selected as Honorable
Mention for the 2004 Albert Castel Book Award
With the collapse of the Confederate defenses at Forts Henry and Donelson on
the
Tennessee and
Cumberland
Rivers, the entire
Tennessee
Valley
was open to Union invasion and control. These Northern victories set up the
1864 Atlanta Campaign that cut the Confederacy in two. Had Confederate
planning and leadership been better, no one can say what difference it might
have made to the Civil War in the West and the outcome of the war itself.
About the Author:
Kendall D. Gott is a military historian for the Combat Studies Institute at
the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. He
is the author of several articles and studies on American military history,
including the book In Glory's Shadow: The 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment during
the Persian Gulf War, 1990-1991.
Review:
"Some historians argue that the pivotal action of the Civil War was not
Antietam or
Gettysburg
, but the twin Confederate losses at Forts Henry and Donelson, the battles
that opened the way for the union juggernaut to penetrate the Southern
heartland and carve it into pieces. . . . Kendall Gott's Where the South
Lost the War . . . should establish itself as the standard work on both
engagements and their impact for the next generation." ~ William C. Davis,
author of Look Away!: A History of the Confederate States of America
Format: HC
Pages:
368 pages
Photos:
29 b/w photos in a 16 page section
Maps:
17 maps
Publisher:
Stackpole Books
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