The Chickamauga Campaign—Barren Victory

Posted on 27 September 2018 by David A. Powell

Barren Victory is the third and concluding volume of the magisterial Chickamauga Campaign Trilogy, a comprehensive examination than a decade in the making of one of the most important and complex military operations of the Civil War.The first installment, A Mad Irregular Battle, introduced readers to the major characters of this sweeping drama and carried them from the Union crossing of the Tennessee River in August 1863 up through the bloody but inconclusive combat of the first and second days of the battle September 18 and 19, 1863 Glory or the Grave, the trilogy s second volume, focused on September 20 the decisive third day of fighting that included the Confederate breakthrough of the late morning and the desperate Union final stand on Horseshoe Ridge This installment drew to a close at nightfall.Barren Victory, David Powell s final installment, examines the immediate aftermath of this great battle with unprecedented clarity and detail The narrative opens at dawn on Monday, September 21, 1863, with Union commander William S Rosecrans in Chattanooga and most of the rest of his Federal army in Rossville, Georgia Confederate Gen Braxton Bragg has won the signal victory of his career, but has yet to fully grasp that fact or the fruits of his success Unfortunately for the South, three grueling days of combat has broken down the Army of Tennessee and made a vigorous pursuit nearly impossible In addition to carefully examining the decisions made by each army commander and their consequences, Powell sets forth the dreadful costs of the fighting in terms of the human suffering involved Barren Victory concludes with the most detailed order of battle including unit strengths and losses for Chickamauga ever compiled, and a comprehensive bibliography.David Powell s The Chickamauga Campaign Trilogy is now complete, with the fighting in the hills and valleys of North Georgia finally receiving the extensive treatment it has so long deserved. New Download The Chickamauga Campaign—Barren Victory author David A. Powell For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Since 2015, we have been reading the Magnum Opus of David A Powell, The Chickamauga Campaign The first book, A Mad Irregular Battle, provided a coherent study into one of thecomplex, and understudied, campaigns of the western theater and walked us through the first and second day of battle The second, G...This is a fine end to the three volume series on the extraordi8narily sanguinary battle at Chickamauga This is not a lengthy volume, but it has heft For instance, the order of battle lays out what units were involved in the battle and also the best estimate as to casualties The percentage of dead, wounded, and missing or captured is high This is clearly a very deadly battle The tables in appendices are a valuable contribut...David Powell s The Chickamauga Campaign Book 3 Barren Victory is the final volume of historian David Powell s trilogy covering the Battle of Chickamauga of September 18 20, 1863, the events leading up to the battle, and its aftermath With the exception of Gettysburg, Chickamauga resulted incasualties than any other Civil War battle It was fought in northern Georgia between the Union s Army of the Cumberland, commanded by William Rosecrans and the Confederacy s Army of Tennessee, c David Powell s The Chickamauga Campaign Book 3 Barren Victory is the final volume of historian David Powell s trilogy covering the Battle of Chickamauga of September 18 20, 1863, the events leading up to the battle, and its aftermath With the exception of Gettysburg, Chickamauga resulted incasualties than any other Civil War battle It was fought in northern Georgia between the Union s Army of the Cumberland, commanded by William Rosecrans and the Confederacy s Army of Tennessee, commanded by Braxton Bragg Barren Victory is a fitting title and an excellent concluding volume to the trilogy The book differs from its two companions First, ...Good conclusion to Mr Powell s Chickamauga trilogy, covering the final few days of the campaign and the Union retreat into Chattanooga As a minor criticism, I don t understand why space limitations prevented annotations for th...Most exceptional order of battle I ve ever seen Excellent bibliographic work done as well.Recommended.

English
27 September 2018

David A. Powell