Atlanta Will Fall Sherman, Joe Johnston, and

General John Bell Hood tried everything he could: Surprise attack. Flanking march. Cavalry raid into the enemy's rear lines. Simply enduring his opponent's semi-siege of the city. But nothing he tried worked. Because by the time he assumed command of Conf

PART ONE Johnston's Retreat to Atlanta; or, A Smart and Scrappy Sherman Uses his Strength to Cow and Bludgeon an Outnumbered, Less Resolute Opponent

Introduction: The Sherman-Johnston Match-up in Mississippi, July 1863, as Omen of Atlanta's Fall

3

(4)

How Joe Johnston Earned His Reputation for Retreating

7

(11)

Sherman Prepares to Advance

18

(6)

Johnston Prepares to Fall Back

24

(10)

Johnston Is Turned, I

34

(12)

The Battle of Resaca (Johnston Is Turned, II)

46

(5)

To Cassville

51

(5)

To New Hope Church and Back to the Railroad (Johnston Is Turned, Again)

56

(17)

The Mountain Lines, June 5-July 2, 1864

73

(19)

Johnston Is Yet Again Turned, at the Chattahoochee

92

(10)

The Government Concludes Johnston Has Failed: Deliberations and the Decision to Replace Him, July 10-17

102

(25)

Notes to Part One

117

(10)

PART TWO Hood Struggles Against the Inevitable; or, How Even a Student of the ``Lee and Jackson School'' Could Not Prevent the Fall of Atlanta

How Hood Learned War from Lee and Jackson in Virginia

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(2)

Hood's Attack Against Thomas's Army: Peachtree Creek, July 20, 1864

129

(8)

Hood Attempts Another Chancellorsville, July 22

137

(11)

Hood's Third Sortie Again Attempts a Flank Attack: Ezra Church, July 28

148

(7)

Hood Keeps His Army Together While Enduring Sherman's Semi-Siege

155

(12)

Hood Does What Joe Johnston Only Dreamed About: He Sends His Cavalry Off to Cut Sherman's Rail Lines, August 10

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(6)

Hood Is Unable to Parry Sherman's ``Movement Round Atlanta by the South,'' August 25-September 1

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(24)

Notes to Part Two

191

(6)

Conclusion

197

(4)

A Note on the Major Authorities

201

(4)

Index

205

(10)

About the Author

215

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