THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Seventeenth)

In which Sherman decides to attack the Confederate lines at Kennesaw Mountain.

Our book recommendation for this episode is Blue & Gray Magazine, June 1989.

• Listen to Episode 518: AtlantaPartSeventeenth

THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Sixteenth)

In which we discuss the fight at Kolb’s Farm on June 22, 1864.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Clash at Kennesaw: June & July 1864” by Russell W Blount Jr.

• Listen to Episode 517: AtlantaPartSixteenth

THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Fifteenth)

In which the armies take their positions along the Kennesaw line, near Marietta, Georgia, in June 1864.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Decisions at Kennesaw Mountain: The Eleven Critical Decisions That Defined the Battle” by Lawrence K Peterson.

• Listen to Episode 516: AtlantaPartFifteenth

THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Fourteenth)

In which Kennesaw Mountain enters the discussion, Polk is killed, and there’s a fight at Kolb’s Farm.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Kennesaw Mountain: Sherman, Johnston, and the Atlanta Campaign” by Earl J Hess.

• Listen to Episode 515: AtlantaPartFourteenth

THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Thirteenth)

In which we discuss three changes that took place in the campaign over late May/early June.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Fighting for Atlanta: Tactics, Terrain, and Trenches in the Civil War” by Earl J Hess.

• Listen to Episode 514: AtlantaPartThirteenth

THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Twelfth)

In which the Federals swing away from the railroad, out into the north Georgia countryside, and there are sharp fights at New Hope Church and Pickett’s Mill.

• Listen to Episode 513: AtlantaCampaignPartTwelfth

THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Eleventh)

In which the Confederates fall back, fall back again, have a very bad day at Cassville, then fall back again.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “The Cassville Affairs: Johnston, Hood, and the Failed Confederate Strategy in the Atlanta Campaign, 19 May 1864” by Robert D Jenkins Sr.

• Listen to Episode 512: AtlantaCampaignPartEleventh

THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Tenth)

In which the armies face off at Resaca, and the pattern of operations is set for the next couple of months.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Atlanta 1864: Last Chance for the Confederates” by Richard M McMurry.

• Listen to Episode 511: AtlantaCampaignPartTenth

THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN (Part the Ninth)

In which the Federals seize Snake Creek Gap and score a major success at the start of the campaign.

Our book recommendation for this episode is “Battles for Atlanta: Sherman Moves East” by Ronald H Bailey and the Editors of Time-Life Books.

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